Vanessa Schipani
Philosopher. educator. Journalist.
academic Service
(last updated Sept. 2025)
04.2025
Organizer
“Understanding Conflicts over Gender-Affirming Care Bans” (Cancelled)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Speaker: J. Wuest (Stony Brook)
12.2024
Peer Reviewer
Philosophy of Science
Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science
08.29.2024
Chair
“The Epistemologies of Expertise: New Directions” Workshop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
04.26.2024
Co-Organizer and Panel Moderator
“Alliances Amidst Uncertainty” Panel
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Panelists: J. Kanbayashi (UPenn), A. Pandian (Johns Hopkins), V. St. Martin
(Inside Climate News), A. Funk (Mountain Watershed)
01.17.2024
Chair
Session on “The Media and Political Epistemology”
APA Eastern Division Meeting
New York, NY
01.17.24
Chair
Session on ‘The Media and Political Epistemology’
2024 American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting
New York, New York
09.2023 - 11.2023
Organizer
‘Science in Democracy’ Speaker Series
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Sean Illing (Vox), Kareem Khalifa (UCLA), T.Y. Branch (Cologne)
11.04.2023
Organizer
Session on ‘An Agenda for Political Philosophy of Science’
7th Annual Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Meeting
New Orleans, LA
Speakers: Andrew Schroeder (Claremont McKenna), Gabriele Badano (York) and myself (UPenn)
08.2022 - Present
Research Assistant
Prof. Jen Morton, Dept. of Philosophy and Grad. School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
11.10.2022
Co-Organizer
Session on the ‘Philosophy of Science Journalism’
Philosophy of Science Association 28th Meeting
Pittsburg, PA
Speakers: Matthew Slater (Bucknell), Chris Haufe (Case Western), Mikkel Gerken (S. Denmark), John Rennie (Quanta), Emily Mullin (Wired), Matt Kielty (Radiolab) and myself (UPenn)
03.2022 - 05.2022
Co-Organizer
Benjamin B. Comegys School Philosophy Group
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
07.2020
Peer Reviewer
Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science
08.2019 - 03.2020
Organizer
Philosophy of Science Reading Group
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
11.15.2019
Co-Organizer
Penn Reasons and Foundations of Epistemology Conference
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern), Lauren Leydon-Hardy (Amherst), Matt McGrath (WashU, St. Louis), and Jonna Vance (Northern Arizona)