April 2015
After 15 years, Clive Seligman is stepping down
as president of SAFS. The SAFS Board of
Directors has unanimously voted to appoint current board member, Mark Mercer, as
the fourth president of SAFS, beginning in May, 2015.
Mark Mercer received his doctorate in philosophy
from the University of Toronto in 1991, and held postdoctoral fellowships at
Berkeley and Simon Fraser. He began teaching at Saint Mary’s University, in
Halifax, in September 1999. He was made Chair of the philosophy department
in 2010 and promoted to Full Professor in 2013. Dr. Mercer works mainly in
philosophy of mind and ethics. As well, he has a passion for teaching ancient
Greek philosophy.
Dr. Mercer began contributing opinion pieces to newspapers on issues of academic
freedom and university life in 2006, just
before he
joined SAFS. He
has served on the SAFS Board of
Directors since 2009.
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