2017 Iris Marion Young Awards for Social Justice
Honorees:
Abby Cartus
Sara Goodkind
Kate Koenig
Shenay Jeffrey
Beth Shaaban
Iris Marion Young (1949-2006) was a faculty member in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs in the 1990s and a member of the Women’s Studies Program steering committee. As a teacher, a mentor, and a member of the Pitt community, Young was a galvanizing presence.
She maintained strong ties with friends and colleagues at Pitt after she accepted an appointment as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago in 2000.
Young trained as a philosopher, earning a PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 1974, but her work has influenced scholars in many academic disciplines. She published on topics as varied as women’s embodied experience "Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays in Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory", Indiana UP 1990, political theories of justice and democracy "Justice and the Politics of Difference", Princeton UP 1990; "Inclusion and Democracy", Oxford UP 2002 and law and social policy "Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy, and Policy", Princeton UP 1997.
In keeping with her scholarship, Young worked actively on behalf of fair labor relations, gender equality, peace and other causes she endorsed. The Young Award for Political Engagement is designed to honor her memory each year by celebrating members of the Pitt community who have worked on behalf of social justice and democracy.
Location and Address
The O'Hara Student Center