Service and Organizing
Flyer for Talia Mae Bettcher's talk for RGFP (design credit to Simon Nyi)
Flyer for Talia Mae Bettcher's talk for RGFP (design credit to Simon Nyi)
Sumeet dressed up in a crown and cape, introducing the speaker for a graduate student work in progress talk on the day after Halloween!
Introducing the speaker for a graduate student work in progress talk on the day after Halloween!
Sumeet organizing voting logistics at the 2019 Annual Convention of the Telluride Association
Organizing voting logistics at the 2019 Annual Convention of the Telluride Association
While at Macalester, I have served on the Philosophy Department's job search committee (2023-24), as well as the Asian Studies steering committee (2023-present). 

While at Michigan, I engaged in myriad forms of service and organizing:
  • From 2019-2022, I co-organized the Race, Gender, and Feminist Philosophy Workshop (RGFP) at the University of Michigan. 
  • From 2017-2019, I co-organized Michigan's COMPASS workshop for students from a diversity of backgrounds who are considering graduate school in philosophy. 
  • In addition, I was a coach (2017-18) and judge (2019-23) for the Michigan High School Ethics Bowl; I served as a mentor for a mentorship program for Michigan's first-year philosophy grad students (2019-20); and I co-coordinated weekly works-in-progress sessions for Michigan philosophy graduate students (2018-2019). 
  • Throughout graduate school at Michigan, I participated in various roles within Local 3550 of the American Federation of Teachers, the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO). I was GEO's President (2020-21); I was a co-chair for the Bargaining Committee (2019-20); and I was a member of the Grievance Committee (2018-19). 

Outside of the university context, I have served on the Board of Directors of the Telluride Association (TA), from 2018-present. TA is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to create free educational programs that challenge young people to build community, learn together, and make democratic decisions. While on the board, I have been TA’s Secretary; overseen the hiring of facilitators for TA’s programs for high schoolers; and analyzed TA's budget and spending policy. 
Sumeet and his fellow 2019 COMPASS co-organizers, Gillian Gray, Ariana Peruzzi, and Angela Sun, together posing as a compass
Forming a compass with my fellow 2019 COMPASS co-organizers, Gillian Gray, Ariana Peruzzi, and Angela Sun
Sumeet speaking at a GEO event on a snowy Michigan day (photo credit to The Michigan Daily)
Speaking at a GEO event on a snowy Michigan day (photo credit to The Michigan Daily)