Placement and Life after Graduation
PhD Placement
Our PhD program began admitting students in the fall of 2002. Our first four graduates went on the job market over the last two years, and each has found a teaching position.
2008 Muhammad Haris
- Dissertation: "Four Facets of the Relation of Tragedy to Dialectic and the Theme of Crisis of Expectations" Dr. John J. McDermott, Chair
- Areas of Specialization:
- Supplementary Masters: M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2002
- Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar
2007 Kent Dunnington
- Dissertation: "Addiction and Action: Aristotle and Aquinas in Dialogue with Addiction Studies" Dr. John J. McDermott, Chair
- Areas of Specialization: Philosophical Theology, Ethics (including virtue ethics, theological ethics, and medical ethics), Philosophy of Religion
- Supplementary Masters: M.A., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Current Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois
2007 Jeremy Evans
- Dissertation: "An Essay on Divine Commands, Divine Will, and Moral Obligation" Dr. Hugh J. McCann, Chair
- Areas of Specialization:Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, (Applied, Metaethics), Philosophical Theology
- Supplementary Masters:Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDivBL)
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006 James "Jake" Noland
- Dissertation:"Two Rival Versions of Historical Inquiry and Their Application to the Study of the Sixteenth Amendment" Dr. John J. McDermott, Chair
- Areas of Specialization:Social and Political Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Philosophy of History
- Supplementary Masters:M.P.S.A., George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2004
- Current Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
MA Placement
Since its inception in 1989, our program has awarded 99 MA degrees in Philosophy. Here's what our degree recipients have done since graduation:
| Overall | Since 1997 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. study in Philosophy | 48 | 32 |
| Ph.D. study in another field | 6 | 2 |
| Teaching (with MA) | 14 | 6 |
| Law School | 9 | 3 |
| Other | 19 | 5 |
MA recipients who have entered Ph.D. study in Philosophy enrolled in the following institutions:
| Ph.D. Program | Years of Admission | |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | 2002 | |
| Boston College | 1995 | |
| Bowling Green State University | 2000 | |
| Brown University | 1998 | |
| Cornell University | 2002 | |
| Duke Divinity School | 2004 | |
| Duguesne University | 2006 | |
| Florida State University | 2000 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 2003 | |
| Loyola University of Chicago | 1993 | |
| Indiana University (2 students) | 2004, 2005 | |
| Missouri Columbia | 2004 | |
| Pennsylvania State University (2 students) | 1994, 2001 | |
| Rice University | 2002 | |
| Rutgers University | 1992 | |
| Saint Louis University | 2002 | |
| Southern Illinois University/Carbondale (6 students) | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1998, 1999, 2006 | |
| Stanford University | 2004 | |
| Syracuse University | 2003 | |
| MIT | 2001 | |
| Texas A&M University (2 students) | 2002 | |
| Temple University | 2000 | |
| University of Arizona | 2006 | |
| University of California, Irvine | 2006 | |
| University of California, Riverside | 2007 | |
| University of California, San Diego | 2001 | |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | 2003 | |
| University of Colorado | 2002 | |
| University of Connecticut | 2003 | |
| University of Kentucky | 2002 , 2004 | |
| University of Massachusetts | 1996 | |
| University of Memphis | 2001 | |
| University of Miami | 2000 | |
| University of Michigan (2 Students) | 2006 | |
| University of North Carolina | 2000 | |
| University of Notre Dame (4 students) | 1994, 1998, 1999, 1999 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | 2000 | |
| University of Rochester (2 students) | 1998, 1999 | |
| University of Southern California | 2002 | |
| University of Texas | 1997 | |
| University of Virginia (3 students) | 2002, 2004, 2005 | |
| University of Warwick | 1995 | |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 2005 |