Graduate News
Graduate Student Placements:
  • 2009: Shane Courtland - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Merrimack College
  • 2009: Bill Glod - Philosophy Program Officer, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
  • 2009: Michael Madary - Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University
  • 2009: Jonny Anomaly - Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University
  • 2007: Drew Chastain - Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Xavier Univ., N.O.
  • 2006: Julinna Oxley - Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University (tenure-track)
  • 2005: Paul Haught - Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Newberry College
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Recent Awards
  • Brian Walters, Graduate Research Fellowship, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs
  • Shawn Welnak, Graduate Research Fellowship, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs
  • Manuel Grau, Exchange Fellowship, Friei Universität Berlin, 2008-09
  • Jennifer Beers, Graduate Research Fellowship, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, 2008-09
  • Gwenda-lin Grewal, Earhart Graduate Student Fellowship, 2007-09
Recent Dissertations:
Shane Courtland Hobbesian Public Reason Eric Mack
William Glod Liberalism's Case against Legal Paternalism Eric Mack
Quian (Sophy) Wang John Rawls on Human Rights Bruce Brower
Michael Madary The Perspectival Content of Perception Radu Bogdan
Julinna Oxley A Theory of Benevolence Jerry Gaus
Jonny Anomaly An Internalist Theory of Practical Reason Jerry Gaus
Matthew Oberrieder The Significance of Socrates' Quotations of Homer in Plato's Protagoras Ronna Burger
Ben Crowe Destroying the Wisdom of the Wise: The Origins and Development of Heidegger's Concept of Destruction Michael Zimmerman
Paul Haught David Hume's Moral Philosophy and Environmental Ethics Michael Zimmerman
Drew Chastain Interpreting Metaphor Graeme Forbes
Jason Tipton The Paradigm of Organic Unity: On Aristotle's De Partibus Animalium Ronna Burger
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