Dissertations
and Placement Record, 1992-2008
The
list below includes all graduate students who have received
the Ph.D. since 1992, plus current
Ph.D. students who hold positions at other universities. It
is accurate and complete to
the best of the Department’s knowledge; however, the Department
cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness. The status
of academic positions (visiting, tenure track, permanent, tenured,
etc.) is indicated for positions presently held.
Elizabeth
Foreman (expected 2008)
Focusing Respect on Creatures
Position starting Fall 2008: St Louis University (tenure track)
Bryce Huebner (expected 2008)
Distributing Cognition: A Defense of Collective Mentality
Positions starting Fall 2008: Center for Cognitive Studies,Tufts University (post doc);
and, Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, Harvard University (post doc)
David
Landy (expected 2008)
The Synthesis of Concepts: Inferentialism and Semantic
Theory in Hume, Kant, and Hegel
Position starting Fall 2008: Wake Forest University (visiting)
Dylan
Sabo (expected 2008)
Where Concepts Come From
Position starting Fall 2008: Western Michigan University (visiting)
Sarah Scott (2007)
Invoking the Tooth Fairy Twice, or How to Identify Cases
of Ad Hoc Hypothesis Acceptance
Position starting Fall 2008: CUNY, John Jay College (tenure
track)
Previous
position: Auburn University (visiting)
Justin
Jeffrey (2007)
Normative Progeny
Position starting Fall 2008: University of Idaho (tenure track)
Previous
position: Duke University (visiting)
Nicoletta
Orlandi (2007)
Seeing and Thinking: The Flexibility of Visual Content
Present position: Rice University (tenure track)
Matthew Chrisman (2006)
Ethical and Epistemic Expressions
Present position: University of Edinburgh (permanent)
Ty
Raterman (2006)
Preferences, Well-being, and Value
Present position: University of the Pacific (tenure track)
Ingra
Schellenberg (2006)
Moral Moods
Present position: University of Washington (tenure track)
Previous position: University of Kansas (tenure track)
Macalester Bell (2005)
The Importance of Contempt
Present position: Columbia
University (tenure track)
Tamra
Frei (2005)
Implications
of the Categoricity of the Hypothetical Imperative
Present position: Michigan
State University (tenure track)
Patrick
Miller (2005)
Purity of Thought: Dualism and Divinization in Greek Philosophy
Present position: Duquesne University (tenure
track)
Previous position:
Duke University (visiting)
Susanne
Sreedhar (2005)
Hobbes on the Right of Self-Defense
Present position: Boston University (tenure track)
Previous position: Tulane
University (tenure track)
Yaacov
Ben-Shemesh (2004)
State Neutrality and Collective Self-Government
Present position: Ono School
of Law, Tel Aviv (tenure track)
Samantha
Corte (2004)
The Ethics of Religious Committment
Present position: Auburn
University (visiting)
Gregory
Littman (2004)
Defending the Law of Non-Contradiction: A Critique of
Dialetheism
Present position: Southern Illinois University (tenure track)
Previous position: Southern
Illinois University (visiting)
Adrienne
Martin (2004)
Instruments Are Not Reasons
Present position: University of Pennsylvania (tenure track)
Previous position: National
Institutes of Health (two year post doc)
Colleen
Murphy (2004)
The Nature and Moral Importance of Political Reconciliation
Present position: Texas
A&M (tenure track)
Matthew
Smith (2004)
Property Rights, Social Norms and The Law
Present position: Yale University
(tenure track)
Lorraine
Besser-Jones (2003)
Personal Integrity and the Sense of Duty
Present position: University of Waterloo (tenure track):
Previous position: Stanford
University (three year appointment)
Angela
Coventry (2003)
Causation, Quasi-Realism, and David Hume
Present position: Portland
State University (tenure track)
Previous position:
University of Arizona (visiting)
Jason
Dickenson (2003)
Actions, Reasons, and Motivational Strength
Present position: University of Pittsburgh (visiting)
Hans
Muller (2003)
Fear and Loathing in Deliberation
Present position: American
University of Beirut (tenure track)
Previous position: Ithaca College (visiting)
Clea
Rees (2003)
The Importance of Empathy
Present position: University
of California/Santa Cruz (visiting)
Previous positions:University of California/Berkeley, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania (visiting)
John
Roberts (2002)
Mob Metaphysics: An Interpretation of Berkeley's Philosophy
Present position: Florida
State University (tenure track)
Previous position:
Notre Dame (post doc)
Dan
Ryder (2002)
Neurosemantics: A Theory
Present position: University of British
Columbia (tenure track)
Previous
positions: University
of Connecticut (tenure track), University
of Indiana (post doc)
Roger
Sansom (2002)
Development as an Adaptation
Present position: Texas A&M
(tenure track)
Christopher
Taylor (2002)
Unavoidability and Commitment
Present position: St. Andrews
University (lectureship)
Shelby
Weitzel (2002)
Forgiveness, Resentment, and Self-Respect
Present position: Holy Cross
(tenure track)
Previous
position: University of Utah (visiting)
Jeffrey
Downard (2001)
The Role of Taste in Morality: From Kant to Schiller to
Emerson
Present position: Northern
Arizona University (tenured)
Thomas
Holden (2001)
The Antinomy of Material Composition: Galileo to Kant
Present position: University of California/Santa Barbara (tenure
track)
Previous position:
Syracuse University (tenured)
Andrew
Johnson (2001)
Insufficient Reason: An Interpretation and Critique of
Kant's Categorical Imperative
Position starting Fall 2007:
Missouri State (tenure track)
Present
position: Southern Methodist University (visiting)
Malik
McCluskey (2001)
Autonomy, Property, and Distributive Justice
Present position: Howard
University (tenure track)
Sean
McKeever (2001)
Completeness as a Criterion of the Acceptability of Moral
Theories
Present
Position: Davidson College (tenure track)
Previous positions: Ithaca College, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (visiting)
Rebecca
Whisnant (2001)
Centering Oneself: Normative Independence and the Moral
Life
Present position: University of Dayton (tenure track)
Previous position:
University of Southern Indiana (tenure track)
Mary
MacLeod (2000)
As in Heaven: The Moral Law Within
Present position: Indiana
University of Pennsylvania (tenure track)
Previous
positions: Howard University (tenure track), Rice University;
Colgate University; Dartmouth College
Claire
Horisk (1999)
Everyday Meaning and Sunday Truth
Present position: University
of Missouri (tenure track)
Previous
position: Grinnell College (tenure track)
Jeremy
Ofseyer (1999)
Hume and the Natural Law Tradition
Present position: practicing
law
Previous
position: University of California, Los Angeles (visiting)
Michael
Ridge (1999)
The Shape of Practical Reasons: A Defense of Agent-Neutralism
Present position: University
of Edinburgh (permanent)
Previous
position: Australian National University (three year post
doc)
Karen
Stohr (1999)
Virtue Ethics and Virtuous Agency
Present position: Georgetown
University (tenure track)
Previous
position: Mount St. Mary’s College (tenure track)
Jonathan
Tresan (1999)
Motivation, Disagreement, and Meta-ethical Mistakes
Present position: University
of Florida (tenure track)
Peter
Alward (1998)
Believed World Semantics
Present position: University
of Lethbridge (tenured)
Previous
position: College of Charleston (visiting)
Eric
Barnes (1998)
Cooperation and Trust
Present position: Hobart
and William Smith Colleges (tenure track)
Previous positions:
Mount Holyoke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, University
of Illinois
Richard
Dean (1998)
What We Should Treat as an End in Itself
Present position: American
University of Beirut (tenure track)
Previous
position: Rutgers University (visiting)
Rebecca
Hanrahan (1998)
Evidence for Possibilities
Present position: Whitman
College (tenure track)
Previous
positions: East Tennesee State University (tenure track),
Mount Holyoke College (visiting)
Nicholas
Hunt-Bull (1998)
Making Sense of Moral Sense: Francis Hutcheson’s Moral
Theory
Present
position: Southern New Hampshire University (permanent)
Previous position:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (visiting)
Jane
Reid (1998)
Integrity and the Emotions
Present position: University
of Illinois Counseling Center
Samuel
Bruton (1997)
Kant’s Conception of the Moral Law: Themes in Groundwork
II
Present position: University
of Southern Mississippi (tenured)
Previous position:
North Carolina State University (visiting)
Bradley
Cohen (1997)
The Normative Dimension of Commonsense Psychology
Present position: University
of Minnesota, Digital Media Center
Previous
position: University of Evansville (tenure track)
Seth
Holtzman (1997)
A Philosophical Re-examination of Presupposition
Present position: Catawba
College (tenured)
Andrew
Mills (1997)
Speakers, Hearers, and the Prospects for Linguistic Knowledge
Present position: Otterbein
College (tenured)
Lori
Alward (1996)
Suicide and Moral Responsibility under Conditions of Political
Oppression
Present position: Pace University
(tenure track)
Previous
positions: Guilford College; University of Puget Sound; University
of Utah
Karann
Durland (1996)
Primary and Secondary Qualities: Common Sense, Science,
and Berkeley
Present position: Austin
College (tenured)
Scott
Gaylord (1996)
Hume on the Certainty and Necessity of Arithmetic
Present position: practicing
law
Benjamin
Overbey (1996)
An Ethic for the Military: Establishing and Grounding a
Professional Military
Ethic for the Military Forces of the United States
Present position: Veterans
Administration, Washington DC
Eric
Rubenstein (1996)
The Metaphysics of Content
Present position: Indiana
University of Pennsylvania (tenured)
Previous position:
Colgate University (visiting)
Valerie
Tiberius (1996)
Deliberation about the Good: Justifying What We Value
Present
position: University of Minnesota (tenured)
Previous position: Franklin
and Marshall University (tenure track)
John
Walker (1996)
Defending Liberal Neutrality
Present
position: University of Minnesota, Digital Media Center
Previous position: University
of Minnesota at Duluth (visiting)
Michael
Gill (1995)
Human Nature and the Accessibility of Morality in Cudsworth,
Hutcheson, and Hume
Present position: University
of Arizona (tenured)
Previous
positions: Purdue University, College of Charleston (tenure
track)
Sarah
Holtman (1995)
Kant, Justice, and the Augmentation of Ideal Theory
Present position: University
of Minnesota (tenured)
Previous
position: College of William and Mary (tenure track)
Wayne
Riggs (1995)
Epistemic Pluralism
Present position: University
of Oklahoma (tenured)
Earl
Spurgin (1995)
The Binding Force of Promises
Present position: John Carroll
University (tenured)
Andrew
Cohen (1994)
Hobbesian Political Authority and the Right of Resistance
Present position: Jean Beer
Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University (Managing
Director)
Previous
positions: University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (tenure
track), University of Oklahoma (tenure track)
Paul
Davies (1994)
Evolutionary Functions and Philosophy of Mind
Present position: College
of William and Mary (tenured)
Carl
Ficarrotta (1994)
Contract Theory and Morality in International Relations
Present position: United
States Air Force Academy
William
Knorpp (1994)
Relativism and the New Psychologisms
Present position: James Madison
University (permanent)
Thomas
Adajian (1993)
Imagination, Games, Pictures: A Critical Examination of
Kendall Walton’s Mimesis as Make-Believe
Present position: James Madison
University (permanent)
Robert
Johnson (1993)
Kant’s Theory of Moral Worth
Present position: University
of Missouri (tenured)
Terry
Moore (1993)
Conduct and Community
Present position: University
of Tennessee, Computer Science Department
Cynthia
Stark (1993)
Securing Self-Respect
Present position: University
of Utah (tenured)
James
O'Shea (1992)
Problems of Substance: Perception and Object in Hume and
Kant
Present position: University
College Dublin (permanent)
