The placement records of the Philosophy Department’s 2008-2017 PhD’s are listed below by the year in which the Ph.D. degree was awarded. The names of the graduates are withheld for privacy. The table below lists the initial position that the student accepted after graduation and their first tenure-track appointment. If a student accepted a tenure-track position in the year that the PhD was completed both columns will be the same.
| Year of PhD | Initial Academic Appointment | First Tenure-Track Appointment | Area of specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019, University of Chicago | 2019, University of Chicago | Early Modern |
| 2018 | 2018, University of California, San Diego | Metaphysics | |
| 2018 | 2018, Yale University | Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science | |
| 2018 | 2018, Fairfield University | Metaphysics and Language | |
| 2018 | 2018, Cambridge University | Early Modern | |
| 2018 | 2018, Villanova University | 2018, Villanova University | Ancient Philosophy |
| 2017 | 2017, Australian National University | 2018, Leeds University | Philosophy of language and metaphysics |
| 2017 | 2017, Australian National University | Philosophy of language, mind, and metaphysics | |
| 2017 | 2017, NYU | 2019, Cambridge University | Early modern |
| 2017 | 2017, NYU | 2018, Cambridge University | Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and epistemology |
| 2016 | 2014, Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN | 2014, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN | Early modern and metaphysics |
| 2016 | 2016, Bowdoin College | Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language | |
| 2016 | 2016, Princeton University | Moral and Political philosophy | |
| 2016 | 2016, Quinnipiac University | 2018, Idaho State University | Ancient philosophy |
| 2016 | 2016, University of Connecticut | Philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, metaphysics, epistemology | |
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2015 |
2015, Univ. of Louisville, KY | 2015, University of Louisville, KY | Epistemology and Philosophy of Language |
| 2015 | 2015, NYU | 2016, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Epistemology and the theory of normativity |
| 2015 | 2015, Johns Hopkins Univ. | 2017, Catholic University of America | Medieval Philosophy, Arabic-Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Aristotle |
| 2015 | 2015, Harvard Univ. | 2018, Dartmouth University | Philosophy and Psychology |
| 2015 | 2015, Australian National Univ. | 2018, Brooklyn College | Political philosophy, ethics, and moral psychology |
| 2014 | 2014, Univ. of Chicago |
Early Modern |
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| 2014 | 2014, Fairfield Univ. | Nietzsche, aesthetics, ethics, and philosophy of religion | |
| 2014 | 2014, Univ. of Puget Sound | 2014, Univ. of Puget Sound | Moral philosophy and ethics |
| 2013 | 2013, Ohio State Univ. | 2013, Ohio State Univ. | Early Modern |
| 2013 | 2013, Yale Univ. | 2013, Yale Univ. | Philosophy of Religion and epistemology |
| 2013 | 2013, MIT | 2013, MIT | Philosophy of Language |
| 2013 | 2013, College of DuPage, IL | 2013, College of DuPage, IL | Philosophy of Religion |
| 2013 | 2013, Yale Univ. | Private sector position | Philosophy of Mind |
| 2013 | 2013, Long Island University, Brooklyn | 2016, School of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. |
Early Modern |
| 2012 | 2012, Univ. of California, Berkeley | 2012, Univ. of California, Berkeley |
Ancient Philosophy |
| 2012 | 2012, Univ of Mississippi | 2012, Univ. of Mississippi |
Early Modern |
| 2012 | 2012, Seoul National Univ. Faculty | 2012, Seoul National Univ. |
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Logic |
| 2012 | NA | Did not seek academic employment | |
| 2011 | 2011, Franklin and Marshall College, PA | 2011, Franklin and Marshall College, PA |
Metaphysics |
| 2011 | 2013, Purdue Univ. | 2014, UC Davis | Normative ethics, applied ethics, and bioethics. |
| 2011 | 2011, Univ. of Chicago | 2011, Univ. of Chicago | Early Modern |
| 2010 | 2010, Rice Univ. | 2010, Rice Univ. | Value theory and normative ethics |
| 2010 | Assistant Prof., tenure-track | Univ. of Kentucky |
Phenomenology, Ethics, and Philosophy of Law |
| 2009 | 2009, NYU | 2011, Columbia Univ., Barnard College | Early Modern |
| 2009 | 2009, Franklin and Marshall | 2011, Weber State Univ., Utah | Metaphysics |
| 2009 | 2009, Southern Connecticut State Univ. | 2009, Southern Connecticut State Univ. |
Logic, Metaphysics, and Epistemology |
| 2009 | 2009, Univ. of Munich | 2010, The New School, NY |
Early Modern |
| 2008 | 2008, Northern Illinois Univ. | 2008, Northern Illinois Univ. |
Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Language |
| 2008 | 2008, Valparaiso University |
Ethical theory |
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| 2008 | 2008, Univ. of Miami | 2012, Yale-NUS |
Ancient Philosophy |