KU Dissertations and Placement
RECENT TIME-TO-DEGREE STATISTICS
The following time-to-degree information was compiled for the National Research Council (NRC) Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs. From July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2009, nineteen students graduated from KU with a Ph.D. in Philosophy. All nineteen students were full-time students. Their median time to degree was 7.8 years.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS - DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS and ACADEMIC PLACEMENT
With respect to the following placement information, the following (standard)
guidelines were followed:
1. The following document lists only the
first academic job obtained after the Ph.D. We have not made efforts
to list all subsequent jobs (if any) obtained by each candidate.
2. An 'academic job' means the equivalent
of a full-time position at a college/university, including two-year
community colleges, four year colleges, graduate level colleges/universities,
etc. All jobs listed are full-time or tenure-track unless otherwise
noted.
3. Excluding those who did not actively seek
academic jobs, the success rate from 1976-2001 of our Ph.D. recipients
is 80%. Success is measured in terms of having obtained a full-time
or tenure-track placement
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983,
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
1967 Ph.D. recipient:
• Charles Ellis Reagan, `Freedom and Determinism: A Critical Study of Certain Aspects of this Problem in the Light of the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
1968 Ph.D. recipient:
• James Wesley Nickel , `On the Notions of Cognitive and Noncognitive Meaning.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
1969 Ph.D. recipients:
• Norton Nelkin , `Perception and Language.'
Advisor: George Roberts.
• Nancy D. Simco , `A Critical Exposition of Strawson's Individuals.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
• C. Ives Waldo III, `Concepts, the Self, and Empiricism.'
Advisor: George Roberts.
1970 Ph.D. recipient:
• John Thomas Moore, `Locke's Concept of Faith.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
1971 Ph.D. recipients:
• Dan Collins Johnson, Jr., `The Meaning and Justification of Ethical Statements.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
• W. Denver Marbourg, `Action and Bodily Motion.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• C. Merrill Proudfoot, `God Treated as an Unobservable Entity in Scientific Theory.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
1973 Ph.D. recipients:
• Roger Blaisdell Doudna , `The Justification of Poetry.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
• Kenneth L. Helstrom, `The Problem of Moral Reasoning.'
Advisor: Warner Morse.
• John Clarence Jamieson, `Semantical Theory and Analyticity.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Gerald N. Matross, `T. H. Green and the Concept of Rights.'
Advisor: Rex Martin.
1974 Ph.D. recipient:
• Robert M. Godbout , `R. G. Collingwood's Theory of Action and Duty: A Systematic Restatement.'
Advisor: Rex Martin.
1975 Ph.D. recipients:
• Michael A. Grill, `Descartes: A Re-Interpretation of His Metaphysics and Science.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Daniel Hughes Wilson , `Field-Theoretic Consciousness.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
1976 Ph.D. recipients:
• Robert G. Cronin , `Reasons and the Justification of Belief.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Thomas Donaldson , `Toward a Theory of Action.'
Advisor: John Bricke.
• Clinton Franklin Dunagan, `An Examination of the Possibility of Sensory Experience of an Adequate God.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Deborah G. Johnson , `Legal Responsibility, Legal Liability and the Explanation of Action.'
Advisor: Rex Martin.
• Charles Joseph Schlee , `Russell's Critique of Complete-Symbol Theories of Definite Descriptions.'
Advisor: A. C. Genova.
• Jim D. Shelton , `Verifiability: The Epistemological Foundation of Logical Empiricism.'
Advisor: J. Michael Young.
• Engelbert Ssekasozi , `A Comparative and Critical Analysis of the Metaphysical Theories of William of Ockham and Francis Suarez as regards the Principle of Individuation'
Advisor: Alfonso Verdu.
1978 Ph.D. recipients:
• James E. Cook, `Chance and Rationality in the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce.'
Advisor: Gary Shapiro.
• Ron Smetana, `Sartrean Ontology and Authenticity.'
Advisor: Gary Shapiro.
• James Kenneth Swindler, `Plato's Sophist and Contemporary Analytic Ontology.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
1979 Ph.D. recipient:
• Juan Abugattas , `Some Remarks Concerning the General Theory of Social Praxis and its Relation to Ethical Theory.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
1981 Ph.D. recipients:
• William W. Davis, `Analogy and Mental Representations.'
Advisor: John Bricke. .
• Kenneth E. Gale, `Perpetual Peace: A Justification
for World Government.' Advisor: Warner Morse.
• Dorothy A. Haecker, `The Historical Way of Knowing.'
Advisor: Rex Martin. University of Missouri.
• Philip Wright Whitcomb, 'Existence and Essence in
Scholastic Metaphysics.' Advisor: Alfonso Verdu.
1982 Ph.D. recipients:
• Richard Fleming, `Remarks on Reason.' Advisor: A.
C. Genova. Bucknell University.
1983 Ph.D. recipients:
• Tim George, `A Study in the Ontology and Explanation
of Action.' Advisor: Rex Martin.
1984 Ph.D. recipients:
• Donald Hatcher, `The Philosophical Foundations of
Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex.' Advisor: Donald Marquis. Baker University.
1985 Ph.D. recipients:
• Laverne Joseph Denning, `Wittgenstein and Logical
Necessity.' Advisor: Warner Morse.
• Everett Jay Hilty, Jr., `A Normative Theory of Law.'
Advisor: Warner Morse. Maple Woods Community College.
• Dolores Miller, 'Quine and the Principle of Substitutivity.'
Advisor: A. C. Genova. Lecturer, UMKC.
• Daniel R. Wilson, 'Three Dogmas of Holism.' Advisor:
A. C. Genova.
1986 Ph.D. recipients:
• Karen Reeder Bell, `The Concept of a Virtue and Virtue-Based
Ethics: Plato, Aristotle, MacIntyre.' Advisor: Richard De George.
1986. California State University, Fresno.
• David A. Duquette, `Idealism and Materialism: Hegel
and Marx On History.' Advisor: Rex Martin. 1986. St. Norbert College.
• Robert Hadley Hall, `J. S. Mill's On Liberty and
Freedom of Thought.' Advisor: Rex Martin. 1986. No academic job
but went on to Law School.
• David E. Schmidt, `H. H. Price's Philosophy of Mind.'
Advisor: John Bricke. 1986. Fort Hays State University.
• Andrew Clay Ward, 'Relational Belief and Representationalism.'
Advisor: Donald Brownstein. 1986.
1987 Ph.D. recipients:
• Mark T. Brown, `Semantic Features of the Identities
of Persons.' Advisor: John Bricke. University of Wisconsin,
Marathon County Center.
• Peter Paul Cvek III, `John Locke and the Theory of
Natural Law.' Advisor: Richard De George. St. Peter's College.
• Jon Mark Mikkelsen, 'The Systematic Unity in Kant's
Critique of Judgment.' Advisor: A. C. Genova. Missouri Western
State College.
1989 Ph.D. recipients:
• David Larson, `Objectivity and the Evidence for a
Davidsonian Theory of Meaning.' Advisor: A. C. Genova.
1991 Ph.D. recipients:
• Robert Hull, `An Exposition of Nietzsche's Moral
and Epistemic Skepticism.' Advisor: Gary Shapiro. West Virginia
Wesley College.
• William Martin, 'Matrix and Line: Derrida and the
Possibilities of a Postmodern Social Theory.' Advisor: Gary Shapiro.
De Paul University.
• Regina Turner, 'Kierkegaard's Defense of Reason.'
Advisor: James Woelfel. Butler County Community College.
1992 Ph.D. recipients:
• Richard Botkin, `Epistemological Skepticism and Its
Challenge to Naturalized Epistemology.' Advisor: A. C. Genova.
• Michael Hinz, `Self-Creation and History: Collingwood
and Nietzsche on Conceptual Change.' Advisor: Rex Martin. Middle
Tennessee State College.
1993 Ph.D. recipients:
• John Duffield, `The Divine Fire of Francis Bacon.'
Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Theodore (Ted) Mehl, 'Virtue Ethics: Exploring the
Foundations of an Ethical Life.' Advisor: Richard De George.
• Joseph VanZandt, 'The Notion of Substance in Physical
Theory.' Advisor: Richard Cole.
1994 Ph.D. recipients:
• Theodore S. Zenzinger, 'Rational Conflict and Rational
Agreement.' Advisor: Ann Cudd. Regis University.
1995 Ph.D. recipients:
• Albert Cinelli, `Heidegger's Reading of Nietzsche
on Reason, Truth, and Knowledge.' Advisor: Gary Shapiro. Sierra
College and Cosumnes River College.
• Susan N. Daniel, `Justification of Rights.' Advisor:
Rex Martin. Western Oregon State College.
• Akissi Gbocho, `Davidson and the End of Difference.'
Advisor: John Bricke. University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
1996 Ph.D. recipients:
• Paul Fairchild, 'The Ethics of International Relations.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
1997 Ph.D. recipients:
• Greg Hodes, 'Foundations and Aporia: The Intellectual
Realism of Bernard Lonergan.' Advisor: James Woelfel. Teaching
part time at K.C. community colleges.
1998 Ph.D. recipients:
• David Reidy, 'Justice, Pluralism, and Social Stability:
The Political Philosophy of John Rawls.' Advisor: Rex Martin.
University of Tennessee.
• Darrell Wheeler,
'Integrating Mind and Language: An Examination of Donald Davidson's
Philosophy.' Advisor: John Bricke. Towson State College,
and University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
1999 Ph.D. recipients:
• Michael Cormack, 'Virtue, Knowledge, and Happiness
in Plato's Early and Middle Dialogues.' Advisor: Thomas Tuozzo
• Martin Henn, 'From Ontology to Theology: A Study
in Aristotle's Metaphysics.' Advisor: Thomas Tuozzo.
• Stephen Mathis, 'Criminal Attempts and the Formal
Requirements of Criminal Liability.' Advisor: Russ Shafer-Landau. Wheaton College, Massachusetts.
• John McClendon, 'Consciencism: The Philosophy of
Nkrumaism.' Advisors: Ann Cudd, Julie Maybee. Bates College.
• Jeanna Moyer, 'Kant on Nature, Beauty, and Women.'
Advisor: A. C. Genova, Iowa State University.
2000 Ph.D. recipients:
• Richard Buck, 'The Logic of Political Constructivism.'
Advisor: Rex Martin. Mt. St. Mary College.
• Christopher Foster, 'Logical Truth and Consequence.' Advisor:
Art Skidmore. Teaching part-time in Utah.
• Dawn Jakubowski, 'Social Justice and the Ethics of
Multiculturalism.' Advisor: Tom Tuozzo and Cynthia Willett. Central
Arkansas.
• Xiufen Lu, 'A Critical Examination of the Marxist
Theory of Alienation.' Advisor: Ann Cudd. Wichita State University.
• Terry Sader, 'Time as a Condition of Assertability.'
Advisor: A. C. Genova. Butler County Community College,
Eldorado, Ks.
2001 Ph.D. recipients:
• Justin Hernandez, 'John Stuart Mill and the Epistemic
Status of Theism.' Advisor: Jim Woelfel. Benedictine College
.
• Charles Richards, 'Ralph Cudworth and the Power to
Know.' Advisor: Richard Cole.
• Ted Vaggalis, 'Hermeneutics and the Horizon of Political
Philosophy.' Advisor: Richard De George. Drury University,
Missouri.
• Kirk Wolf, 'Nietzsche and Foucault on the Genealogy
of Ethical Subjectivity.' Advisor: Fred Rush. Delta College.
2002 Ph.D. recipients:
• Olivia Ceesay, 'Moral Conflict, Irrational Behavior,
and African Women.' Advisor: John Bricke. Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra
Leone.
• Kae Chatman, 'Seeing Reason: Incest, Ideology, Institutions.'
Advisor: James Woelfel.
• Harvey McCloud, 'The Causal Efficacy of Consciousness.'
Advisor: John Bricke.
2003 Ph.D. recipients:
• Sanghyuk Park, 'The Normativity of Morality.' Advisor:
Russ Shafer-Landau. Seoul National University, Seoul, South
Korea.
2004 Ph.D. recipients:
• Christopher M. Caldwell, 'Motivating Ethical Pluralism.'
Advisor: Richard De George.
• Delilah R. Caldwell, 'Language and the Objectivity
of Value.' Advisor: John Bricke.
• Curran Douglass, 'On Freedom and Rationality.'
Advisor: John Bricke.
• Stephen Ferguson, 'Racial Contract Theory: A Critical
Introduction.' Advisor: Ann Cudd. North
Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
.
• Jorge A. Muñoz, 'International Distributive Justice.'
Advisor: Richard T. De George. Adjunct positions at colleges
in Los Angeles region.
• Larry Waggle, 'Just Friends: Justice and Friendship
in the Social Theories of Aristotle and Epicurus.' Advisor: Tom
Tuozzo. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
2005 Ph.D. recipients:
• Eric B. Berg, 'A Philosophical Introduction to Norman
Maclean by way of Kierkegaard's Distinction between Fear and Anxiety.'
Advisor: James Woelfel, . MacMurray College, Jacksonville,
Illinois.
• Yancy Hughes Dominick, 'En Eikosi Skopein, Studying
in Images: Plato's Phaedo and the Role of Images in Philosophy.'
Advisor: Thomas Tuozzo.
• Samuel Evans Kreider, 'John Stuart Mill: "Utility,
Liberty, and Eudaimonia".' Advisor: Ben Eggleston.
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin.
2006 Ph.D. recipients:
• Pinfei Lu , 'Citizens and Gender Justice: Toward Equality
in a Pluralistic Democracy.' Advisor: Ann Cudd. Tung Hai University, Taiwan.
2007 Ph.D. recipients:
• Tamela Ice , 'Rethinking the Paradox of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Sexual Politics: From Woman's Alienation, Psychological Oppression and Bad Faith to Liberty.' Advisor: Ann Cudd. Kansas City Kansas Community College.
2008 Ph.D. recipients:
• Roksana Alavi, ‘Race and Oppression: Philosophical Issues.’ Advisor: Ann Cudd.
• Keith Coleman, ‘The Logical Problem of Identity.’ Advisor: Teresa Robertson.
• Pelle Darota Danabo , ‘From Africa of States to United Africa: Towards Africana Democracy.’ Advisor: Ann Cudd.
• Monica Gerrek, ‘Normative Sentimentalism and Animal Ethics.’ Advisor: Ben Eggleston.
• Hyun Chul Kim, ‘Mental Causation, Intentional Action and Explanatory Practice.' Advisor: John Bricke.
2009 Ph.D. recipients:
• H. David Carillo, ‘Dialectical Humanism: An Ethic of Self-Actualization.’ Advisor: Richard De George.
• Anne Morgan, ‘An Ethic of Freedom.’ Advisor: Ann Cudd.
• Kara Tan Bhala , ‘Fortifying Virtue Ethics: Recognizing the Essential Roles of Eudaimonia and Phronesis.” Advisor: Richard De George.
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