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Department of Philosophy

Placement Record

Below is information about the current employment of all graduates from the Florida State University Ph.D. program since 1998. The right-hand column lists the person's current position, the type of position, and the person's dissertation title and dissertation director. Those who did not seek or are not currently in teaching positions are noted but not named.

2007

Joshua Cline

Florida State University; adjunct instructor

False Judgment in Plato's 'Theaetetus' (Russell Dancy)

Lisa Watkins

Florida State University; adjunct instructor

The Problem of Akratic Action (Alfred Mele)

Jason Zinser

University of North Florida; visiting assistant professor

Modal Concepts in the Biological Sciences (Michael Ruse)

2006

Mohammad Alwahaib

[Currently on job market]

Hannah Arendt and the Concept of Political Thinking (Peter Dalton)

Charles Hermes

University of Texas-Arlington; visiting assistant professor

Scientific Essentialism and the Lewis/Ramsey Account of Laws of Nature (Alfred Mele)

Elizabeth Kanon

University of North Florida; visiting assistant professor

Stipulating Moral Status (Peter Dalton)

2005

George Abaunza

Felician College, NJ; permanent position

Making Artists of Us All: The Evolution of An Educational Aesthetic (C. David Gruender)

Jeremy Kirby

Albion College, MI; tenure-track position

Material Migration and Aristotelian Metaphysics (Russell Dancy)

Thomas Nadelhoffer

Dickinson College, PA; tenure-track position

Intentions and Intentional Actions in Ordinary Language and the Criminal Law (Alfred Mele)

2004

Stephen Morris

Missouri Western State University, MO; tenure-track position

Deciphering the Secret Chain: An Evolutionary Perspective on Enlightened Self-Interest (Michael Ruse)

One other student graduated in 2004 and holds a permanent position as a research associate for the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University.

2003

Christopher Pynes

Western Illinois University, IL; tenure-track position

Human Cloning and Moral Status (Michael Ruse)

Adam Sipos

[Currently on job market]

Conceptual Role Semantics, Instability and Individualism: Towards a Neo-Fregean Theory of Content (J. Piers Rawling)

2002

Justin Barnard

Crichton College, TN; tenure-track position

Rationally Justified Belief and Mental Causation: An Epistemic Argument Against Physicalism (Alfred Mele)

Gregory Smith

Patrick Henry College, VA; permanent position

Aristotle and Cognitive Intentionality (Russell Dancy)

2001

John Farnum

Portland Community College, OR; tenure-track position

Habermas and the American Context: Toward a Theory of a Substantive Democracy (Peter Dalton)

Bradford Hadaway

Georgetown College, KY; tenure-track position

Hobbesian Individualism and the Self: Bringing Hobbes to Bear on the Communitarian Critique of Liberalism (Maria Morales)

One other student graduated in 2001 but did not seek academic employment.

2000

No students graduated in 2000.

1999

Four students graduated in 1999. Three did not seek academic employment. The other took part-time academic employment in his home town.

1998

Blake Hestir

Texas Christian University, TX; tenure-track position

Plato on Truth and the Problem of Falsehood (Russell Dancy)

Barbara LaBossiere

California State University (Fresno), CA; tenure-track position

Hume on the Utility of Justice (Maria Morales)

Timothy McWhirter

Salt Lake Community College, UT; tenure-track position

Being and Entropy (Eugene Kaelin)

One other student graduated in 1998 and holds a permanent administrative position at Florida State University.


		Admissions - Degree Requirements - Placement Record - HPS - PGSA - PIE - Graduate Studies
		Department of Philosophy Placement Record Below is information about the current employment of all graduates from the Florida State University Ph.D. program since 1998. The right-hand column lists the person's current position, the type of position, and the person's dissertation title and dissertation director. Those who did not seek or are not currently in teaching positions are noted but not named.
		2007

		Joshua Cline	Florida State University; adjunct instructor False Judgment in Plato's 'Theaetetus' (Russell Dancy)

		Lisa Watkins	Florida State University; adjunct instructor The Problem of Akratic Action (Alfred Mele)

		Jason Zinser	University of North Florida; visiting assistant professor Modal Concepts in the Biological Sciences (Michael Ruse)

		2006

		Mohammad Alwahaib	[Currently on job market] Hannah Arendt and the Concept of Political Thinking (Peter Dalton)

		Charles Hermes	University of Texas-Arlington; visiting assistant professor Scientific Essentialism and the Lewis/Ramsey Account of Laws of Nature (Alfred Mele)

		Elizabeth Kanon	University of North Florida; visiting assistant professor Stipulating Moral Status (Peter Dalton)

		2005

		George Abaunza	Felician College, NJ; permanent position Making Artists of Us All: The Evolution of An Educational Aesthetic (C. David Gruender)
		Jeremy Kirby	Albion College, MI; tenure-track position Material Migration and Aristotelian Metaphysics (Russell Dancy)
		Thomas Nadelhoffer	Dickinson College, PA; tenure-track position Intentions and Intentional Actions in Ordinary Language and the Criminal Law (Alfred Mele)

		2004

		Stephen Morris	Missouri Western State University, MO; tenure-track position Deciphering the Secret Chain: An Evolutionary Perspective on Enlightened Self-Interest (Michael Ruse)
		One other student graduated in 2004 and holds a permanent position as a research associate for the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University.

		2003

		Christopher Pynes	Western Illinois University, IL; tenure-track position Human Cloning and Moral Status (Michael Ruse)
		Adam Sipos	[Currently on job market] Conceptual Role Semantics, Instability and Individualism: Towards a Neo-Fregean Theory of Content (J. Piers Rawling)

		2002

		Justin Barnard	Crichton College, TN; tenure-track position Rationally Justified Belief and Mental Causation: An Epistemic Argument Against Physicalism (Alfred Mele)
		Gregory Smith	Patrick Henry College, VA; permanent position Aristotle and Cognitive Intentionality (Russell Dancy)

		2001

		John Farnum	Portland Community College, OR; tenure-track position Habermas and the American Context: Toward a Theory of a Substantive Democracy (Peter Dalton)
		Bradford Hadaway	Georgetown College, KY; tenure-track position Hobbesian Individualism and the Self: Bringing Hobbes to Bear on the Communitarian Critique of Liberalism (Maria Morales)
		One other student graduated in 2001 but did not seek academic employment.

		2000

		No students graduated in 2000.

		1999

		Four students graduated in 1999. Three did not seek academic employment. The other took part-time academic employment in his home town.

		1998

		Blake Hestir	Texas Christian University, TX; tenure-track position Plato on Truth and the Problem of Falsehood (Russell Dancy)
		Barbara LaBossiere	California State University (Fresno), CA; tenure-track position Hume on the Utility of Justice (Maria Morales)
		Timothy McWhirter	Salt Lake Community College, UT; tenure-track position Being and Entropy (Eugene Kaelin)
		One other student graduated in 1998 and holds a permanent administrative position at Florida State University.