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Part V - People
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Major Faculty Moves, 2001-2002 |
Major Faculty Moves, 2001-2002
*indicates move won't take effect till 2002
| Philosopher | From | To | Area(s) |
| Andrew Altman | George Washington | Georgia State | Legal |
| Murat Aydede | Chicago | Florida/Gainesville | Mind/Cog Sci |
| Marcia Baron | Illinois/Urbana | Indiana | Ethics/Kant |
| *William Bechtel | Wash U/St. Louis | UC San Diego | Mind/Cog Sci |
| Frederick Beiser | Indiana | Syracuse | Kant/German Phil; Modern Phil |
| Seyla Benhabib | Harvard | Yale | Continental/Political |
| Brian Bix | Quinnipiac Law | Minnesota | Legal |
| Suzanne Bobzien | Oxford | Yale | Ancient |
| David Braddon-Mitchell | Auckland | Sydney | Mind/Metaphysics |
| Sarah Broadie | Princeton | St. Andrew's | Ancient |
| Peter Carruthers | Sheffield | Maryland | Language/Mind |
| Alan Carter | London (Heythrop) | Colorado | Environmental Ethics/Political |
| Max Cresswell | Victoria U/Wellington | Massey | Language (part-time) |
| Garrett Cullity | St. Andrew's | Adelaide | Ethics |
| Graciella de Pierris | Indiana | Stanford | Kant/Modern/Early Analytic |
| Stephen Dumont | Toronto | Notre Dame | Medieval |
| Ronald Endicott | Arkansas State | North Carolina State | Mind/Metaphysics |
| Arthur Fine | Northwestern | Washington/Seattle | Science/Physics |
| David Finkelstein | Indiana | Chicago | Wittgenstein/Mind |
| Eckart Forster | Munich | Johns Hopkins | Kant/German Phil |
| Michael Friedman | Indiana | Stanford | Science/Kant/Early Analytic |
| *Alvin Goldman | Arizona | Rutgers | Epistem/Mind/Cog Sci |
| Delia Graff | Princeton | Cornell | Language/Logic |
| Robert Hopkins | Birmingham | Sheffield | Aesthetics/Mind |
| Mary Louise Gill | Pittsburgh | Brown | Ancient |
| Anil Gupta | Indiana | Pittsburgh | Logic |
| John Hawthorne | Syracuse | Rutgers | Metaph/Language/Early Modern |
| Thomas Hurka | Calgary | Toronto | Ethics |
| Rosalind Hursthouse | Open U | Auckland | Ethics |
| *Mark Kaplan | Wisconsin/Milwaukee | Indiana | Epistemology/Decision Theory |
| Bonnie Kent | Syracuse | UC Irvine | Medieval |
| Jonathan Kvanvig | Texas A&M | Missouri/Columbia | Epistem/Religion |
| Douglas MacLean | Maryland (Baltimore) | North Carolina | Applied Moral/Political |
| Trenton Merricks | Va. Commonw. | Virginia | Metaphysics |
| Christopher Morris | Bowling Green | Maryland | Political |
| Adam Morton | Bristol | Oklahoma | Epistem/Decision Theory (part-time) |
| Dana Nelkin | Florida State | UC San Diego | Ethics/Mind |
| Laurie (L.A.) Paul | Yale | Arizona | Metaphysics |
| Philip Pettit | ANU/Columbia | Princeton | Moral/Political/Social Science/Mind |
| Graham Priest | Queensland | Melbourne | Logic |
| J. Piers Rawling | Missouri/Columbia | Florida State | Decision Theory/Ethics |
| Michael Rea | Delaware | Notre Dame | Metaphysics |
| C.D.C. Reeve | Reed College | North Carolina | Ancient |
| Greg Restall | Macquarie | Melbourne | Logic/Phil Logic/Metaph |
| Janet Radcliffe Richards | Open University | London (UCL) | Ethics/Medical Ethics |
| Samuel Rickless | Florida State | UC San Diego | Ancient/Modern/Language/Ethics |
| Fred Rush | Kansas | Notre Dame | Kant/German Idealism |
| Mark Sainsbury | London | Texas | Language/Phil Logic |
| Margaret Schabas | York U/Toronto | British Columbia | Phil of Economics |
| Frederick Schmitt | Illinois/Urbana | Indiana | Epistemology |
| *Ted Sider | Syracuse | Rutgers | Metaphysics/Language |
| Michael Slote | Maryland | Miami | Ethics |
| Brian Cantwell Smith | Indiana | Duke | Mind/Cog Sci/Artif Intell |
| Holly Smith | Arizona | Rutgers | Ethics |
| Paul Snowdon | Oxford | London (UCL) | Mind/Metaphysics |
| Kim Sterelny | Victoria Univ/Vellington | ANU (part time) | Biology/Mind |
| Daniel Stoljar | Colorado | ANU | Metaphysics/Mind |
| Mariam Thalos | SUNY-Buffalo | Utah | Science/Physics |
| Charles Travis | Stirling | Northwestern | Language |
| *James Tully | Victoria | Toronto | Political/Wittgenstein |
| Eric Watkins | Virginia Tech | UC San Diego | Kant |
| *Joan Weiner | Wisconsin/Milwaukee | Indiana | Hist. Analytic Phil. |
| Susan Wolf | Johns Hopkins | North Carolina | Ethics/Action |
| Crispin Wright | Columbia | NYU | Language/Metaph (part-time) |
| Naomi Zack | SUNY-Albany | Oregon | Phil of Race |
| *Dean Zimmerman | Syracuse | Rutgers | Metaphysics/Religion |
Major Faculty Moves to Watch for
| Philosopher | Currently | Offers/Possible Offers | Area(s) |
| Peter Godfrey-Smith | Stanford | ANU, Harvard | Biology/Mind |
| Terence Horgan | Memphis | Arizona, Ohio State | Mind, Metaphysics |
| Frances Myrna Kamm | NYU | Harvard | Ethics |
| Michael Kremer | Notre Dame | Chicago | Logic/Hist. Analytic Phil |
| Peter Ludlow | SUNY-Stony Brook | Syracuse | Language |
| Philip Quinn | Notre Dame | Yale (Divinity Sch.) | Religion |
| Kim Sterelny | Victoria U/Wellington | Texas | Biology, Mind |
For major faculty moves in recent years, see last year's report
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Part-Time Appointments |
In recent years, numerous departments have appointed faculty on a "part-time" basis; so, e.g., the philosopher is there for only 7-8 weeks each year, or perhaps for a whole semester. Although this is an easy way for departments to make "prestigious" appointments--and makes it possible, in particular, to lure prominent foreigners with flexible teaching schedules--it is not clear that such appointments are particularly useful for graduate students looking for guidance from advisors. Nothing compares with faculty who are in residence year-round. However, these appointments do deserve some weight in the evaluation of departments--though not as much as a full-time appointment, of course.
Ruth Barcan Marcus: one-third time at UC Irvine, emerita at Yale. Areas: Logic, Language, Metaphysics.
Johan von Benthem: one-third-time at Stanford; the rest of
the time he is in Amsterdam. Areas: Logic.
Nancy Cartwright: one-third-time at UC San Diego, remainder of the the year at the London School of Economics. Area: Science.
Roberto Casati: half-time at SUNY-Buffalo; the rest of the time in France. Areas: Metaphysics/Ontology.
Ronald Dworkin: half-time at NYU, half-time at London. Areas: Political/Legal Phil.
John Finnis: half-time at the Notre Dame Law School; the rest of the time at Oxford. Areas: Moral/Political/Legal Phil.
Dagfinn Føllesdal: one-third-time at Stanford; the rest of the time he is in Norway. Areas: Phenomenology, Logic, Phil Language.
Clark Glymour: one-third time at UC San Diego, rest of the time at Carnegie-Mellon. Area: Science.
Jürgen Habermas: one-third-time at Northwestern for the next several years; emeritus at the University of Frankfurt. Areas: Moral/Political Phil.
Richard Jeffrey: one-third time at UC Irvine; the rest of the time, emeritus at Princeton. Area: Logic/Decision Theory.
Saul Kripke: quarter-time at the CUNY Grad Center; emeritus at Princeton, and also spending a significant amount of time in Israel. Areas: Logic/Language/Metaphysics.
Jean-Luc Marion: one-third-time at the University of Chicago; the rest of the time he is in Paris. Areas: Modern.
Derek Parfit: quarter-time at NYU; one-eighth time at Harvard; rest of the time at Oxford. Areas: Ethics, Mind.
Pierre Pellegrin: half-time at Rutgers, rest of the time at the CRNS at the University of Paris. Areas: Ancient.
Graham Priest: quarter-time at the University of St. Andrews; the rest of the time at Melbourne. Areas: Logic/Metaphysics.
Joseph Raz: half-time roughly every other year at Columbia Law School, rest of the time at Oxford. Areas: Political/Legal/Moral Phil.
Stewart Shapiro: quarter-time at the University of St. Andrews; the rest of the time at Ohio State. Area: Math.
Richard Sorabji: quarter-time at the University of Texas at Austin; the rest of the time in London. Area: Ancient.
Ernest Sosa: half-time at Rutgers, rest of the time at Brown. Areas: Epistemology/Mind.
Kim Sterelny: half-time at Victoria University/Wellington, and half-time at the Australian National University. Areas: Biology/Mind.
Charles Taylor: one-third-time at Northwestern; also part-time at the New School; emeritus at McGill. Areas: Political Phil/Continental Phil.
Bernard Williams: half-time at Berkeley, emeritus at Oxford: Areas: Ethics.
Crispin Wright: quarter-time at NYU; rest of the time at St. Andrews. Areas: Language/Math/Metaphysics.
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Prominent Faculty who are Emeritus/Retired (status assessed for 2001-2002) |
These faculty may or may not have stopped teaching, depending on the policies of individual schools. Note: faculty can be retired at one school, but teaching at another.
| Richard Jeffrey | Princeton University |
| Saul Kripke | Princeton University |
| Annette Baier | University of Pittsburgh |
| Kurt Baier | University of Pittsburgh |
| David Gauthier | University of Pittsburgh |
| Merilee Salmon | University of Pittsburgh |
| Stanley Cavell | Harvard University |
| Hilary Putnam | Harvard University |
| John Rawls | Harvard University |
| Fred Dretske | Stanford University |
| David Nivison | Stanford University |
| Patrick Suppes | Stanford University |
| Michael Dummett | Oxford University |
| Ronald Dworkin | Oxford University |
| James Griffin | Oxford University |
| David Wiggins | Oxford University |
| J.E.J. Altham | Cambridge University |
| Hugh Mellor | Cambridge University |
| Malcolm Budd | University College London |
| Richard Sorabji | King's College, London |
| Rogers Albritton | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Keith Donnellan | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Philippa Foot | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Herbert Morris | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Ernest Adams | University of California, Berkeley |
| Charles Chihara | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thompson Clarke | University of California, Berkeley |
| Bruce Vermazen | University of California, Berkeley |
| Richard Wollheim | University of California, Davis |
| Carl Ginet | Cornell University |
| Sydney Shoemaker | Cornell University (phased retirement) |
| Keith Campbell | University of Sydney |
| Alasdair MacIntyre | Duke University |
| John Yolton | Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
| Joel Feinberg | University of Arizona |
| Keith Lehrer | University of Arizona |
| Sylvain Bromberger | Massachussetts Institute of Technology |
| Richard Cartwright | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Bruce Aune | University of Massachussetts, Amherst |
| Edmund Gettier | University of Massachussetts, Amherst |
| Robert Sleigh | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Henry Allison | University of California, San Diego |
| Frederick Olafson | University of California, San Diego |
| Marcus Singer | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Leonard Linsky | University of Chicago |
| Ian Mueller | University of Chicago |
| Howard Stein | University of Chicago |
| William Tait | University of Chicago |
| Karel Lambert | University of California, Irvine |
| Peter Woodruff | University of California, Irvine |
| Arthur Danto | Columbia University |
| Sidney Morgenbesser | Columbia University |
| Ernan McMullin | University of Notre Dame |
| George Dickie | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Dorothy Grover | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Rolf Sartorious | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| William Alston | Syracuse University |
| Jonathan Bennett | Syracuse University |
| Stephen Barker | Johns Hopkins University |
| J.B. Schneewind | Johns Hopkins University |
| Ruth Barcan Marcus | Yale University |
| Abner Shimony | Boston University |
| Marshall Cohen | University of Southern California |
| Charles Taylor | McGill University |
| Larry Laudan | University of Hawaii, Manoa |
| Carl Wellman | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Robert Kirk | University of Nottingham |
| Cora Diamond | University of Virginia |
Non-Emeritus Prominent Faculty who are 70 or Older by 2002
| Paul Benacerraf | Princeton University |
| Harry Frankfurt | Princeton University |
| Ronald Dworkin | New York University and University College London |
| Nuel Belnap | University of Pittsburgh |
| Adolf Grunbaum | University of Pittsburgh |
| Nicholas Rescher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Donald Davidson | University of California, Berkeley (over 80) |
| Hubert Dreyfus | University of California, Berkeley |
| John Searle | University of California, Berkeley |
| Bernard Williams | University of California, Berkeley (part-time) |
| Richard Wollheim | University of California, Berkeley |
| Judith Jarvis Thomson | Massachussetts Institute of Technology |
| Solomon Feferman | Stanford University |
| Richard Rorty | Stanford University |
| David Braybrooke | University of Texas, Austin |
| Herbert Hochberg | University of Texas, Austin |
| Isaac Levi | Columbia University |
| Sydney Shoemaker | Cornell University |
| R.E. Allen | Northwestern University |
| Jürgen Habermas | Northwestern University (part-time) |
| Charles Taylor | Northwestern University (part-time) |
| Vere Chappell | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Edmund Gettier | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Gareth Matthews | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Charles Kahn | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jaakko Hintikka | Boston University |
| Martin Golding | Duke University |
| Alasdair MacIntyre | University of Notre Dame |
| Alvin Plantinga | University of Notre Dame |
| Joseph Ullian | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Richard Watson | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Henry Kyburg | University of Rochester |
| David Keyt | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Virginia Held | City University of New York Graduate Center |
| William Rowe | Purdue University |
| Jitendra Mohanty | Temple University and Emory University |
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Job Placement |
For many years, departments were not very forthcoming with information about how their graduates had fared in pursuit of academic jobs. The Internet, and to some extent this Report, have helped change that. In past years, I have collected information on job placement at leading universities and colleges, always with the caveat that this presents only a partial picture. Increasingly, departments now include on their homepages a complete picture. Model sites on job placement are those at Harvard University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Oklahoma at Norman (click on "grad student placement"). These sites are exemplary in giving dissertation titles and job placement and status (e.g., tenure-track or not).
Last May, the Update Service was used to encourage all departments to provide comparably candid and thorough information. Students should not hesitate to ask departments they are considering to provide detailed and comprehensive information about recent job placement similar to that provided by schools like Harvard and Arizona. Prospective students are advised to be very wary of departments that won't provide such information: indeed, to be safe, you should probably eliminate from consideration departments that will not volunteer such information. (Some departments will not want to provide names of graduates, but that is obviously not essential information. What is essential is to know the year of the graduate, the field he/she worked in, and whether or not he/she got a job, and if so what kind and where.) Do not settle for vague assurances like the following, which are still rather typical: "the department makes every effort to find its graduates suitable employment. In the past we have been very successful in placing people at some of the best universities and colleges in the country. We are committed to continuing that success." In fact, the department in question here had been strikingly unsuccessful in placing recent graduates in "the best universities and colleges," though most got tenure-track jobs. As a prospective student, about to embark upon a multi-year investment, you are entitled to detailed information.
If it appears that many departments are returning to their former secrecy about placement success, I will resume collecting and publishing data in this report.
Be sure, in evaluating placement information, to attend to the time period covered. It is not unknown, for example, for departments to provide a list of schools where graduates have taken jobs, when in fact those jobs stretch back over a 20-year period! Also, be sure to demand clarity about which jobs are tenure-track and which are not. Finally, keep in mind that information on job placement in, say, the last five years reflects decisions about where to go to graduate school students made 10-15 years ago. Departments that are stronger today than then will almost certainly have better job placement in the future; conversely, departments weaker now than then are less likely to duplicate their earlier success.
Departments that are noticeably stronger today than they were roughly 10-15 years ago include: New York University; Rutgers University at New Brunswick; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Texas at Austin; University of California at Davis; Yale University; Ohio State University; Duke University; University of California at Riverside; University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Washington at Seattle; University of Virginia; Carnegie-Mellon University; Georgetown University; Tulane University; University of Connecticut at Storrs; and University of Miami.
Departments that are noticeably weaker today than they were roughly 10-15 years ago include: University of California at Berkeley; Cornell University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois at Chicago; Johns Hopkins University; Northwestern University; Syracuse University; University of Massachussetts at Amherst; and University of Southern California.
As an only very partial indicator of placement success, here is where the tenure-track faculty at the departments in groups 1-4 earned their graduate degree:
16 went to Princeton
11 went to Harvard
7 went to Rutgers
7 went to Michigan
6 went to Berkeley
6 went to Oxford
6 went to Pittsburgh
5 went to Cornell
4 went to MIT
4 went to UCLA
3 went to Penn
2 went to Chicago
2 went to Columbia
2 went to London
2 went to Stanford
2 went to Toronto
and 1 each went to Notre Dame, Arizona, Northwestern, Monash, Yale, Reading, Texas, Brown, UC Riverside, Humboldt, and Iowa.
The graduates not from top10ish departments all worked overwhelmingly in areas where their departments are ranked, or were ranked, among the handful of top programs in their specialty. So, e.g., all the Penn grads at top 29 departments work in Kant and/or history of modern philosophy.
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