PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy NAME
AOS
DISSERTATION
COMMITTEE
INITIAL PLACEMENT
LAST KNOWN POSITION (IF DIFFENT)
2017-2018 Haidar Al-Dhalimy PhD conferred 9/29/2017 MA Plan B conferred 2015
Logic, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics
On Order Types of SpaceTime Dimensions.
Dongwoo Kim PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2017
Philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysic, logic
Brendan Sullivan PhD (ABD) MA Plan B (pending)
Moral and political philosophy, Hegel, philosophy of literature, philosophy of religion, analytic philosophy
Absolute Constructivism: Hegelian Views of Contemporary Ethical Theory
Kathryn Swanson PhD conferred 9/29/2017 MA Plan B conferred 2017 Minor: Early Modern Studies
Philosophy of law, political philosophy, feminist, early modern, philosophy of race, applied ethics
Non-Ideal Autonomy and Relationships of Care
William Bausman PhD conferred 12/30/2016 M.A. Plan B conferred 2009
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology
Neutral Theory, Biased World
Patrick Laine PhD conferred 2/28/2017 M.A. Plan B conferred 2016
Philosophy of mind, epistemology
The Living Mind
Yi Tong PhD conferred 12/30/2016 MA Plan B conferred 2011
Jurisprudence, legal theory/philosophy of law,
Conceptual Analysis in Jurisprudence: an Essay in Methodology
Roy T. Cook (advisor) Geoffrey Hellman (co-advisor) Peter Hanks Jos Uffink Karel Prikry (Mathematics) Roy T. Cook (advisor) Geoffrey Hellman (co-advisor) Joseph Owens Tyler Lawson (Mathematics) Sarah Holtman (co-advisor) Michelle Mason (co-advisor) Valerie Tiberius Mattias Rothe (German, Scandinavian, and Dutch) Sarah Holtman (advisor) Joan Tronto (co-advisor, History) Douglas Lewis Valerie Tiberius
Independent Scholar and Researcher
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) Alan Love Jos Uffink William Wimsatt Stephen Hubbell (UCLA) Peter Hanks (advisor) Naomi Scheman (co-advisor) Alan Love John Wallace Mark Borrello (HST) Brian Bix (advisor) Peter Hanks Joseph Owens
Postdoctoral Fellow (2-year), University of Geneva, Project Grant: “From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics.” Independent Scholar and Researcher
Exited PhD program with MA Transferred to CUNY PhD program Upper School Theology teacher, Convent of the Sacred Heart, 2018-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Saint Olaf College Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamline Mitchell Law School
2016-2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Humanities, University of Wisconsin at
City University of New York (CUNY) PhD program (candidate) 2017-present
Assistant Professor (permanent), Mankato State University, 2018present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
David Van Acker MA Plan A (incomplete)
ethical theory, philosophy of language, methodology Philosophy of religion
Valerie Tiberius R.A. Duff (Law School) Jasper Hopkins (advisor) Sarah Holtman Mary Dietz (Political Science)
Platteville (multi-year appointment, renewable) Exited MA program Grace Church, Senior Pastor
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Roy T. Cook (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Barbara Frey (Human Rights) Marcia Eaton (advisor) Naomi Scheman Michelle Mason Rob Silberman (Art History) Naomi Scheman (advisor) Peter Hanks Valerie Tiberius Debra DeBruin (Bioethics) Joan Liaschenko (Nursing)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio (multi-year appointment, renewable) Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), John Jay Criminal College, CUNY, 2007-2014
2015-2016 Brian (Wilson) Baer PhD conferred 5/31/2016 MA Plan B conferred 2010 Tanya (Rodriguez) Eckman PhD conferred 9/30/2015
Kirsten Kringle (Baer) PhD conferred 8/31/15 MA Plan B conferred 2010
Shay Logan PhD conferred 8/31/15 MA Plan B conferred 2013
Normative ethics, applied ethics, human rights, moral psychology, metaethics, logic/mathematics Ethics and aesthetics, applied ethics, history of modern philosophy, multicultural philosophy Biomedical ethics, feminist epistemology
A Theory of Moral Obligation
Empathy at the Intersection
The Decision to Know
Logic, philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology, philosophy of science
Categories and Constructs
John “Jack” Powers PhD conferred 7/29/2016 M.A. Plan B conferred 2013
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, applied ethics
Descriptive Practices and Values in Endocrine Disruption Research
Jason Steffen PhD conferred 2/28/2016 MA Plan B conferred 2014
Philosophy of criminal law, Kant’s practical philosophy, normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, jurisprudence, logic
A Kantian Theory of Criminal Law
2014-2015
Roy T. Cook (advisor) Geoffrey Hellman (co-advisor) Alan Love Jos Uffink (Physics)
Alan Love (advisor) Naomi Scheman C. Kenneth Waters William Wimsatt Ruth Shaw Sarah Holtman (advisor) Peter Hanks Michelle Mason R.A. Duff (Law School)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Adjunct Professor, Miami University of Ohio Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Smith College Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Connecticut Visiting Assistant Professor, Drury University, 2016-2017
Assistant Public Defender, Minnesota Board of Public Defense (10th Judicial District)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Sacramento City College, 2014present Lecturer Full-time (multi-year, renewable), University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2018present
Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar, Logic and Philosophy of Language, North Carolina State University
Software Developer and Associate Software Technology Consultant, and automation engineer 2017present, TapQA
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Marisol Brito PhD conferred 12/31/14 MA Plan B conferred 2009
Philosophy of education, moral and political philosophy, feminist epistemology, critical race theory, gender studies
Why Friendship?
Thomas Doyle PhD conferred 8/29/14 MA conferred 1999
History of philosophy, ethics, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of education
Philosophy and the Professional Image of Philosophy
Nathan Gutt PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2009
Hobbes, moral and political philosophy
A Hobbesian System of Value and Obligation
Stephanie Hake PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 7/31/14
Moral and political philosophy, philosophy of education, feminist philosophy
Mark Zimmerman Herr PhD conferred 11/26/14
Moral and political philosophy
Michael Kessler MA Plan B conferred 2/27/15
Political philosophy, philosophy of law, moral theory
Molly Pinter Paxton PhD (ABD)
Philosophy of science, feminist philosophy
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Naomi Scheman Valerie Tiberius John Wallace Ilene Alexander Douglas Lewis (advisor) Alan Love (co-advisor) John Wallace Richard Leppert (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature) Sarah Holtman (advisor) Valerie Tiberius (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Itai Sher (Economics)
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Douglas Lewis Alan Love Polly Szatrowski (Linguistics)
Human Defect
“A Pragmatist Epistemology of Scientific Inquiry.”
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Alan Love Michelle Mason Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Sarah Holtman (advisor) Peter Hanks Brian Bix (Law School) Alan Love (advisor) Sandra Peterson Naomi Scheman C. Kenneth Waters Mark Borrello (HST)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Metropolitan State University (permanent)
Farmington High School, English and Philosophy teacher (holds secondary teaching licensure)
Exited PhD program with MA (ABD) Independent researcher and scholar, Free-lance photographer Exited PhD program with MA Instructor, Napa Valley College, 2014-2015 Secondary licensure and certification, 2015-2016 Independent researcher and scholar
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D. conferred 1995).
Withdrew from PhD program Independent researcher and scholar
English Language Arts teacher, San Ysidro School District, 2016-present
Internal Revenue Service
Practicing attorney Wisconsin and Illinois
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy 2013-2014 Kimberly Ann Klinger Logan
Philosophy of mathematics
Maran Wolston PhD (ABD) M.A. Plan B conferred 2007
Philosophy of education, logic
Roy T. Cook
The Adherence Industry
John Wallace (advisor) Bruce Carl Elliott (co-advisor, Bioethics) Alan Love Harvey Sarles (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature)
Withdrew from PhD program Transferred to Ph.D. Mathematics, U of M Exited PhD program with MA
University of Minnesota, Mathematics Ph.D. program (candidate)
Full-Time Faculty (permanent), Minneapolis Community and Technical College
2012-2013 Yi Deng PhD conferred 9/28/12 MA Plan B conferred 2009
Political and social philosophy, ethics, Chinese philosophy, applied ethics, logic
Stephen Mikkel Nelson PhD conferred 4/30/13
Philosophy of language, metaphysics, ethics, logic
Anastasia Panagopoulos PhD conferred 11/30/12 MA Plan B conferred 2007
Epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and cognitive philosophy, ethics
Leia Rollag MA Plan B conferred 3/30/12
Early modern history of philosophy, metaphysics, free will, logic
Jason Swartwood PhD conferred 5/31/13 MA Plan B 2009
Ethics, applied ethics
Toward ‘Free Trade’ from Kant’s Cosmopolitan Ideal
Committing Ourselves to Nothing: An Anti-Orthodox View of Existential Quantifier Expressions Knowing What It’s Like and Mindreading
Cultivating Practical Wisdom
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Joseph Owens (co-advisor) Valerie Tiberius John Wallace Barbara Frey (Human Rights)
Peter Hanks (advisor) Geoffrey Hellman Roy T. Cook Wayne Richter (Mathematics) Peter Hanks (advisor) Alan Love Valerie Tiberius Jeanette Gundel (Linguistics and Cognitive Science Douglas Lewis (advisor) Alan Love Michelle Mason Robert Seidel (HST) Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Peter Hanks Douglas Lewis Mark Snyder (Psychology)
Instructor, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2011-2013
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of North Georgia, 2013-2018
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamline University, 20122013 Full-Time Permanent Faculty, Northland Community and Technical College, Thief River Falls (tenured) On-line Instructor, University of Minnesota, 2010-2015
Associate Professor (tenured), University of North Georgia, 2018-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University at Mankato, 2011-2015
Exited PhD program with MA Director, People Operations, San Francisco, California Adjunct Instructor, Anoka Ramsey Community College, 2013-2014
Full-time Instructor (permanent), Saint Paul College, 2014-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
2011-2012 Monica Berrier PhD conferred 9/30/11 MA Plan B conferred 2007
Aesthetics, value theory
Rethinking Aesthetic Concepts: Lessons for the Art of Classical Dressage
Jovana Davidovic PhD conferred 8/31/11 MA Plan B conferred 2008
Social and political philosophy, applied ethics, philosophy of law, military ethics, logic
Loree Kalliainen MA Plan A conferred 1/31/12
Biomedical ethics, applied ethics
Joseph Martin MA Plan A conferred 12/30/11
History and philosophy of science and technology
PhD History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, conferred, 2013
Patrick Norton MA Plan B conferred 2011
Joshua Paul MA Plan B conferred 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University at Mankato, 2011-2012
Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Stout, 2012-present
International Law and Global Justice: Why Institutional Features of International Law Matter to Discussions of Global Justice
Keith Gunderson (advisor) Geoffrey Hellman Michael Kac Christie Ward Michelle Mason (advisor) Brian Bix Sarah Holtman David Weissbrodt (Law School)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Canberra, 2009-2011
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Iowa, 2011-2018
The Application of EvidenceBased Medicine to the Field of Surgery
Michael Root (advisor) Sandra Peterson Jeffrey Kahn (Bioethics)
Practicing plastic surgeon
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Medical School (tenured)
Contingency, Prediction, and Counterfactuals in the History and Philosophy of Science (Philosophy MA thesis)
Alan Love (advisor) C. Kenneth Waters (co-advisor) Michel Janssen (HST)
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Michigan State University, Lyman Briggs College, 2013-present
University of Minnesota Medical School (tenured)
Dissertation: Solid Foundations: Structuring American Solid State Physics, 1939-1993 (HST)
Associate Professor (tenured), University of Iowa, 2018-present
Teaching Associate, University of Cambridge, 2017-present Co-Editor-in-Chief, Endeavour, 2015-present Managing Editor, Physics in Perspective, 2015-present
Epistemology, perception, history and philosophy of science
Alan Love (advisor) Peter Hanks C. Kenneth Waters Mark Borrello (HST)
Moral philosophy, moral theory
Valerie Tiberius (advisor)
Exited PhD program with MA Adjunct Faculty, Minnesota State University at Mankato, 2011-2015 Exited PhD program with MA (ABD) Self-employed, IT, real estate
University of California at Santa Barbara, PhD candidate, 2015-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Hyun Joo Shin PhD conferred 4/30/12
Aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, value theory
Individualism and the Aesthetic
Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) Joseph Owens (co-advisor) Michael Kac Michael Gaudio (Art History)
Instructor, Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea, 2012-2017
Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 2011-2016
Instructor, Myeonji University, 2013-present Instructor, Kyunghee University, 2015-present Visiting Instructor, Saint Paul College, 2017-present
Adjunct Professor, Normandale Community College, 2015-2016 Withdrew from PhD program
Senior Engineer, BioGen Science
Instructor, Soongsil University, 2015-2017 Ian Stoner PhD conferred 7/29/11
Nicholas Zampa
Normative ethics, practical ethics, political philosophy
The Reward of Virtue: An Essay on the Relationship between Character and WellBeing
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Michelle Mason (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Sandra Peterson (Classics)
Alan Love (advisor)
Instructor, Seoul National University, 2013-present
Senior Associate Scientist, Pfizer
2010-2011 Deepanwita Dasgupta PhD conferred 12/23/10 MA Plan B conferred 2005
Holly Leeser
Philosophy and history of science, cognitive studies in science, science and culture
On the Peripheries of Western Science: Indian Science from 1910-1930, A CognitivePhilosophical Analysis
Moral and political philosophy
Ronald Giere (advisor) Naomi Scheman Alan Love Paul Johnson (Decision Sciences/Psychology) Michelle Mason (advisor)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Florida (2010-2013) Lecturer, East Tennessee State University (2013-2015) Withdrew from PhD program Assistant Operations Supervisor, First Bank (2010-2013)
2009-2010 Matthew Brophy PhD conferred 10/30/09
Business ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, political philosophy
Moral Intuitions in Reflective Equilibrium: Applying Scientific Methodology to Ethics
Norman Dahl (advisor) Sarah Holtman Michelle Mason Norman Bowie
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), High Point University Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured) Assistant Director of the
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Texas at El Paso, 2015-present
University of Colorado Law School (2013-2016, JD conferred) Colorado State Supreme Court, 2016-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
Linda Canzanella PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2009
Philosophical logic, G.E. Moore
Matthew Frank PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2007
Ethical theory, applied ethics, political philosophy, Hume
Lisa Hoelle (Portilla) MA Plan B conferred 2009
History of philosophy, ancient and early modern
Josh Kortbein PhD conferred 8/31/09 MA Plan B 2005
History of philosophy since Kant (esp Wittgenstein), logic, aesthetics, ancient, philosophical poetics
Michael Rohde PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2008
Environmental ethics, applied ethics, moral and political philosophy
Aaron Rupar MA Plan B conferred 2010
Political philosophy
The Problem of Alienation and Reflective Relational Ethics
Joseph Owens (advisor) William Hanson Michael Kac (Linguistics) Douglas Lewis Sandra Peterson Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Michelle Mason Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Michael Root Sandra Peterson (advisor) Douglas Lewis Naomi Scheman Craig Sheaffer
Wittgenstein’s Poetics
The Ethical Landscape
Douglas Lewis (advisor) Sandra Peterson (co-advisor) Naomi Scheman John Wallace Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics)
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Michelle Mason Sandra Peterson (Classics) John Wallace Sarah Holtman (advisor) William Hanson Joseph Owens John Freeman (Political Science)
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Exited PhD program with MA Full-time Instructor (permanent) Normandale Community College Exited PhD program with MA Transferred to University of Michigan Law School (J.D. conferred 2012) Exited PhD program with MA Transferred to Graduate Theological Union (graduate certificate, Jewish Studies)
Associate, Nichols Kaster, Attorneys at Law, Trial Lawyer
Emory University, Religion, Jewish Religious Culture, Ph.D. (candidate)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Luther College
Adjunct Professor, Minnesota State University at Mankato
Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Adjunct Professor, Augsburg College
Adjunct Professor, Hamline University Exited PhD program with MA Transferred to University of Connecticut Law School (J.D. candidate) Exited PhD program with MA Digital Producer, Twin Cities Fox TV Communications Staffer,
Compliance Analyst, ACA Compliance Group, 2013-present
Associate Editor, ThinkProgress
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
Devora Shapiro PhD conferred 12/31/09
Feminist ethics, epistemology and philosophy of science, social philosophy, early modern philosophy
Experiential Knowledge: The Knowledge of “What It’s Like”
Charles “Chuck” Stieg PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2002
Philosophy of cognitive science and psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, bioethics
Toward a Theory of Emotion: Animals, Behavior, and Cognition
Greg Taylor MA Plan B conferred 2009
History of philosophy, Kant, early analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, cognition
Naomi Scheman (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor Ronald Giere John Wallace Amy Kaminsky (Gender and Women’s Studies) C. Wade Savage (advisor) Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Ronald Giere Keith Gunderson C. Kenneth Waters Charles Fletcher Roy T. Cook (advisor) Peter Hanks Sandra Peterson Jochen Schultesasse
Minnesota House of Representatives Community Faculty, Metropolitan State University (2008-2011)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Southern Oregon University Associate Professor, Southern Oregon University (tenured)
Exited PhD program with MA Full-Time Faculty (permanent), Inver Hills Community College Exited PhD program with MA
Stanford University, Department of Philosophy, PhD (candidate)
Transferred to Stanford University, Ph.D. program (candidate)
2008-2009 Marilea Bramer PhD conferred 12/31/08 MA Plan B conferred 2005
Susan Campbell Hawthorne PhD conferred 8/29/08 MA Plan B conferred 2005
Ethics, Kantian moral theory, feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, business ethics
Philosophy of biomedical science, philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics
Taking Relationships Seriously: The Place of Personal Relationships in Kantian Moral Theory
Co-Construction of ADHD: Scientific, Medical, and Social Contributions and their Consequences
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Michelle Mason (co-advisor)| Valerie Tiberius Naomi Scheman William Doherty (Family Social Science) Helen Longino (advisor) C. Kenneth Waters Valerie Tiberius Monica Luciana Collins (Psychology)
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Minnesota State University at Moorhead Associate Professor, Minnesota State University at Moorhead (tenured) Visiting Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College, 2008-2012 Assistant Professor, Saint Catherine University, 20122014
Associate Professor, Saint Catherine University, 2014-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Britt Johnson PhD conferred 7/31/09 MA Plan B conferred 2007
The Business of Beneficence: The Commodification of the Patient-Healthcare Provider Relationship
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Debra Debruin (Bioethics) Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Michelle Mason Ian Maitland
Ancient Greek philosophy and intellectual history, selfknowledge and practical rationality, philosophy of literature, political philosophy
Socratic Persuasion
Sandra Peterson (advisor) Norman Dahl Elizabeth Belfiore (Classics) Mary Dietz (Political Science)
Susan Parry PhD conferred 11/26/08
Bioethics, applied ethics
Power Shifts: How Patient Activism Shapes the Practice of Medicine
Walter Salgado PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2008
Philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic
Christopher Moore PhD conferred 8/29/08 MA Plan B conferred 2005
Medical ethics, ethical theory, human rights, feminist philosophy
Bruce Carl Elliot (advisor, Bioethics and Philosophy) Jeffrey Kahn (Bioethics) Debra DeBruin (Bioethics) Valerie Tiberius (Philosophy) Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) William Hanson Sandra Peterson Alan Shapiro
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (conferred 2012) Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2010
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 2014-present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics (tenure-track), Pennsylvania State University, 2011-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Skidmore College, 2010-2011 Full-time Philosophy Faculty, Hennepin Technical College (tenured)
Exited PhD program with MA NASH Strategies, Founder, SVP of Analytics
2007-2008 Alicia Hall PhD conferred 6/30/08 MA Plan B conferred 2002
Casey McGinnis PhD conferred 12/31/07 MA Plan B conferred 2000
Ethics, bioethics, applied ethics, moral psychology, happiness and well-being
Logic, Philosophy of logic, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind/cognitive science, metaphysics/ontology, 20th c analytic philosophy
Knowing the Good Life: A Narrative Approach to Subjective Well-Being
Paraconsistency and Deontic Logic
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Norman Dahl (co-advisor) Sarah Holtman Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics)
Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) William Hanson (co-advisor) Michael Kac Lou Goble (Willamette University)
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), California State University Fresno, 2008-2010 Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2010-2014 Researcher, AI, Cycorp, Inc. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Mississippi State University 2014-present
University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor (J.D. candidate) Deceased
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Barton Moffatt PhD conferred 7/31/08 MA Plan B conferred 2002
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, research ethics, biomedical ethics, logic
Informational Representations of Biological Function
Timothy Garrick Murphy PhD conferred 8/31/07
Philosophy of logic, language, and mathematics
Structuralism and Mathematical Existence
Jessica Slind MA Plan B conferred 2007
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) Ronald Giere (co-advisor) Alan Love Mark Borrello (HST) Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) William Hanson Byeong Yi Michael Kac (Linguistics)
Assistant Professor, (tenure-track), Mississippi State University, 2008-2014
Associate Professor (tenured), Mississippi State University, 2014-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fort Hays State University, 2007-2012
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), SUNY Potsdam, 2012-present
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) William Hanson Douglas Lewis Naomi Scheman Mark Borrello (HST)
Exited PhD program with MA
Associate Attorney, Alicia C. Armstrong Law Office, May 2017present
Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin at Stout University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D. conferred 2017)
Peter Treuenfels MA Plan A (incomplete)
Philosophy of logic, logic
John “Jack” Woods PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2007
Philosophy of logic, metaethics, logic, philosophy of language, mind
William Hanson (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Michael Kac Jodeit Max William Hanson (advisor) Joseph Owens Keith Gunderson Michael Kac (Linguistics)
exitedM.A. program
Exited PhD program with MA (ABD) Transferred to Ph.D. program at Princeton University (conferred 2013)
University Academic Fellow, University of Leeds, 2016-present
Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, 2013-2016
2006-2007 Tatiana Abatemarco PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2006
Environmental ethics, feminist philosophy
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Douglas Lewis Naomi Scheman (GWSS) Daniel Phillipon (Ag Food and Environmental Science)
Exited PhD program with MA Transferred to University of Vermont, Ph.D. program (conferred 2011) Assistant Professor of
Scholar in Residence, Green Mountain College (2014-present)
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
Pamela Dick PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 1995
Aesthetics, history of philosophy, mind
Joseph Owens (advisor) Douglas Lewis
Environmental Studies, Paul Smith’s College (2011-2014) Exited PhD program with MA (ABD) Independent scholar and practicing artist/writer National HIV Programme Coordinator for the Malawi Prisons Service, Zomba, Malawi, South Africa, 20062013
Executive Director, Sexual Violence Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2013-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 2006-2008
Faculty/Researcher, Jan Amos Komensky University, Prague, 2010-present
Kristine Houlton MA Plan A conferred 2006
Feminist philosophy, applied ethics, moral and political philosophy
The Politics of Beauty
Douglas Lewis (advisor) Naomi Scheman (co-advisor) John Wallace August Nimtz (Political Science)
Tomas Hribek PhD conferred 10/31/06
Philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, aesthetics, ethics, Central European modernism, early analytic philosophy Applied ethics especially Environmental ethics, animal ethics, biomedical ethics, normative ethics, social philosophy, civic engagement
The Metaphysics of Anti-Individualism
Joseph Owens (advisor) Keith Gunderson Naomi Scheman Jeanette Gundel (Linguistics and Cognitive Science)
Ramona Ilea PhD conferred 8/31/06 MA Plan B conferred 2003
Monica Janzen PhD conferred 11/30/06 MA Plan B conferred 2003
Applied ethics, especially biomedical ethics, social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, history of philosophy
Moral Arguments and Social Change
Hospitality: Resolving Gross Inequalities of Welfare and Cultivating Civic Virtue
Helen Longino (advisor) Naomi Scheman (co-advisor) Michelle Mason Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Debra DeBruin (Bioethics)
Sarah Holtman (advisor) John Wallace (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Michelle Mason Jerry Stein (Social Work)
Faculty/Researcher, Charles University, Prague, 2008-2010 Assistant Professor, Pacific University (tenure-track), 2006-2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Law School, Lewis and Clark College, 2011, 2013
Adjunct Professor, University of Saint Thomas, 2006-2008 Adjunct Professor, Saint Catherine University, 20032014 Adjunct Professor, Hennepin Technical College, 2009-2015
Associate Professor (tenured), Pacific University, 2012-present Department Chair, Pacific University, 2013-present Interim Director, Pacific University, Center for a Sustainable Society, 2017-present Faculty, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 2015-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Jeffrey Johnson PhD conferred 12/29/06 MA Plan B conferred 2000
Applied ethics, especially food ethics, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, logic, Asian philosophy, effective altruism, aesthetics, philosophy of language Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, environmental ethics, philosophy of ecology
Pictures and Examples
Philosophical issues in human behavioral sciences, public understanding of science, philosophy of science, feminist epistemology, philosophy of biology
Mariana Rodrigues PhD conferred 9/29/06 MA Plan B conferred 1999
Ethics, applied ethics, moral and political philosophy
Nathan Sawyer MA Plan B conferred 2006 Minor: Social and Philosophic Studies in Education
Philosophy of education, creditbased programming, higher education trends
William Vann PhD conferred 10/31/06 MA Plan B conferred 2000
Ancient philosophy, logic, critical thinking, philosophy of religion, epistemology, early modern philosophy, ethical theory, applied ethics
Toben LaFrancois PhD conferred 12/29/06 Minor: Studies of Science and Technology
Kathryn Plaisance PhD conferred 12/29/06 MA Plan B conferred 2004
Keith Gunderson (advisor) Sandra Peterson Joseph Owens John Wallace Michael Kac (Linguistics)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), Saint Catherine University, 2006-2013
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) Ronald Giere Helen Longino Alan Love Mark Borrello (HST)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Carleton College
Behavioral Genetics and the Environment: The Generation and Exportation of Scientific Claims
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) Ronald Giere Helen Longino Debra DeBruin (Bioethics) Robert Krueger (Psychology)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Philosophy and Ethics, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, 2007-2009
The Ethics of Interpersonal Forgiveness
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Norman Dahl (co-advisor) Michelle Mason Naomi Scheman (Gender and Women’s Studies) Sarah Holtman (advisor) John Wallace (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Karen Seashore Lewis (EDPA)
Visiting Assistant Professor, California State University, Los Angeles
Sandra Peterson (advisor) Elizabeth Belfiore (co-advisor, Classics) Norman Dahl Valerie Tiberius
Full-time Faculty, Hennepin Technical College, 2001-2009
Taxonomic Resolution in Ecology
The Good Friend: An Analysis of Plato’s Lysis
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Catherine University, 2013present (tenured) Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2017-present Researcher and Lecturer, Northland College Assistant Scientist, St. Croix Watershed Research Station of the Science Museum Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Waterloo, 2009-2015 Associate Professor (tenured) and Associate Chair, Department of Knowledge Integration and Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2016present
Program Director, CCE Degree and Credit Programs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
College Librarian, Hennepin Technical College, 2010-2012
Librarian, Information Studies Faculty, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2012present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Alana Yu PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2003 Minor: Mathematics
Philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic, logic
Norman Dahl (advisors) Helen Longino William Hanson Byeong-uk Yi Paul Garrett (Mathematics)
Exited PhD program with MA (ABD)
Sarah Holtman (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Naomi Scheman John Wallace Raymond Duvall (Political Science) Norman Dahl (advisor)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Manchester College, 20052007
Joseph Owens (advisor) William Hanson (co-advisor) Douglas Lewis Michael Kac Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Sandra Peterson Elizabeth Belfiore (Classics) Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics)
Exited PhD program with MA (ABD)
2005-2006 Michael Patterson Brown PhD conferred 11/30/05 MA Plan B conferred 2000
Ethics, just-war theory, moral and political philosophy, philosophy and social justice, peace studies
Robert Brownawell MA Plan B conferred 2005
Moral and political philosophy
Matthew Eckman PhD (ABD) MA Plan B conferred 2000
Philosophy of logic, mind and psychology
Jaime Hoffman PhD conferred 10/31/05 MA Plan B conferred 2005
Ethics, bioethics, applied ethics, history of ancient and modern philosophy
Chung-Hyoung Lee PhD conferred 7/31/06 Minor: Physics
Philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of mathematics,
Matters of Conscience: Justice and Protest in Society
Depression, Narratives, and the Self
Uses of Quantum Measurements: Conceptual/Theoretical
Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) William Hanson Byeong-Uk Yi
Adjunct Faculty, Mount Holyoke College Adjunct Faculty, Amherst College
Columbia Law School (J.D.) Instructor, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, General College, 2005-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 2006-2007
Vice President of Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (New York) Instructor, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 2010-2011 Instructor, Rochester Community and Technical College, 2010-2013 Full-time Faculty, Normandale Community College, 2011-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Saint Thomas, 2007-2008
Adjunct Faculty, Century College, 2011-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University at Mankato, 2008-2010 Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), California State University at Fresno, 2006-
Associate Professor and Chair, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea, 2012-2016
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy logic, metaphysics, decision theory
Eli Meyerhoff
Political philosophy, social justice, human rights
Gregory Schaefer PhD conferred 6/30/06 MA Plan B conferred 2000 MS Statistics conferred 2013
Ethics, metaethics, logic, history of ethics, aesthetics
Peter Shea PhD conferred 8/31/05
Philosophy of education, philosophy for children, philosophy as a way of life
Frameworks for Measurements and Collapsefree Posterior Value Ascriptions
Serge Rudaz (Physics and Astronomy)
Transferred to Ph.D. program Political Science, U of M
Douglas Lewis (advisor)
Another Look at Moral Realism
The Arguments of Their Lives: Role of Lives in Moral Reflection and Moral Teaching
Marcia Eaton (advisor) Norman Dahl (co-advisor) Sandra Peterson Valerie Tiberius Gerald Erickson (Classics) John Wallace (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Naomi Scheman Sandra Peterson Daniel Detzner
2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, 2009-2012 Withdrew from PhD program in Philosophy Transferred to Ph.D. program Political Science, U of M Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006-2009
Aesthetics, value theory, environmental ethics
New paradigms in aesthetics: the challenge of environmental art
Marcia Eaton (advisor) Michael Root (co-advisor) Michael Kac Frederick Asher (Art History)
University of Minnesota, Political Science, Ph.D. conferred
Senior Product Analyst, Stone Arch Bridge Group, 2015-present Statistical Consultant, Perscitus International LLC, 2014-present
Adjunct Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College Adjunct Professor, Minnesota State University at Mankato Independent Researcher/Scholar
Heather Wainwright PhD conferred 7/31/06
Associate Professor (tenured), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, 2016-present
Video Producer, University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies Instructor, University of Minnesota, Summer, Philosophy Camp
Video producer, Bat Minerva Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, River Falls Argosy University
2004-2005 David Brokken PhD conferred 11/30/04 MA Plan B conferred 2004 Minor: Bioethics
Applied ethics, biomedical ethics, business ethics
Disclosure: The Hidden Weakness in Informed Consent
Jasper Hopkins (advisor) Douglas Lewis John Dolan Norman Fruman Chester Miracle
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Saint Thomas
Teaching Specialist, University of Minnesota, Department of Mathematics
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Christopher Eliot PhD conferred 11/30/04 Minor: Studies in Science and Technology
Scott Forschler PhD conferred 12/30/04 MA Plan B conferred 2001
Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophy of ecology, environmental philosophy, logic, ethics, ornithology
Ethical theory, metaethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, history of ancient and modern philosophy, logic
Melissa Grant
Biomedical ethics
Kendall Huffhines
Philosophy of language, linguistics Business ethics, applied ethics
Nancy Walsh PhD conferred 12/30/04
2003-2004 2002-2003
Exceptions Make the Rules: The Role of Disturbing Conditions in Ecological Theorizing
A Defense of Justificatory Rule Theory: Deriving Consequentialist Ethics from Practical Reason
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) John Beatty Ronald Giere Helen Longino
Valerie Tiberius (advisor) Norman Bowie (co-advisor) Sarah Holtman Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics)
John Wallace (advisor) Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Sandra Peterson Jeffrey Kahn (Bioethics) Michael Kac (advisor) A Business Ethics Approach to Hazard Communication and Employee Right-to-Know
Norman Bowie (advisor) Michael Root Naomi Scheman Debra DeBruin (Bioethics Robert Skoglund (Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine)
Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Purchase College, 2004
Associate Professor (tenured), Hofstra University, 2011-present
Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science, 2009 Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Hofstra University, 2004-2011 Library Supervisor, Hamline University, 2000-2007 Instructor, Northland Community and Technical College, East Grand Forks, 2007-2009 Adjunct Instructor, St. Cloud Technical and Community College, 2010-2013 Withdrew from PhD program
Withdrew from PhD program Lead Regulatory Specialist, 3M Corporation, 2006-2015
Retired, 2015-present
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy James Burnett PhD conferred 8/30/02 MA Plan B conferred 1997
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, bioethics
From genetic etiology to genetic health problems: moral opportunities for genetic medicine
Jennifer Callahan PhD conferred 6/30/03 MA Plan B conferred 1999 Minor: Sustainable Agriculture Systems
Moral and political philosophy
All for one: Consumer culture and civic virtue
Michelle Elliott PhD conferred 5/30/03 MA Plan B conferred 1997
Metaphysics, early modern philosophy, Spinoza
Spinoza’s metaphysics and its place in early modern philosophy
Brian Huss PhD conferred 11/27/02 MA Plan B conferred 2001
Epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of psychology
Truth, lies, and good reasons: a pragmatic account of normative epistemology
Glen Meyer PhD conferred 6/30/03 Minor: Studies of Science and Technology
Philosophy of mathematics, applied mathematics
David Pedersen PhD (ABD) M.A. Plan B conferred 1998 Minor: Studies of Science and Technology
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, history of science and technology
Prospects for extending Hartry Field’s instrumental account of applied mathematics
Ronald Giere (advisor) Jeffrey Kahn (co-advisor) Bioethics Ronald Giere Sarah Holtman Valerie Tiberius John Eyler Norman Dahl (advisor) Sarah Holtman John Wallace Vernon Cardwell Vernon Ruttan
Augustana College, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Douglas Lewis (advisor) Marcia Eaton Michael Kac Gabriel Weisberg (Art History) Ronald Giere (advisor) Michael Kac Michael Root C. Wade Savage (Cognitive Science) Geoffrey Hellman (advisor) Ronald Giere William Hanson Michael Kac Byeong-uk Yi Michel Janssen (Physics) C. Kenneth Waters (advisor)
Owner/manager art gallery
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor)
Withdrew from PhD program
Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Carlson School of Management
Professor, York University, 2005-2007
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology
Assistant Professor, SUNY Potsdam, 2007-present York University, Lecturer
Self-employed, Computer and Network Security
Exited PhD program with MA (ABD)
2001-2002 Jason Burrows
Vice-President of Development and Executive Director, Clark Foundation
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy John Cabral PhD conferred 7/31/02 Minor: Cognitive Science
Epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of science, cognitive philosophy
Peter Dragasakis M.A. Plan B conferred 2001
Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology
James Harold PhD conferred 8/31/01
Charles Weinstein PhD conferred 8/31/01 MA Plan B conferred 1994
Aesthetics, metaethics, normative ethics, biomedical ethics
Reconstructing folk psychology
Value coherence
Joseph Owens (advisor) Keith Gunderson C. Wade Savage C. Kenneth Waters Chad Marsolek
Ontologist, CyCorp, Inc.
Ontological Engineer, Independent Contractor, 2005-presemt
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) John Beatty Sarah Holtman Helen Longino
Exited PhD program with MA
Quality Manager, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories
Norman Dahl (advisor) Marcia Eaton (co-advisor) Norman Bowie Bruce Carl Elliott (Bioethics) Sarah Holtman
Visiting Instructor, Washington University, 20012002
Ethics, business ethics, applied ethics
Information systems consulting and ethics: an Aristotelian approach
Norman Bowie (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Sandra Peterson Gordon Davis
Janet Binder PhD conferred 11/30/2000 Minor: Feminist Studies
Feminist epistemology, gender studies
Journeys of understanding: the epistemic value of movement
Michael Casper PhD conferred 2/28/01 MA Plan B conferred 1997 Minor: Studies of Science and Technology
Moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law, ethics
Conceptualizing truth: philosophical implications of the cognitive linguistic theory of metaphor
Naomi Scheman (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Helen Longino Jennifer Pierce Lisa Disch Ronald Giere (advisor) Keith Gunderson Homer Eugene Mason Sandra Peterson Michel Janssen (Physics)
Quality Systems Manager, EMSL Analytical
Professor and Chair, Mount Holyoke College, 2002-present
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Mount Holyoke College Vice-President of Client Services, Guideline, Inc.
Founder, Manager, Consultant Ethical Leaders in Action
Faculty, full-time (permanent) Metropolitan State University, 2000-present
Greenhouse worker, Rush Creek Growers, Inc., Wholesale Greenhouse, 2000-present
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. conferred 2005
Deputy Solicitor General, Oregon Department of Justice, 2011-2014
Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, 2015-present
2000-2001
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy Katy Gray Brown PhD conferred 12/29/00 MA Plan B conferred 1994
Ethics, peace studies, moral and political philosophy
Carl Chung PhD conferred 12/29/00 Minor: History of Science and Technology
Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science
Delbert Reed PhD conferred 8/31/00
History of analytic philosophy, Frege, ancient philosophy
Amanda Vizedom PhD conferred 9/29/00 MA Plan B conferred 1993
Epistemology, philosophy of science, formal logic, feminist philosophy, pluralism
Resistance and resilience: the Cherokee tribal tradition and MacIntyre’s communitarianism
Essence, variation, and evolution: an analysis of Ernst Mayr’s distinction between ‘typological’ and ‘population’ thinking Frege in context
Philosophical knowledge as social knowledge: a case study in social epistemology
Douglas Lewis (advisor) Naomi Scheman Sarah Holtman Carol Ann Miller Jean O’Brien
C. Kenneth Waters (advisor) James Beatty (co-advisor) Ronald Giere Helen Longino Naomi Scheman (GWSS) Sandra Peterson (advisor) Joseph Owens John Wallace Elizabeth Belfiore (Classics) Misha Penn Naomi Scheman (advisor) Ronald Giere Helen Longino Douglas Lewis Lisa Disch
Associated Faculty, University of Minnesota, MacArthur Program, 2003-2007 Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Manchester College, 2007-2011 Full-time Faculty, Century College, 2000-present
Associate Professor (tenured), Manchester College, 2011-present Director, Peace Studies Institute, Manchester College, 2010-present
Reference Librarian, Biomedical Library, University of Minnesota, 1981-present Ontologist, CyCorp, Inc., IET, Convera Corp, ManTech McDonald Bradley
Ontologist and co-founder at Criticollab, LLC
Principal Ontologist, Wind River Consulting
1999-2000 Kristin Andrews PhD conferred 07/31/00 Minor: Cognitive Science
Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology and cognitive science
Predicting mind: belief attribution in philosophy and psychology
Ronald Giere (advisor) Keith Gunderson Helen Longino C. Wade Savage Timothy Dunnigan Peter Verbeek
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, 2000-2002
Associate Professor and Chair (tenured), York University, 2002present
Steven Elkin PhD conferred 1/31/00 MA Plan B conferred 1994
History of analytic philosophy
A Wittgensteinian characterization of individualist and social views of the self
Douglas Lewis (advisor) Helen Longino Naomi Scheman Gary Thomas Jacquelyn Zita (GWSS)
Associate Director of the Pioneer Fund, Grinnell College
Director of Sponsored Research, Haverford College
Associate Director of Foundation, Corporate, and
PLACEMENT RECORD Department of Philosophy
Anne Phibbs PhD conferred 5/31/00 Minor: Feminist Studies
Feminist epistemology, history of analytic philosophy, cultural diversity
Challenging gender essentialism: three case studies in sexual ethics
James Skidmore PhD conferred 6/30/00
Ethical theory, Kantian utilitarian moral theory, animal ethics
Left out: deontological moral theory and the problem of animals
Jeffery Smith PhD conferred 6/30/00 MA Plan B conferred 1997
Business ethics, corporate responsibility, moral and political philosophy
Cognitivism and relativism: a study of Wittgenstein and discourse theories of morality
Naomi Scheman (advisor) Douglas Lewis (co-advisor) Amy Kaminsky (GWSS) Valerie Tiberius Gary Thomas Norman Dahl (advisor) Sarah Holtman Valerie Tiberius James Farr Dale Jamieson Norman Dahl (advisor) Sarah Holtman Homer Eugene Mason Naomi Scheman (GWSS) Lisa Disch
Government Relations, Haverford College Director of Education, Office of Equity and Diversity, University of Minnesota
Founder and President, Strategic Diversity Initiatives, 2017-present
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack), Idaho State University
Associate Professor, Idaho State University (tenured)
Assistant Professor (tenuretrack) Saint Cloud State University, 2000-2003
Seattle University, Albers School of Business and Economics, Boeing Frank Shrontz Chair of Professional Ethics, Professor of Management, Director, Center for Business Ethics, 2015-present
University of Redlands, Assistant, Associate, Professor (tenured), Director, Banta Center for Business, Ethics, and Society, 2005-2013
