The philosophy department at UConn is aggressively adding to its strengths. With recent hires it is now one of the best places in the world for Philosophical Logic. A world-expert on Africana Philosophy is joining the department. With recent hires it will be an outstanding place to study Philosophy of Mind and Language from the standpoint of Cognitive Science. Recent Ph.D.s have secured positions at St. Andrews University, Oxford University and The Naval Post-Graduate School, the University of Delhi, the University of Iowa, the University of Konstanz, and Yonsei University.

New Faculty and the year they start are:

Fall '12:

• Bill Lycan (UNC): visiting each Fall: Language, Mind, Epistemology

Fall '13:

• Lewis Gordon (formerly Temple): Africana, Existentialism, Social/Political
• Mitch Green (formerly UVa): Language, Mind, Aesthetics
• Susan Schneider (formerly Penn): Mind, Language
• David Ripley (formerly Melbourne postdoc): Logic, Language
• Suzy Killmister (formerly Massey): Political, Moral
• Daniel Silvermint (formerly McGill postdoc): Political, Feminist

Fall '14

• Dorit Bar-On (formerly UNC): Language, Mind, Meta-ethics
• Keith Simmons (formerly UNC): Logic, Language