University of Connecticut Department of Philosophy
Doctoral Degrees and Placements 1990-2006

2006:

David Slutsky (advisor: Joel Kupperman)

Dissertation: What in the World Could Show Whether Moral Realism is True

First appointment: Assistant Professor, Ithaca College

2005:

Patrick Fleming (advisor: Joel Kupperman)

Dissertation: Reasons, Desires and Ends

First appointment: Visiting Assistant Professor, James Maddison University

Adam Q. Potthast (advisor: Joel Kupperman)
Dissertation: Morality, Identity, and Continuity: Reductionism about Personal Identity over Time and Utilitarianism
First appointment: University of Missouri - Rolla (tenure track)

2004:

Daniel Blair (advisor: Samuel Wheeler)
Dissertation: Parataxis and Logical Form
First appointment:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Western Ontario

Timothy Nulty (advisor: Samuel Wheeler)
Dissertation: Davidson and Heidegger on the Nature of Truth
First appointment:  UMass, Dartmouth (tenure track)

2003:

Weimin Sun (advisor: John Troyer)
Dissertation: The Concept of Probability.
First appointment: California State University, Northridge (tenure track)

William Cornwell III (advisor: Ruth Millikan)
Dissertation: Knowledge Without Justification.
First appointment: West Point
Current appointment: Salem State College (tenure track)

Lisa Cassidy (advisor: Diana Meyers)
Dissertation: Different Bodies
First appointment: Ramapo College (tenure track)

2002:

Christopher Panza (advisor: Donald Baxter)
Dissertation: Ideas, General Reference and Abstraction in Locke's Essay.
First appointment: Drury University (tenure track)

2001:

Erik Anderson (advisor: Diana Meyers)
Dissertation: Believers and Citizens: Religious Freedom in a Deliberative Democracy.
First appointment: Furman College (tenure track)

Paula Droege (advisor: Austen Clark)
Dissertation: Second Sense: A Theory of Consciousness.
First appointment: Hamilton College (tenure track)
Current appointment: Bard College

Gordon Stevenson (advisor: Ruth Millikan)
Dissertation: The Naturalistic Foundations of Intentional Action.
First appointment: Trinity College (1 year)

2000:

Elise Springer (advisor: Joel Kupperman)
Dissertation: Critical Virtue: Evaluative Moves and the Emergence of Moral Agency.
First appointment: Syracuse University (1 year)
Current appointment: Wesleyan University (tenure track)

Virgil Whitmyer (advisor: Ruth Millikan)
Dissertation: Isomorphism in Mind.
First appointment: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indiana University

Keya Maitra (advisor: Ruth Millikan)
Dissertation: Our Knowledge About Our Own Mental States: An Externalist Account.
First appointment: CUNY Staten Island (tenure track)
Current appointment: University of North Carolina at Ashville

1999:

Andrew Aavatsmark (advisor: Ruth Millikan)
Dissertation: Individualism and Explanation in Cognitive Psychology.
First appointment: Trinity College (2 year)

Matthew Berry (advisor: John Troyer)
Dissertation: Perception and Intention.
First appointment: Computer analyst, Aetna

Jessica Prata Miller (advisor: Diana Meyers)
Dissertation: Trust, Moral Ties, and Social Responsibility.
First appointment: University of North Florida (tenure track)
Current appointment: University of Maine (tenure track)

Xinli Wang (advisor: Anne Hiskes)
Dissertation: Truth-Value Gaps, Ontological Commitment, and Incommensurability.
First appointment: Juniata College (tenure track)

1995:

Beth Ann Dobie (advisor: Samuel Wheeler)
Dissertation: Images as Speech Acts.
First appointment: Alfred University (tenure track)

Stephen Lahey (advisor: A.S. McGrade)
Dissertation: The Universal Dominion: Metaphyusics and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif.
First appointment: LeMoyne University (1 year)

Shannon O'Rourke (advisor: Joel Kupperman)
Dissertation: Gratitude and the Creation of Value.
First appointment: Calvin College (1 year)
Subsequent appointment: Houghton College (tenure track)

1994:

Andrew Beedle (advisor: Crawford Elder)
Dissertation: Necessity Naturalized: A Critique of Modal Realism.
First appointment: Trinity College (3 years)

Matthew McKeon (advisor: Scott Lehmann)
Dissertation: Logic, Semantics, and Possible Worlds.
First appointment: University of North Dakota (tenure track)
Current appointment: Michigan State University (tenure track)

1993:

Timothy Eves (advisor: John Troyer)
Dissertation: Integrating the Care and Justice Perspectives: A Contribution to the Feminist Ethic of Carol Gilligan.
First appointment: University of Bridgeport

1992:

Chenyang Li (advisor: Joel Kupperman)
Dissertation: Toward a Contextual Approach to the Question of Being.
First appointment: Knox College (tenure track)
Current appointment: University of Western Washington (tenured)

1991:

Peimin Ni (advisor: Joel Kupperman)
Dissertation: Hume and the Definition of "Cause".
First appointment: University of Montana (tenure track)
Current appointment: Grand Valley University (tenured)

David Schejbal (advisor: John Troyer)
Dissertation: Facts, Values, and Moral Realism.
First appointment: Assistant Dean, Northwestern University
Current appointment: Associate Dean University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana