{"id":8054,"date":"2021-08-19T09:40:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/?page_id=8054"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:03:01","slug":"graduate-student-placement-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/admissions-2\/graduate-student-placement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Placement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BU Philosophy has an exceptionally strong placement record and works hard to place students in academic jobs even in this difficult job market. <span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(61, 74, 80)\">According to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/placementdata.com\/\" title=\"https:\/\/placementdata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic Placement Data<\/a><span>, 68% of graduates find a permanent academic position, which is why BU is tied for fourth highest placement worldwide (150 departments surveyed).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our dedicated Director of Graduate Placement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/profile\/victor-kumar\/\">Victor Kumar<\/a>, works one-on-one with our graduate students progressing towards the job placement phase and offers a collaborative, supportive Graduate Placement Seminar each semester. Our students develop and critique each others&#8217; materials, practice interviewing, and learn about different job markets (e.g. international, teaching-focused, and more). The records below are maintained to celebrate the incredible placements our graduate students have achieved in the past, and function as a networking infrastructure for current graduate students to benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, or if you are a BU alumnus of our doctoral program and would like to share an update on your job placement, please contact our DGP, Victor Kumar, at <a href=\"mailto:vckumar@bu.edu\">vckumar@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>2025<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Jaleel Fotovat-Ahmadi (2025 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2025: Assistant Professor (tenure track) at Lone Star College<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Federica Bocchi (2025 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2025: Assistant Professor (tenure track) University\u00a0of Calgary<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Gozde Yildirim (2025 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2025: Postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Jordan Kokot (2025 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2025: Assistant Professor (tenure track) at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Merve Tapinc (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2025: Visiting Assistant Professor at Ashoka University<\/p>\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Marie Kerguelen Feldblyum Le Blevennec (2024 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2024: Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Paul Goldberg (2022 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2024: Tutor (tenure track) at St John\u2019s College in Annapolis<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Jack Harris (2024 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2024: Teaching Assistant Professor (non tenure track) at North Carolina State<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Irina Mikhalevich<\/h5>\n<p class=\"elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">2024: Assistant Professor (tenure track), North Carolina State University<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Previous position: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Micah Trautmann (2024 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Forced Displacement, Boston University<\/p>\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Zara Amdur (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor of the Practice, Texas Tech University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Federica Bocchi (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Postdoctoral Fellow (28 month term), University of Copenhagen<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Cansu Hepcaglayan (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Thomas Jefferson University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>James Kinkaid (2019 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Bilkent University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Jordan Kokot (2022 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Visiting Assistant Professor (non tenure track), Brandeis University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Rebeccah Leiby (2022 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Elon University.<\/p>\n<p>2022: Hoffberger Ethics Fellow, University of Baltimore<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Joshua Lo (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Tutor (tenure track), Thomas Aquinas University<\/p>\n<h5>Ben Roth<\/h5>\n<p>2023: <span>Assistant Professor (tenure track), Emerson College<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Erin Seeba<\/h5>\n<p>2023: <span>Visiting Lecturer, Trinity College<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Joel Van Fossen (2023 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor, Hosei University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Aja Watkins (2023 PhD) <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2023: Assistant Professor (tenure track), University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Zachary Joachim (2021 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2022: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Denison University<\/p>\n<p>2021: Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Getty Lustila (2020 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2022<strong>: <\/strong>Assistant Teaching Professor (tenure track), Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p>2021: Visiting Lecturer, Instructor, Northeastern University and Clemente Course for the Humanities;<\/p>\n<p>2020: Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stonehill College<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">2021<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>Brian Julian<\/h5>\n<p>2021: Tutor, Gutenberg College<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Northeastern University, Boston University MET<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Source of Life: Activity, Capacity, and Biology in Aristotle&#8217;s Account of Soul<\/p>\n<h5>Zachary Joachim<\/h5>\n<p>2021: Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Logic and Real Presence in Husserl&#8217;s Phenomenology<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Susan Kennedy (2020 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2021: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Santa Clara University<\/p>\n<p>2020: Postdoctoral Fellowship (Embedded Ethics), Harvard University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Guy Schuh (2017 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2021: Assistant Professor (tenure track) University of Alabama, Honors College<\/p>\n<p>2018-21: Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>2017-2018: Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University<\/p>\n<h3>2020<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Ian Dunkle (2018 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2020: Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi (tenure-track)<\/p>\n<p>2018-20: Lecturer (non tenure track): Boston University, Emerson College, Merrimack College<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Joseph Frigault (2020 PhD) <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2020: Visiting Assistant Professor, Claremont-McKenna<\/p>\n<h5>David Jennings<\/h5>\n<p>2020: Associate Teaching Professor (tenured), University of California-Merced.<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, University of California-Merced; Adjunct Lecturer, Suffolk University.<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Friendship as Philosophy in Plato&#8217;s Lysis<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Eric Scarffe (2020 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2020: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Florida International University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mait\u00e9 Cruz Tleugabulova (2019 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2020: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Union College<\/p>\n<p>2019-20: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Iowa<\/p>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Kuei-Chen Chen (2019 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2019: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Tunghai University<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Kurt Blankschaen (2019 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2019: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Daemen College<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Katherine Valde (2019 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2019: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Wofford College<\/p>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Joseph Gamache (2018 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2018: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Marian University (Indianapolis)<\/p>\n<h5>James Kinkaid<\/h5>\n<p>2018: Lecturer, Boston University, Boston College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Heidegger&#8217;s Science of Being, 1919-1930<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Anandita Mukherji (2018 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2018: Assistant Professor (tenure track; now tenured), Regis University (Denver)<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Valerie Williams (2018 PhD)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2018: Assistant Professor, (tenure-track)\u00a0Emmanuel College<\/p>\n<p>2017: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Weber State University<\/p>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>I-Kai Jeng (2017 PhD) <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2017: Assistant Professor (tenure track; now tenured), National University of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<h5>Irina Mikhalevich<\/h5>\n<p>2017: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Experiment and Bias: The Case of Parsimony in Comparative Cognition<\/p>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<h5>Stacey Goguen<\/h5>\n<p>2016: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Northeastern Illinois University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Stereotype Threat, Epistemic Agency, and Self-Identity<\/p>\n<h5>Mary Catherine McDonald<\/h5>\n<p>2016: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Old Dominion University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Trauma &amp; Adaptation: A Scientifically Informed Phenomenological Account<\/p>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<h5>Ian Blaustein<\/h5>\n<p>2015: Lecturer, Tufts University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Conscience, Moral Motivation, and Self-Deception<\/p>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<h5>Maren Behrensen<\/h5>\n<p>2014: Faculty Member, Link\u00f6ping University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Justifying Exclusion: Political Membership and the Nation-State<\/p>\n<h5>Benjamin Roth<\/h5>\n<p>2014: Preceptor, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Narrative, Understanding, and the Self: Heidegger and the Interpretation of the Lived Experience<\/p>\n<h3>2013<\/h3>\n<h5>Brian Marrin<\/h5>\n<p>2013: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Universidad de los Andes, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Law of Nature in Plato<\/p>\n<h5>Mark Pickering<\/h5>\n<p>2013: Instructor, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Lynn University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: A Phenomenalist Interpretation of the Critique of Pure Reason<\/p>\n<h3>2012<\/h3>\n<h5>Shai Biderman<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Philosofilm: Towards a Cinematic Philosophy<\/p>\n<h5>Candice Delmas<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Clemson University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Duty to Disobey<\/p>\n<h5>Andreas Elpidorou<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Associate Professor (tenured), University of Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, University of Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: On Sensible Matters: A Defense of Conceptual Dualis<\/p>\n<h5>Sarah Farkas<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Student Support Specialist, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Instructor, Emmanuel College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Uniting Right and Duty: Hegel&#8217;s Critical Appropriation of Kant&#8217;s<\/p>\n<h5>Hege Finholt<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Senior Lecturer, University of Oslo<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Researcher, Free University in Brussels<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Sovereign Nation-State: A Reconsideration in Light of European Integration<\/p>\n<h5>John Grey<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Spinoza&#8217;s Account of Composition<\/p>\n<h5>Carolyn Jennings<\/h5>\n<p>2012: <span>Professor and Chair of Philosophy at University of California, Merced<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Antwerp<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Attention, Subject, and World<\/p>\n<h5>Karolina Lewestam<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Lecturer, Warsaw University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Hare and the Tortoise: Problems with the Notion of Action in Ethics<\/p>\n<h5>Monica Link<\/h5>\n<p>2012: Lecturer, Tufts University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: What&#8217;s Wrong with the Problem of Moral Luck<\/p>\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\n<h5>Andrew German<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Ben Gurion University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Subjectivity as a Philosophical Problem: The Case of Hegel and Plato<\/p>\n<h5>David Jennings<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Lecturer, University of California Merced<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Lecturer, Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Friendship as Philosophy in Plato&#8217;s Lysis<\/p>\n<h5>John McHugh<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Colby College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Sympathy, Self, and Society: Smith&#8217;s Response to Hume<\/p>\n<h5>Matt Meyer<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Associate Professor (tenured), University of Scranton<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Lecturer, Brandeis University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Reading Nietzsche through the Ancients: An Analysis of Becoming, Perspectivism, and the Principle of Non-Contradiction<\/p>\n<h5>Benjamin Sherman<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Lecturer, Brandeis University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Epistemically Responsible Disagreement and the Moral Non-Conformist<\/p>\n<h5>Joshua Wood<\/h5>\n<p>2011: Lecturer, University of California Riverside<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Lecturer, Wellesley College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Hume&#8217;s Analysis of Human Agency<\/p>\n<h3>2010<\/h3>\n<h5>Lauren Freeman<\/h5>\n<p>2010: Professor (tenured), University of Louisville<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Duquesne University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Ethical Dimensions in Martin Heidegger&#8217;s Early Thinking<\/p>\n<h5>Luciana Garbayo<\/h5>\n<p>2010: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Empathy Revisited: Game Theory, Dialogue &amp; Morality<\/p>\n<h5>Gal Kober<\/h5>\n<p>2010: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Bridgewater State University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Tufts University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Biology Without Species: A Solution to the Species Problem<\/p>\n<h5>Mahon O&#8217;Brien<\/h5>\n<p>2021: <span>Full Professor at the University of Sussex<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University College Dublin, Senior Lecturer (tenured), University of Sussex (2010)<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Authenticity: From Resolutement to Releasement<\/p>\n<h5>Orla Richardson<\/h5>\n<p>2010: Adjunct Professor, National University of Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Lecturer, Bridgewater State University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Success and Reliability: Methodological Issues in Scientific Inquiry<\/p>\n<h5>Alessandro Torza<\/h5>\n<p>2010: Associate Research Fellow (tenure-track), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Models for Counterparts: A Revisionary Study of the Ontology and Semantics of Modal Logic<\/p>\n<h3>2009<\/h3>\n<h5>Martin Black<\/h5>\n<p>2009: Part-Time Faculty, Boston College<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Lecturer, Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Socrates on Dialogue, the Forms, and Eros: Plato&#8217;s Decision of to Socratic Turn in the Phaedo, Parmenides, and Symposium<\/p>\n<h5>Iskra Fileva<\/h5>\n<p>2009: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Ann Arbor<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Behind Action<\/p>\n<h5>Keren Gorodeisky<\/h5>\n<p>2009: Associate Professor (tenured), Auburn University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Auburn University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Romantic Structure of Kant&#8217;s Conception of the Judgment of Beauty<\/p>\n<h5>Anthony Reeves<\/h5>\n<p>2009: Associate Professor (tenured), Binghamton University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: How Ought Judges Decide? A Moral Theory of Adjudication<\/p>\n<h5>Chris Surprenant<\/h5>\n<p>2009: Associate Professor (tenured), University of New Orleans<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Kantian Virtue and Civil Society<\/p>\n<h3>2008<\/h3>\n<h5>Bill Devlin<\/h5>\n<p>2008: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Bridgewater State University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Defending the Enterprise: A Theory of Truth for Thomas Kuhn<\/p>\n<h5>Jonathan Hansen<\/h5>\n<p>2008: Senior Lecturer, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Cambridge College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Self-Knowledge and the Art of Politics in Plato&#8217;s Alcibiades Major<\/p>\n<h5>Alice MacLachlan<\/h5>\n<p>2008: Associate Professor (tenured), York University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, York University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Nature and Limits of Forgiveness<\/p>\n<h5>Ingvild Torsen<\/h5>\n<p>2008: Associate Professor (tenured), University of Oslo<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Florida International University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: After Aesthetics: Martin Heidegger and the End of Art<\/p>\n<h5>Franco Trivigno<\/h5>\n<p>2008: Professor (tenure-track), University of Oslo<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Marquette University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Philosophical Muse: On Comedy in the Platonic Dialogues<\/p>\n<h3>2007<\/h3>\n<h5>Timothy Brownlee<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Associate Professor (tenured), Xavier University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Xavier University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Freedom of Conscience and Subjective Right in Hegel&#8217;s Political Philosophy<\/p>\n<h5>Silvia Carli<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Associate Professor (tenured), Skidmore College<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Xavier University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Aristotle and the Nature of the &#8216;Who&#8217;<\/p>\n<h5>Jamie Kelly<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Vasser College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Cognitive Bias and Democracy: A Behavioral Approach to Normative Democratic Theory<\/p>\n<h5>Constantinos Mekios<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Stonehill College<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Adjunct Professor, Stonehill College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Approaching Organisms as Systems: A Critical Study of the Method of &#8216;Systems Biology&#8217;<\/p>\n<h5>Regan Penaluna<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Assistant Professor, St. John&#8217;s College<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Luther College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Women&#8217;s Place? Moral Philosophy and Feminist Thought in Astell, Marsham, and Cockburn<\/p>\n<h5>Justin Steinberg<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Brooklyn College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Liberty, Action, and the State in Spinoza<\/p>\n<h5>Charles Wolfe<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Fellow: History and Philosophy of Science Unit, University of Sydney<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Locating Mind in Causal Work<\/p>\n<h5>Tyler Wunder<\/h5>\n<p>2007: Instructor, Wilfrid Laurier University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Warrant and Religious Epistemology: Critique of Plantinga<\/p>\n<h3>2006<\/h3>\n<h5>Bret Doyle<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Instructor, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Visiting Professor, Skidmore College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Legitimate Fruits of Descartes&#8217; Rules<\/p>\n<h5>Barry Gilbert<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Managing Director, School of Business, Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Instructor, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Morality of Knowledge in Nietzsche&#8217;s Geneaology<\/p>\n<h5>Khalil Habib<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Salve Regina University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Salve Regina University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Hobbes&#8217; Science of Politics<\/p>\n<h5>Montgomery Link<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Wittgenstein and Infinity<\/p>\n<h5>Edward Richards<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Instructor, University of Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Is Rotation Absolute? A Historical Examination<\/p>\n<h5>Mary Troxell<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Associate Professor of the Practice of Philosophy (tenured), Boston College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Will in Schopenhauer&#8217;s System<\/p>\n<h5>James Wood<\/h5>\n<p>2006: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Xavier University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Lecturer, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Dialectic of Good in Plato&#8217;s Philebus<\/p>\n<h3>2005<\/h3>\n<h5>Nir Eisikovits<\/h5>\n<p>2005: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Suffolk University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Sympathizing with the Enemy: A Theory of Political Reconciliation<\/p>\n<h5>Charles Lowney<\/h5>\n<p>2005: Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Frege and Wittgenstein on the Distinction Between Language as a Calculus and Language as the Universal Medium<\/p>\n<h5>Mark Nyvlt<\/h5>\n<p>2005: Associate Professor, Dominican University College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Aristotle and Plotinus on the Simplicity of Nous<\/p>\n<h5>David Shikiar<\/h5>\n<p>2005: Adjunct Faculty, Providence College<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: Being and Substance in Aristotle<\/p>\n<h3>2003<\/h3>\n<h5>Bernard Prusak<\/h5>\n<p>2003: Professor (tenured), King&#8217;s College (PA)<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: The Laughing Body: Helmuth Plessner&#8217;s Philosophical Anthropology Revisited<\/p>\n<h3>2001<\/h3>\n<h5>Nicolas De Warren<\/h5>\n<p>2001: Associate Professor (tenured), Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Philosophy has an exceptionally strong placement record and works hard to place students in academic jobs even in this difficult job market. 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