PhD Job Placement

The Department of Philosophy has a solid recent placement record in a difficult academic market for PhDs in Philosophy. 

Here are our placements (so far!) for the 2023-24 academic year:

• Sarale Ben Asher, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico (tenure track)
• Gregory Brown, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Molly Brown, Assistant Professor, Grand Rapids Community College (tenure track)
• Charlie Capps, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Law School (tenure track)
• Lawrence (Dusty) Dallman, Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College (tenure track)
• Eamon Duede, Assistant Professor, Purdue University (tenure track)
• Joshua Fox, Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College (tenure track)
• Kevin Irakoze, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Nethanel Lipshitz, Assistant Professor, Bar-Ilan University (Israel) (tenure track)
• Amy Levine, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows (3-year)
• Laurenz Ramsauer, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Ryan Simonelli, International Research Fellow, Wuhan University (China) (2-year)

Here are our placements for the 2022-23 academic year:

• Pascal Brixel, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (tenure track)
• Lawrence Dallman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Clemson University
• Eamon Duede, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
• Joshua Fox, Visiting Assistant Professor, Idaho State University
• Melina Garibovic, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Aaron Graham, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi (tenure track)
• Rory Hanlon, Teaching Assistant Professor, Program for Public Discourse and Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (3-year renewable)
• Claire Kirwin, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (tenure track)
• Nethanel Lipshitz, Assistant Professor, Penn State College of Medicine (tenure track)
• Andrew Pitel, Assistant Instructional Professor, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities and Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago
• Ermioni Prokopaki, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Josh Trubowitz, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago

Here are our placements for the 2021-22 academic year:

• Molly Brown, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Jacob Butcher, Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Subregional Office 33, Peoria, IL
• Pirachula Chulanon, Ryerson University (tenure track)
• Claudia Hogg-Blake, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Mathis Koschel, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California
• Ryan Simonelli, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago

Here are our placements for the 2020-21 academic year:

• Arnold Brooks, Assistant Instructional Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago
• Lawrence Dallman, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Emily Dupree, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Joshua Fox, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Rory Hanlon, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
• Katie Howe, Writing Specialist, University Writing Program, University of Chicago
• Nethanel Lipshitz, Hecht-Levi Postdoctoral Fellowship, Berman Institute for Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University (postdoctoral fellow--2 years)
• Andrew Pitel, Lecturer, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, University of Chicago
• Jessica Tizzard, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Akademische Ratsstelle auf Zeit---6 years)

Here are our placements for the 2019-20 academic year:

• Anastasia Berg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (tenure track)
• Pascal Brixel, Clemson University (tenure track)
• Charlie Capps (JD/PhD), Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2 years)
• Elena Comay del Junco, University of Connecticut (tenure track)
• Claire Kirwin, Clemson University (tenure track)
• Gilad Nir, University of Jena (postdoctoral fellow)
• Rory O’Connell, Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (postdoctoral fellow—4 years)
• Skomantas Pocius, Management Consulting Associate, McKinsey
• Matthew Teichman, Programming Specialist, Digital Library Development Center, University of Chicago

Here are our placements for the 2018-19 academic year:

• Dawn Eschenauer Chow, College of DuPage (tenure track)
• Elena Comay del Junco, University of Toronto, Centre for Ethics (postdoctoral fellow)
• Claire Kirwin, University of Chicago (preceptor, MAPH program)
• Nethanel Lipshitz, Safra Center at Tel Aviv University (1 year) and Israeli Science Foundation at Bar Ilan University (2 years); positions held concurrently
• Joshua Mendelsohn, Loyola University Chicago (tenure track)
• Francey Russell, Barnard College (tenure track)

Click here (and expand) to see a compilation of recent departmental PhD admissions, degree completion, and career outcome statistics.

See "Recent Job Placements" below for a comprehensive list of our placement in past years.

Each year, the Department of Philosophy runs a required Placement Workshop for Philosophy PhD students who have decided, in consultation with their dissertation committee, that they are ready to go on the academic job market. The workshop is taught by the faculty Placement Director, with the assistance of other members of the departmental faculty. The Placement Workshop starts at the end of the spring quarter of a given academic year and then meets again several times both in the summer and fall quarters.

The workshop is designed to help students to complete and polish all the required components of a job dossier and to provide other sorts of preparation for going on the academic job market in philosophy. Individual sessions are devoted to discussing and working together on (1) drafts of the various components of each job seeker’s dossier such as the cover letter, CV, research statement, short and long dissertation abstracts, teaching portfolio, and writing sample; (2) the research and teaching “spiels” that job seekers need to prepare in advance of their job interviews; and (3) job talk presentations and accompanying materials. In addition, members of the workshop will discuss personal websites, interviewing skills, and the teaching of sample classes.

The workshop will also provide the framework within which further additional placement-related events, including mock interviews and practice job visit classes, will be scheduled on behalf of graduate students planning to go on the market. In December each year, the Department holds a Graduate Research Conference at which all students on the academic job market for the first time give practice job talks.

The placement director for 2024-25 is Ginger Schultheis. Along with each student’s committee members, Ginger will play a primary role in reviewing CVs, writing samples, and letters and will also consult with students on Interfolio and interview preparation. Ginger will be available throughout the year to support current PhD students, as well as recent departmental PhDs, on the academic job market.

Philosophy PhD students who are on the job market for the first time may apply for a one-time stipend from the department for up to $500. Funds can cover job market expenses such as travel to the American Philosophical Association conference, Interfolio fees, or other fees as appropriate.