Placement Record
The Department of Philosophy at Ohio State has been successful in placing its doctoral students in academic positions. Those who have not pursued or continued in academic positions have also been successful in the non-academic job market. Below is our placement record, including every PhD graduate since 2000. ‘TT’ indicates that the academic position is tenure-track.
We have made every effort to make the list accurate and complete. If you know of any corrections, please let us know.
2024
Ali Aenehzodaee
Philosophy of Language
Present position: Harper College (TT Assistant Professor)
Pranav Ambardekar
Epistemology
Present position: FLAME University (Assistant Professor)
Zoe Ashton
Philosophy of Math
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Yonghao (Abe) Wang
Metaethics, Ethics, Philosophy of Language
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
2023
Soyeong An
Philosophy of Science
Present position: University of Northern Colorado (Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Tyler Cook
Ethics
Present position: Georgia Institute of Technology (Postdoctoral Fellow in ethics and technology)
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Todd DeRose
Early Modern Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion
Present position: Edward Waters University (TT Assistant Professor)
2022
Andre Curtis Trudel
Philosophy of Science
Present position: University of Cincinnati (TT Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Lingnan University (3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Scott Harkema
History and Philosophy of Science; Early Modern Philosophy
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Preston Lennon
Philosophy of Mind
Present position: Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Xiang Yu
Well-being, medical ethics
Present position: TT Assistant Professor, Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities,
University of Texas Medical Branch
Previous position: Clinical Ethics Fellow, Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College
2021
Lavender McKittrick-Sweitzer
Social & Political, and Feminist Philosophy
Present position: Butler University (TT Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Butler University (Lecturer)
Erin Mercurio
Metaphysics, Social Metaphysics, Aesthetics, and Applied Ethics.
Present position" Assistant Director of Graduate Initiatives, Drake Institute of Teaching and Learning
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Daniel Olson
Philosophy of Science
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
2020
Ethan Brauer
Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, & Epistemology
Present position: Four year postdoc in Oslo, with the Infinity and Intensionality project.
Previous position: Lingnan University (3-year Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Steven Dalglish
Truth, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Math
Present position: Manager of Technical Operations and Communications at the Cummings Foundation for
Behavioral Health
Eric De Araujo
Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic
Present Position: Instructional Designer at Purdue University.
Paul Robinson
Philosophy of Psychology & Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind
Present position: Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (3 year Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Evan Thomas
Early Modern Philosophy, Animal Minds, Animal Ethics
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Chulmin Yoon
Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Present position: Kentech (TT Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Yonsei University (Lecturer)
2019
James Fritz
Metaethics, Epistemology
Present position: Virginia Commonwealth University (Term Assistant Professor)
Evan Woods
Metaphysics
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Previous position: Denison University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Jennifer Gleason
Philosophy of Psychiatry
Present position: University of Alabama (Instructor)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Keren Shatalov
Ancient Philosophy
Present position: Illinois-Urbana-Champagne (Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy)
Previous position: Illinois Institute of Technology (Sawyer Fellow)
Giorgio Sbardolini
Logic and Language
Present position: University of Amsterdam (Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Logic and Language (TT)
Previous Position: University of Amsterdam (Postdoctoral researcher on ERC-funded project EXPRESS)
Matthew Souba
Philosophy of Mathematics
Present position: Brandeis University (Lecturer in Logic)
Previous position: Harvard Business School (Program Content Developer)
Jerilyn Tinio
Early Modern Philosophy
Present position: Assistant Professor (tenure track)/Humanities Librarian at Purdue University!
Previous Position: Newberry Library, Chicago (Senior Program Assistant for Collections and Library Services)
2018
Juan Garcia
History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics\
Present position: Wingate University (Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Bellarmine Postdoctoral Fellow, Loyola Marymount University
Christa Johnson
Ethics, Moral Psychology
Present position: University of Dayton (Associate Professor of Practice in Philosophy, and Director
of the Ethics and Leadership Initiative)
Previous position: California State University, Long Beach (TT)
Aly McCarthy
Biomedical Ethics
Present position: Vanderbilt University (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
permanent, clinical track and Core Faulty with the Center for Biomedical Ethics and
Society)
Previous position: UCLA Health Ethics Center (Arny and Anne Porath Clinical Ethics
Fellowship, 2-year)
Hope Sample
Kant, Modern Philosophy, and History of Metaphysics
Present Position: Carleton College (TT Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Grand Valley State University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
2017
Matt McCall
Early Modern, Scholastic epistemology, Metaphysics
Present position: Crown Equipment (Software Developer)
Brian McLean
Moral Psychology, Meta-ethics, Theory of Agency
Present position: Epic Systems (Technical Problem Solver)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Andrew Kissel
Philosophy of the Mind, Consciousness, Free Will
Present position: Old Dominion University (TT)
Previous position: Old Dominion University (Lecturer)
Scott Brown
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
2016
Teresa Kouri
Philosophy of Math and Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
Present position: Old Dominion University (TT)
John Hurst
Philosophy of Mind and Action, Epistemology
Present position: Current information not available
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Owen King
Metaethics, Practical Reasoning, Moral Psychology
Present position: University of Twente, Netherlands (3-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Ethics, Well-Being, and Data Science)
Previous position: Oberlin College (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Nathaniel Smith
Normative Ethics, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics
Present position: Ohio State, Marion (Lecturer)
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Eric Snyder
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Math, Formal Semantics
Present position: Ashoka University, India (Associate Professor), beginning 2020; Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU, (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Previous position: Smith College (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Jeremy Weiss
Moral Psychology, Ethics
Previous position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
2015
David Blanks
Metaethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Logic
Present position University of Iowa (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Texas A&M (Lecturer)
Kate McFarland
Philosophy of Language
Present position: Ohio State, Center for Ethics and Human Values (Associate Director)
Previous position: Basic Income Earth Network (News Editor & Writer)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Daniel Pearlberg
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Present positions: LSAC Law School Forums (Test Specialist), Independent LSAT Tutor
Lindsay Rettler
Epistemology, Moral Psychology
Present position: University of Wyoming (Lecturer)
Previous position: Baylor University (Lecturer)
2014
Michael Ferreira
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Present position: Freelance Writer & Editor
Alison Duncan Kerr
Philosophy of Mind, Moral Psychology, Metaethics
Present position: St. Andrews University, Institute for Gender Studies (Director, 3-year research fellowship)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
James McGlothlin
Philosophy of Religion
Present position: Bethlehem College and Seminary (Assistant Professor, permanent, non-TT)
Previous position: Shawnee State University (Lecturer)
Michael Miller
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
Present position: Ohio State Office of Student Life–University Housing (Administrative Assistant)
Previous position: Case Western Reserve University, Lifelong Learning Program (Program & Communications Coordinator and Humanities Instructor)
2013
Lindsey Mason
Action Theory, Ethics
Present position: Ohio Dominican University (Director of Faculty Services)
Previous position: University of Dayton, Ohio State (Lecturer)
Daniel Wilkenfeld
Epistemology
Present position: University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing (Assistant Professor)
Previous position: University of Pittsburgh (Visiting Research Fellow)
2012
Steve Brown
Ethics
Present position: Ohio State (Senior Lecturer)
Previous position: Ohio State, Center for Ethics and Human Values (Associate Director)
Wesley Cray
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Art
Present position: Texas Christian University (TT)
Timothy Fuller
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Cognitive Science/Psychology
Present position: Yonsei University (TT)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Cathleen Muller
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
Present position: Marist College (Teaching Associate)
Patrick Reeder
Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics
Present position: Kenyon College (Lecturer)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
2011
Audrey Anton
Ethics, Ancient Philosophy
Present position: Western Kentucky University (Tenured)
Previous position: Denison University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Eric Carter
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
Present position: North Carolina State University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Steven James
Philosophy of Mind
Present positions: Japan University of Economics (Lecturer), Daiichi High School (IB Instructor in Psychology, Philosophy, and Critical Thinking)
2010
Andrew Choi
Ethics
Present position: Holland & Knight law firm (Associate; NYU School of Law, 2014); Professional musician (St. Lenox)
Zac Cogley
Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Present position: Northern Michigan University (Tenured)
Previous position: UCLA (Lecturer)
Salvatore Florio
Philosophy of Language, Logic
Present position: University of Birmingham, UK (Permanent, Lecturer)
Previous positions: Kansas State (TT); Birkbeck College, University of London (3-year post-doc)
Dai Heide
Kant, History of Modern
Present position: Simon Fraser University (Permanent, Senior Lecturer)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
Michael Jaworski
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
Present position: University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (Lecturer)
Previous position: University of Texas, Pan American (Lecturer)
2009
Matthew Jordan
Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics
Present position: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College (Dean for Humanities)
Previous position: Auburn University, Montgomery (Tenured; Director of University Honors Program)
Ryan Jordan
Aesthetics
Present position: Linfield College (Lecturer)
Previous position: Ohio State (Lecturer)
James MacPherson
Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Present position: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm (Associate; Yale Law School, 2015)
Previous position: Bloomsburg University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
2008
Carol Hay
Ethics, Feminist Theory
Present position: University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Tenured)
Previous position: Bryn Mawr College (Instructor)
2007
Abigail Aguilar
Ethics
Present position: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Assistant Professor in Residence, non-TT)
Regan Reitsma
Ethics
Present position: King’s College (Tenured)
Previous position: Lynchburg College (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Makoto Suzuki
Metaethics
Present position: Nagoya University, Japan (Tenured)
Previous position: Nanzan University, Japan
2006
Scott Anderson
Ethics, Philosophy of Law
Present position: Capital University Law School (Tenured)
Nicholaos Jones
Philosophy of Physics
Present position: University of Alabama, Huntsville (Tenured)
William Melanson
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics
Present position: University of Nebraska, Omaha (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Puget Sound (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Adam Podlaskowski
Philosophy of Language
Present position: Fairmont State University (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Connecticut (Visiting Assistant Professor)
William Roche
Epistemology
Present position: Texas Christian University (Tenured)
Previous position: Texas Christian University (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Joshua Smith
Epistemology
Present position: Central Michigan University (Tenured)
Previous position: Ohio State (Visiting Assistant Professor)
2005
Andrew Arlig
Ancient, Medieval, Metaphysics
Present position: Brooklyn College, CUNY (Tenured)
Previous position: Hunter College, CUNY (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Julian Cole
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mathematics
Present position: SUNY Buffalo State (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Texas, Pan American (TT)
Yimin Kui
Philosophy of Language, Mind
Present position: Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Science (TT)
Henry Pratt
Aesthetics
Present position: Marist College (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Dayton (Visiting Assistant Professor)
2004
Cathal (Robert) Woods
Ancient
Present position: Virginia Wesleyan University (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Puget Sound (Visiting Assistant Professor)
2003
Karen Haely
Ethics, Feminism
Present position: College of Wooster (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Previous position: Cleveland State, Ursuline College, Kent State (Lecturer)
David Merli
Metaethics
Present position: Franklin & Marshall College (Tenured)
2002
Sondra Bacharach
Aesthetics
Present position: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Tenured)
Previous position: Cal State, Bakersfield
Haewan Lee
Epistemology
Present position: Seoul National University (Tenured)
Ryan Nichols
History of Modern
Present position: Cal State, Fullerton (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Aberdeen (TT)
Mark Silcox
Philosophy of Language
Present position: University of Central Oklahoma (Tenured)
Previous position: Auburn University
Deborah Tollefsen
Philosophy of Mind
Present position: University of Memphis (Tenured; Associate Dean of College of Arts & Sciences)
2001
Lee Franklin
Ancient
Present position: Franklin & Marshall College (Tenured)
Previous position: SUNY Albany (TT)
Alfred Lent
Ethics, History of Modern
Present position: Ohio University (Senior Lecturer)
Previous position: Hope College
2000
Roy Cook
Philosophy of Mathematics, Logic
Present position: University of Minnesota (Tenured)
Previous position: University of St. Andrews (3-year postdoc)
David Eng
Epistemology
Present position: The Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand (Senior Analyst)
Previous position: Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand (Principal Advisor for Strategy); Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Lecturer); Cal State, Bakersfield (TT)
Sarah Pessin
Medieval
Present position: University of Denver (Tenured)
Previous position: University of Chicago (2-year postdoc)
Larry Sanger
Epistemology
Present position: Everipedia.org (Chief Information Officer)
Previous positions: Wikipedia (Co-founder); Ohio State (Lecturer)
Edgar Velez
Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Present position: Columbus State Community College (Tenured)