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Congratulations to Bill Kowalsky who has been chosen to receive UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award.  The award, which is given to only five teaching assistants on campus each year, recognizes extraordinary…

Congratulations to Kim Johnston who has been chosen to receive UCLA’s Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award.  The award, which is given to only four graduate…

We are pleased to announce that Kevin Lande has filed his dissertation, “Parts of Perception,” and it has been accepted. His PhD degree will be awarded on March 23, 2018.

We’re very sad to have learned that our graduate alumnus Sean Foran died last summer from brain cancer. Sean began the program in 1989, finishing in 1997.  His dissertation, Animal…

The Departmental Teaching Award is given annually for excellent performance in teaching.  Congratulations to our 2017-18 winners Bill Kowalsky and Lauren Schaeffer!

Congratulations to Sabine Tsuruda who will be beginning a tenure-track position as assistant professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Law starting summer 2018. Sabine will complete her dissertation “Moral Agency…

Professor Pamela Hieronymi is featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the philosophers who inspired the producers of the NBC show “The Good Place.” You…

We are pleased to announce that Brian Hutler has filed his dissertation, “Cooperation, Religious Freedom, and the State,” and it has been accepted. His PhD degree will be awarded on…

Congratulations to Prof. Calvin Normore, who has been appointed the first Brian P. Copenhaver Chair. Professor Normore is assuming a chair newly renamed in honor of professor emeritus Brian Copenhaver,…

The Yost Prize is given annually in honor of Robert M. Yost for excellent performance in teaching.  Congratulations to our 2016-17 winners Jenna Donohue, Kim Johnston, and John Kardosh!