Philosophy Program RSSS, ANU

We list below the whereabouts of all those students who have either completed, failed, or withdrawn from the PhD in Philosophy at RSSS since 1991. Names are suppressed for reasons of privacy. We give no warrant that the information is either complete or accurate, but we have done our best to make it so.

Entries are collected by the year in which the Ph.D. was either awarded, failed or given up.

1991

1. Now teaches philosophy at Charles Sturt University, Goulburn Campus (continuing). Area of Specialization: Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law.

1993

1. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, University of Newcastle (continuing). Area of Specialization: Rational Choice Theory, Moral Philosophy.

2. Taught ethics in the Nursing Dept at the University of South Australia. Resigned. Current whereabouts unknown. Area of Specialization: History of Modern Philosophy.

1994

1. Now a public servant with the Australian Federal Govt Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade serving in Paris. Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Language.

2. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, University of Queensland (continuing). Area of Specialization: Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic.

3. Owns two fish (i.e. aquaria, etc.) shops in Hamilton, near Toronto, Canada. Area of Specialization: Epistemology, Metaphysics.

1995

1. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science.

2. Took an MA from the Program. Went on to take a PhD from Princeton University. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics.

3. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, Flinders University (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind.

4. Now teaches computing at Wellington Polytechnic, NZ (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Science.

1996

1. Now teaches philosophy in the Professional Development Centre, Charles Sturt University, Goulburn Campus (continuing). Area of Specialization: Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law.

2. Now teaches philosophy at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus (continuing). Area of Specialization: History of Modern Philosophy.

1997

1. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, Adelaide University (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind.

2. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, University of Sydney (continuing). Area of Specialization: Metaphysics.

3. Withdrew. Whereabouts unknown. Area of Specialization: Philosophical Logic.

1998

1. Held the chair in the Philosophy Dept, University of Queensland. Is now Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Mathematics.

2. Is now Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University in Queensland. Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind.

3. Is now Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Formerly Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Area of Specialization: Metaphysics.

4. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, Otago University, NZ (continuing). Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Biology.

5. Failed. Now a public servant. Area of Specialization: Metaphysics.

1999

1. Taught in the Philosophy Dept, Aarhus University, Denmark. Now holds a lectureship in philosophy at Monash University. Areas of Specialization: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language.

2. Is now lecturer in philosophy at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Areas of Specialization: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language.

2000

1. Now has a continuing position in the Philosophy Dept, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, Metaphysics.

2. Now teaches in the Philosophy Dept, University of Tasmania (continuing). Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, Metaphysics.

3. Currently Lecturer, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University (continuing). Areas of specialization: bioethics, moral philosophy, social and political philosophy.

2001

1. Taught in the Philosophy Dept, Massey University, NZ (continuing), but subsequently resigned. Area of Specialization: Political Philosophy.

2. Was Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California at Davis. Now holds a lectureship in philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin. Area of Specialization: Metaphysics, Epistemology.

3. Now a public servant. Area of Specialization: Moral Philosophy.

2002

1. Withdrew.

2003

1. Now holds a lectureship at the University of Birmingham. Area of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind.

2. Withdrew.

3. Withdrew.

2004

1. Now holds a lectureship at the University of Birmingham. Areas of specialization: philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, applied ethics.

2. Currently Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. Area of specialization: ethics.

2005

1. Holds a lectureship in philosophy at the University of Western Australia. Area of specialization: philosophy of language.

2. Left the profession. Now teaches English in Japan. Area of specialization: philosophy of mind.

3. Now holds a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh. Area of specialization: ethics, decision theory.

4. Currently a public servant in Melbourne. Area: philosophy of language.

2006

1. Currently a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and a Research Fellow (tenure-track) at the ANU. Area: Social and Political Philosophy.

2. Now Lecturer at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University. Areas: Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics.

3. Now a Templeton Funded Post-doctoral Fellow at ANU (RSSS). Area: Philosophy of Biology.

4. Now Assistant Professor at the Southern Methodist University, Texas, US. Area: Philosophy of Mind.

5. Now working in the US. Area: Moral Philosophy.

2007

1. Now Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney. To be assistant professor at National University of Singapore. Areas: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics.

2008

1. To be Arche Postdoctoral Fellow, University of St Andrews. Areas: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind.

2. Marsden Postdoctoral Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington. Areas: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science.