Submitted by Lanei Rodemeyer on August 31, 2015 - 2:17pm
2019 - 2020
Summary of Master's Students 2018:
Summary Category:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men:
5
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-teaching job
Men:
1
Summary Category:
Unknown
Men:
1
Department Name:
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair:
Daniel Selcer,
Associate Professor
Faculty:
Name:
Kelly Arenson,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Jennifer Bates,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Thérèse Bonin,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Fred Evans,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Tom Eyers,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Michael Harrington,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Jay Lampert,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Patrick Lee Miller,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Lanei Rodemeyer,
Title:
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Name:
Daniel Selcer,
Title:
Associate Professor & Chair
Name:
James Swindal,
Title:
Professor, Henry Koren, C.S.Sp Endowed Chair in Scholarly Excellence
Name:
Eric Vogelstein,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Jeffery McCurry,
Title:
Director, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center
Name:
Tom Rockmore,
Title:
Professor Emeritus
Diversity Efforts:
has adopted a graduate program diversity statement
has a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter or similar diversity group
has conducted a departmental climate survey within the past three years
hosts invited speakers who are members of underrepresented groups at least annually
has hosted an event focused on diversity and inclusion within the past year
provides annual sexual harassment, bystander, and climate training (directly or through our institution)
ensures department events are accessible to participants with disabilities
provides accommodations for faculty and guest speakers with disabilities
provides accommodations for students, faculty, and others with disabilities (directly or through our institution)
educates faculty and staff about disability accommodations and how to obtain them (directly or through our institution)
offers multiple courses in which philosophers from underrepresented groups are included on the syllabus in proportion to their numbers in the profession and/or which focus on philosophical issues related to race, gender, disability, class, etc.
has a mentoring program for junior faculty and/or graduate students that addresses issues of diversity and inclusion
Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness:
The Duquesne Department of Philosophy is committed to cultivating a welcoming, inclusive, and just community that supports all its members regardless of sex, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, religion, political opinion, age, socio-economic background, marital or family status, disability, or military service. We recognize that bias, whether overt or concealed, is an obstacle to justice, inclusiveness, and productivity in philosophy as a discipline, and we attempt to combat it in the composition of our department, the courses we teach, and the events we organize and sponsor. This includes recruiting students from underrepresented groups to join our department, training graduate students in the design of inclusive syllabi, offering courses each year on non-Western philosophy and gender studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and scheduling talks each year on minority issues. In addition, the department will continue to take concrete steps to address issues of justice and inclusion. Organizationally, we support The Center for Women and Gender Studies (founded and directed by Philosophy faculty members) and host very active graduate-student-run organizations aimed at the intellectual diversification of the discipline and practical consideration of issues affecting underrepresented groups: Duquesne Women in Philosophy (DWIP) and the Duquesne Minorities in Philosophy (MAP) chapter. We have recently adopted a department diversity statement and are currently formulating a policy for a standing climate committee. We have also diversified our graduate curriculum. Recent graduate course lineups have included seminars in critical philosophies of race, philosophy of sex and gender, feminist philosophy, queer theory, transgender studies, Asian philosophy, and African philosophy.
Faculty Demographics:
Tenured:
8
Tenured-track:
0
Non-tenure track:
1
Select the demographic:
Men
Tenured:
3
Tenured-track:
1
Non-tenure track:
0
Select the demographic:
Women
Teaching Fellowships:
12
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
4
Teaching Assistantships:
8
Students teaching their own classes:
17
Other Financial Information:
Duquesne PhD students receive a 5-year $18,000/year stipend, full tuition remission, funding for at least one conference each year, summer grants to fund intensive summer language study abroad, a 50% health insurance discount, and tuition-free on-campus academic-year language study. Additional travel funds and research support -- including post-stipend dissertation completion grants -- are available through competitive application. In return for stipend funding, PhD students assist professors teaching very small classes for 2 years (while also enrolling in a comprehensive pedagogical training seminar) and then begin to offer their own small introductory-level courses. After the conclusion of stipend funding, adjunct teaching is usually available for students who request it (with pay approximately equivalent to the stipend). PhD students also have the opportunity to participate in our exchange program with Heidelberg University during their 4th year (for a semester or for the entire year) and continue to receive their stipends (without teaching responsibilities) while they do so.
MA students all receive a 25% tuition discount. We are often also able to offer additional tuition waivers to MA students, ranging from 30-50% (availability of this additional tuition support varies year to year). All MA students receive the same language study and conference travel support as our PhDs: summer grants to fund intensive summer language study abroad; tuition-free on-campus academic-year language study; travel funding for at least one conference each year with additional travel funding available by competitive application.
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D.
Terminal Masters
Student Demographics:
Demographic Title:
African, African-American
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Asian
Women:
1
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Native American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Hispanic or Latin
Women:
1
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Pacific Islander
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
White
Women:
9
Men:
17
Other Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Multi-racial
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Other Race
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
2
Demographic Title:
LGBT
Women:
2
Men:
2
Other Gender:
2
Demographic Title:
Disability Status
Women:
1
Men:
2
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Tuition:
In State:
$11,556
Out of State:
$11,556
Number of Required Courses:
16
Additional Information:
All tuition is waived for PhD students. Also, PhD students may transfer up to 3 courses from a previous MA.
Degrees Awarded:
Year:
2011
Degrees Awarded:
4
Time to Completion:
8.00
Year:
2012
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2013
Degrees Awarded:
10
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2014
Degrees Awarded:
9
Time to Completion:
8.00
Year:
2015
Degrees Awarded:
7
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2016
Degrees Awarded:
5
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2017
Degrees Awarded:
8
Time to Completion:
7.00
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Online Score:
80.00
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
TOEFL (or IELTS) scores are required only for applicants for whom English is not a first language or who do not yet hold a degree from a university where English is the language of instruction.
Program Strengths:
The primary mission of the Duquesne M.A. program in philosophy is to train well prepared students with strong backgrounds in philosophy to apply successfully for admission to Ph.D.-granting departments.. Our department hosts an active, congenial, and vibrant philosophical community, including an extensive visiting speakers series and graduate research colloquium, student and faculty organized reading groups, and a strong graduate student organization. In the last few years, we have offered graduate courses on the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, classical Islamic philosophy, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Adorno, Levinas, Lacan, Derrida, Ricoeur, Habermas, Foucault, Deleuze, and Badiou. Recent thematic courses have included Aesthetics, Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Phenomenology, German Idealism, History and Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, Idealism and Materialism, Moral Philosophy, Phenomenological Epistemology, Philosophy of the Body, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Time, and the Phenomenology of Space and Place.
Program Strengths:
The mission of the Duquesne doctoral program is to provide advanced philosophical training to students of demonstrated scholarly excellence so that they may pursue high-quality independent research under the mentorship of faculty, enter the academic profession as scholars and teachers, find tenure-track employment as professors of philosophy, and become members of the international philosophical community. Our department hosts an active, congenial, and vibrant philosophical community, including an extensive visiting speakers series and graduate research colloquium, student and faculty organized reading groups, and a strong graduate student organization. In the last few years, we have offered graduate courses on the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, classical Islamic philosophy, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Adorno, Levinas, Lacan, Derrida, Ricoeur, Habermas, Foucault, Deleuze, and Badiou. Recent thematic courses have included Aesthetics, Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Phenomenology, German Idealism, History and Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, Idealism and Materialism, Moral Philosophy, Phenomenological Epistemology, Philosophy of the Body, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Time, and the Phenomenology of Space and Place.
NOTE: The current incarnation of the APA Graduate Guide site makes it effectively impossible to accurately record doctoral program placement information. For complete placement information on the Duquesne PhD program, please see http://www.duq.edu/academics/schools/liberal-arts/academic-programs/philosophy/graduate-programs/doctorate-in-philosophy/phd-placement
Student Demographics:
Demographic Summary Category:
African, African-American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Asian
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Native American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Hispanic or Latin
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Pacific Islander
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
White
Women:
3
Men:
17
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Multi-racial
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Other Race
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Unknown Race
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
1
Demographic Summary Category:
LGBT
Women:
0
Men:
3
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Disability Status
Women:
0
Men:
3
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Tuition:
In State:
$9,630
Out of State:
$9,630
Number of Required Courses:
10
Additional Information:
MA students all receive at minimum a 25% tuition discount, conference travel funding, and are eligible to apply for a scholarship of $2,000-$4,500 in summer funding for intensive language study abroad between their first and second years. We are often able to extend additional tuition support, raising tuition credit coverage to 40-75% of tuition costs (though availability varies year to year).
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts Required?:
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?:
Yes
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
GPA Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Online Score:
80.00
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
TOEFL (or IELTS) scores are required only for applicants for whom English is not a first language or who do not yet hold a degree from a university where English is the language of instruction.
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015:
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
8
Women:
5
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
13
Women:
1
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
1
Women:
1
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
2
Women:
1
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
1
Women:
1
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015:
Men:
15
Women:
5
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men:
1
Women:
2
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Entered another graduate program
Men:
4
Women:
2
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
3
Women:
2
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a teaching job
Men:
11
Women:
4
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a non-teaching job
Specilizations:
Address:
600 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
United StatesLocation:
Types of Masters:
Terminal Master's:
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's:
No
Public/Private:
Private
location_taxonomize_terms:
total-faculty-woman:
4
Faculty Total Men:
9
Faculty Total Unknown:
0
Faculty Total Other:
0
Faculty Total:
13
Ph.D. Total Woman:
14
Ph.D. Total Men:
24
Ph.D. Total Unknown:
2
Ph.D. Total Other:
2
Ph.D. Total LGBT:
6
Ph.D. Total Disability:
3
Ph.D. Total:
31
MA Total Woman:
3
MA Total Men:
26
MA Total Unknown:
1
MA Total Other:
0
MA Total LGBT:
3
MA Total Disability:
3
MA Total:
24
Tuition Min:
0
Tuition Max:
9 630
Total Students:
55
Faculty African/African American:
0
Faculty Asian:
0
Faculty Native American:
0
Faculty Hispanic or Latino:
0
Faculty Pacific Islander:
0
Faculty White:
0
Faculty Multi-racial:
0
Faculty Other Race:
0
Faculty Unknown Race:
0
Ph.D. African/African American:
1
Ph.D. Asian:
1
Ph.D. Native American:
0
Ph.D. Hispanic or Latino:
2
Ph.D. Pacific Islander:
0
Ph.D. White:
26
Ph.D. Multi-racial:
0
Ph.D. Other Race:
1
Ph.D. Unknown Race:
0
MA African/African American:
0
MA Asian:
1
MA Native American:
0
MA Hispanic or Latino:
1
MA Pacific Islander:
0
MA White:
20
MA Multi-racial:
1
MA Other Race:
0
MA Unknown Race:
1
Total Placements:
44
Tenured-track Placements:
17
Non-tenure track Placements:
20
Non-Academic Placements:
7
Percentage of Tenured Track Employees:
92.31
Faculty Other Unknown total:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2016:
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Women:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
3
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
1
Summary of Master's Students 2016:
Summary Category Masters:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men:
3
Women:
1
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a teaching job
Men:
1
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a non-teaching job
Men:
1
Women:
1
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2017:
Men:
1
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
3
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Summary of Master's Students 2017:
Men:
3
Summary Category:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men:
2
Summary Category:
Entered another graduate program
Men:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a teaching job
Men:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-teaching job
iPEDS unitid:
212106
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2018:
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
2
Masters Teaching Placement:
8
Masters Non-Teaching Placement:
19
Masters PhD Placement:
37
Masters Total Placement:
64