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Johns Hopkins University

Academic Year: 
2018 - 2019

Website

http://www.jhu.edu/

Department Name

Department of Philosophy

Department Chair

Richard Bett,
Professor

Degrees Offered

Ph.D., Non-Terminal Masters

Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness

Johns Hopkins is a community committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence. We firmly believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of students, faculty and staff and by creating a climate of respect that is supportive of their success. One of the most recent hires into a tenure-track position was a woman. In addition, the Department of Philosophy did better in terms of diversity than in many previous years in the last student admissions period; one of the incoming students is a woman (and Asian) and one is African-American.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
5
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
3
Teaching Assistantships:
13
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
6
Other Financial Information:

Faculty

Members

Peter Achinstein, Professor
Richard Bett, Professor
Justin Bledin, Assistant Professor
Hilary Bok, Associate Professor
Eckart Förster, Professor of Philosophy
Steven Gross, Professor
Chris Lebron, Associate Professor
Yitzhak Y. Melamed, Professor
Dean Moyar, Associate Professor
Robert Rynasiewicz, Professor
Elanor Taylor, Assistant Professor
Michael Williams, Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 6 3 0
Women 1 2 0
Other Gender 0 0 0
Unknown Gender 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0
African, African-American 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0
White 7 5 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
3
Total Men: 
9
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
12

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

The Department of Philosophy retains a distinctive character, giving students a broad but analytically rigorous philosophical education. At Johns Hopkins, the study of philosophy can be pursued in a number of ways on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, two undergraduate minors are available in philosophy and bioethics. The primary areas of focus in the department are metaphysics and epistemology, philosophy of science, and the history of philosophy (in particular, the history of modern philosophy). Ethics and political philosophy are also studied. When Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, it was the first university in the United States designed as a center for research and doctoral education. Among its earliest graduates were well-known philosophers Josiah Royce and John Dewey. Charles Saunders Peirce, American philosopher and scientist known as the 'father of pragmatism,' was an early faculty member in the department.

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 31 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 31 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
31

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2010 5
2011 5
2012 2
2013 3
2014 4

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$47,060
Number of Required Courses: 
13
Additional Information: 
A minimum of 13 courses is required of all students in the Ph.D. program. Usually all 13 courses must be Philosophy Department offerings. However, certain courses offered by other departments may be allowed to count towards the total of 13 courses. Except

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
Letters of Recommendation: 
2
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
Yes
Other Requirements: 

Master's

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 5 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 5 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
5

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

Number of Required Courses: 
13

Master's Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts Required?: 
No
Writing SampleRequired?: 
No
GRE Required?: 
No
GPA Required?: 
No
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 

Types of Master's

Terminal Master's: 
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's: 
No

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2018

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 4
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1
Placed in a non-academic Job 3

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
6
Placed in a non-tenure track position 5
Placed in a non-academic Job 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 3 10 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 0 0 0 0
Were not placed 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 0 0 0

Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 0 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program 0 0 0 0
Entered another graduate program 0 0 0 0
Placed in a teaching job 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-teaching job 0 0 0 0