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2019 - 2020
Summary of PhD Students 2019: 
Summary Category: 
Entered the marketplace
Men: 
5
Women: 
1
Department Name: 
Philosophy
Department Chair: 
Amy Rebekah Allen,
Head of Department
Faculty: 
Name: 
Robert Bernasconi,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Nancy Tuana,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Christopher Moore,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
Kathryn Sophia Belle,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
Leonard Lawlor,
Title: 
Professor, and Director of Graduate Studies
Name: 
Emily Grosholz,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Sarah C. Miller,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
Brady Bowman,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
Mark Sentesy,
Title: 
Assistant Professor
Name: 
John Christman,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Eduardo Mendieta,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Amy Allen,
Title: 
Professor, and Head of Department
Name: 
Desiree Lim,
Title: 
Assistant Professor
Name: 
Marianna Ortega,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
David Marriott,
Title: 
Professor
Name: 
Nicolas de Warren,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Name: 
Ted Toadvine,
Title: 
Associate Professor and Director of the Rock Ethics Institute
Name: 
Uygar Abaci,
Title: 
Associate Professor
Diversity Efforts: 
has a climate or diversity committee
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)
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 Penn State Philosophy Doctoral Program enrolls the most diversity doctoral students in the country: 25. The Rock Ethics Institute also houses the Critical Philosophy of Race journal. Critical philosophy of race, post-colonial philosophy, and feminist philosophy are research-teaching areas for the Philosophy Department.
Faculty Demographics: 
Tenured: 
9
Tenured-track: 
1
Non-tenure track: 
5
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Men
Tenured: 
6
Tenured-track: 
1
Non-tenure track: 
2
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Women
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Other Gender
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Unknown Gender
Tenured: 
1
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
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LGBT
Tenured: 
2
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
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African, African-American
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
1
Non-tenure track: 
0
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Asian
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Native American
Tenured: 
1
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Hispanic or Latin
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Pacific Islander
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Multi-racial
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Other Race
Tenured: 
12
Tenured-track: 
1
Non-tenure track: 
6
Select the demographic: 
White
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
Select the demographic: 
Unknown Race
Tenured: 
0
Tenured-track: 
0
Non-tenure track: 
0
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Disability Status
Teaching Fellowships: 
4
Scholarships: 
2
Students teaching their own classes: 
25
Other Financial Information: 
We provide summer funding and travel money.
Degrees Offered: 
Ph.D.
Student Demographics: 
Demographic Title: 
African, African-American
Women: 
5
Men: 
3
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Asian
Women: 
2
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Native American
Women: 
0
Men: 
1
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Hispanic or Latin
Women: 
4
Men: 
3
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: 
1
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Multi-racial
Women: 
1
Men: 
4
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Other Race
Women: 
1
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
LGBT
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
2
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Unknown Race
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Title: 
Disability Status
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Tuition: 
In State: 
$18,270
Out of State: 
$31,246
Number of Required Courses: 
50
Degrees Awarded: 
Year: 
2019
Degrees Awarded: 
4
Time to Completion: 
5.00
Year: 
2018
Degrees Awarded: 
7
Time to Completion: 
5.00
Year: 
2017
Degrees Awarded: 
7
Time to Completion: 
5.00
Year: 
2016
Degrees Awarded: 
6
Time to Completion: 
5.00
Year: 
2015
Degrees Awarded: 
6
Time to Completion: 
5.00
Entry Requirements: 
Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
GPA: 
3.00
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
No
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 
We also require a statement of purpose.
Program Strengths: 
Strengths in critical philosophy of race, feminist philosophy, post-colonial philosophy, and Frankfurt School complement the philosophy department's has a longstanding strength in continental philosophy and the history of philosophy. Much of the philosophy done here is oriented by ethical and political issues.
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: 
0
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: 
0
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: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Summary Category: 
Multi-racial
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Summary Category: 
Other Race
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Summary Category: 
LGBT
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Summary Category: 
Unknown Race
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Demographic Summary Category: 
Disability Status
Women: 
0
Men: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Tuition: 
In State: 
$0
Out of State: 
$0
Entry Requirements: 
Transcripts Required?: 
No
Writing SampleRequired?: 
No
GRE Required?: 
No
GPA Required?: 
No
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015: 
Summary Category: 
Entered the marketplace
Men: 
13
Women: 
5
Unknown Gender: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Summary Category: 
Left without receiving a degree
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Summary Category: 
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men: 
7
Women: 
2
Unknown Gender: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Summary Category: 
Were not placed
Men: 
0
Women: 
1
Unknown Gender: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Summary Category: 
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015: 
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Entered the marketplace
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Left without receiving a degree
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Entered another graduate program
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Placed in a teaching job
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Unknown
Men: 
0
Women: 
0
Other Gender: 
0
Unknown Gender: 
0
Summary Category Masters: 
Placed in a non-teaching job
Address: 
University Park
State College, PA 16801
United States
Location: 
Types of Masters: 
Terminal Master's: 
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's: 
Yes
Public/Private: 
Public
location_taxonomize_terms: 
total-faculty-woman: 
9
Faculty Total Men: 
15
Faculty Total Unknown: 
0
Faculty Total Other: 
0
Faculty Total: 
24
Ph.D. Total Woman: 
22
Ph.D. Total Men: 
12
Ph.D. Total Unknown: 
0
Ph.D. Total Other: 
2
Ph.D. Total LGBT: 
2
Ph.D. Total Disability: 
0
Ph.D. Total: 
34
MA Total Woman: 
0
MA Total Men: 
0
MA Total Unknown: 
0
MA Total Other: 
0
MA Total LGBT: 
0
MA Total Disability: 
0
MA Total: 
0
Tuition Min: 
0
Tuition Max: 
0
Total Students: 
34
Faculty African/African American: 
2
Faculty Asian: 
1
Faculty Native American: 
0
Faculty Hispanic or Latino: 
1
Faculty Pacific Islander: 
0
Faculty White: 
19
Faculty Multi-racial: 
0
Faculty Other Race: 
0
Faculty Unknown Race: 
0
Ph.D. African/African American: 
8
Ph.D. Asian: 
2
Ph.D. Native American: 
1
Ph.D. Hispanic or Latino: 
7
Ph.D. Pacific Islander: 
0
Ph.D. White: 
10
Ph.D. Multi-racial: 
5
Ph.D. Other Race: 
1
Ph.D. Unknown Race: 
0
MA African/African American: 
0
MA Asian: 
0
MA Native American: 
0
MA Hispanic or Latino: 
0
MA Pacific Islander: 
0
MA White: 
0
MA Multi-racial: 
0
MA Other Race: 
0
MA Unknown Race: 
0
Total Placements: 
9
Tenured-track Placements: 
0
Non-tenure track Placements: 
9
Non-Academic Placements: 
0
Percentage of Tenured Track Employees: 
70.83
Faculty Other Unknown total: 
0
iPEDS unitid: 
214777
Masters Teaching Placement: 
0
Masters Non-Teaching Placement: 
0
Masters PhD Placement: 
0
Masters Total Placement: 
0