Submitted by efunkho@uark.edu on July 1, 2019 - 2:19pm
2022 - 2023
Department Name:
Philosophy
Department Chair:
Eric Funkhouser,
Professor
Faculty:
Name:
Eric Funkhouser,
Title:
Professor, Department Chair
Name:
Barry Ward,
Title:
Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Name:
Thomas Senor,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Edward Minar,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Richard Lee,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Jacob Adler,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Amanda McMullen,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Bryan Reece,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Ashley Purdy,
Title:
Visiting Assistant Professor
Name:
Warren Herold,
Title:
Instructor
Name:
David Barrett,
Title:
Instructor
Name:
Jeremy Hyman,
Title:
Instructor
Name:
Christopher Stevens,
Title:
Instructor
Diversity Efforts:
has a climate or diversity committee
has adopted a graduate program diversity statement
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.
Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness:
The Philosophy Department aims to create an environment in which all students feel comfortable fully participating, sharing their perspectives, and engaging with our academic community. It is our responsibility to be a welcoming and inclusive department. Our specific commitments include: 1) Careful and special consideration of diversity in our hiring, admissions, and recruitment. In addition to demographic diversity, we expect faculty/staff to help contribute to diversity through teaching and other initiatives. We will strive to improve recruitment and retention of majors/minors as well as graduate students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. 2) Revising and expanding our curriculum so as to better speak to a diverse student body. This includes revisiting syllabuses for diversity (e.g., in authorship of assigned texts). We also will continue to address issues of diversity and inclusiveness in our course offerings on justice, race and gender, and speech, power and politics. 3) The gathering of demographic data on majors/minors and graduate student applicants. This will be used to mark progress and discover areas for growth. 4) Creating office, work, and classroom spaces that are not only non-threatening, but positively welcoming, for the diverse student body that we desire to reach.
Additional Information:
We are a particularly good choice for students looking to improve their philosophical training before applying to PhD programs. Our program is somewhat distinctive in that we offer a terminal M.A. in addition to our PhD program (which itself requires an M.A. for admission). We are a very well rounded department for our size. For example, we have faculty who are research active in philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, the history of philosophy (especially Ancient, Early Modern, and Wittgenstein), philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and ethics, among other areas.
Faculty Demographics:
Tenured:
6
Tenured-track:
1
Non-tenure track:
4
Select the demographic:
Men
Tenured:
0
Tenured-track:
1
Non-tenure track:
1
Select the demographic:
Women
Teaching Fellowships:
4
Teaching Assistantships:
12
Scholarships:
1
Students teaching their own classes:
10
Other Financial Information:
We normally fill 12 teaching assistant positions, combined between our MA and PhD students. For 2021-22, these 9-month TA positions provided a full tuition waiver plus a $12,800 9-month stipend for MA students and $13,500 9-month stipend for PhD students. Additional competitive fellowships, which can boost the stipend, are available for eligible PhD applicants. MA students receive two years of funding, PhD students three years. Adjunct teaching is sometimes available for PhD students who have exhausted their teaching assistantship.
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D.
Terminal Masters
Tuition:
In State:
$3,938
Out of State:
$10,710
Number of Required Courses:
8
Additional Information:
Tuition is waived for all teaching assistants.
Degrees Awarded:
Year:
2010
Degrees Awarded:
1
Time to Completion:
4.00
Year:
2011
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
6.00
Year:
2012
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
5.00
Year:
2013
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
6.00
Year:
2014
Degrees Awarded:
1
Time to Completion:
3.00
Year:
2015
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
7.33
Year:
2016
Degrees Awarded:
1
Time to Completion:
6.00
Year:
2017
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
5.00
Year:
2018
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
6.50
Year:
2019
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
5.00
Year:
2020
Degrees Awarded:
0
Year:
2021
Degrees Awarded:
2
Time to Completion:
5.00
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
Yes
GPA:
3.00
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Applicants must also submit a statement of purpose. An M.A. in philosophy is required.
Program Strengths:
We have particular strengths in philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of religion, metaphysics and epistemology, and the history of philosophy. We also house the journal Philosophical Topics.
Program Strengths:
We offer separate M.A. and PhD programs, and the PhD is a three-year degree open only to students who have already received their M.A. We have particular strengths in philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of religion, metaphysics and epistemology, and the history of philosophy. We also house the journal Philosophical Topics.
Tuition:
In State:
$3,876
Out of State:
$10,516
Number of Required Courses:
9
Additional Information:
Tuition is waived for all teaching assistants.
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts Required?:
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?:
Yes
GPA:
3.00
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
No
GPA Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Applicants must also submit a statement of purpose.
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
10
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
3
Women:
1
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
4
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
1
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015:
Men:
2
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
10
Women:
3
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
8
Women:
1
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:
2
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
Specilizations:
Address:
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
United StatesTypes of Masters:
Terminal Master's:
Yes
Public/Private:
Public
location_taxonomize_terms:
total-faculty-woman:
2
Faculty Total Men:
11
Faculty Total Unknown:
0
Faculty Total Other:
0
Faculty Total:
13
Ph.D. Total Woman:
0
Ph.D. Total Men:
0
Ph.D. Total Unknown:
0
Ph.D. Total Other:
0
Ph.D. Total LGBT:
0
Ph.D. Total Disability:
0
Ph.D. Total:
0
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:
10 516
Total Students:
0
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:
0
Ph.D. Asian:
0
Ph.D. Native American:
0
Ph.D. Hispanic or Latino:
0
Ph.D. Pacific Islander:
0
Ph.D. White:
0
Ph.D. Multi-racial:
0
Ph.D. Other Race:
0
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:
6
Tenured-track Placements:
0
Non-tenure track Placements:
5
Non-Academic Placements:
1
Percentage of Tenured Track Employees:
61.54
Faculty Other Unknown total:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2016:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Unknown Gender:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Unknown Gender:
1
Summary of Master's Students 2016:
Summary Category Masters:
Entered the marketplace
Other Gender:
4
Summary Category Masters:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Other Gender:
4
iPEDS unitid:
106397
Masters Teaching Placement:
2
Masters Non-Teaching Placement:
0
Masters PhD Placement:
13
Masters Total Placement:
15