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University of California-San Diego

Academic Year: 
2019 - 2020

Website

http://philosophy.ucsd.edu/

Department Name

Philosophy

Department Chair

Jonathan Cohen,
Professor of Philosophy

Degrees Offered

Ph.D.
Diversity Efforts: 
has adopted a graduate program diversity statement
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)
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 implemented measures to combat implicit bias in the evaluation of students and faculty
has a mentoring program for junior faculty and/or graduate students that addresses issues of diversity and inclusion

Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness

the department makes all efforts to support and increase diversity and inclusiveness in philosophy

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
16
Teaching Assistantships:
29
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
3
Other Financial Information:
All our financial aid is in the form of Fellowships or Assistantships

Faculty

Members

Lucy Allais, Professor
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Professor
Richard Arneson, Professor
Saba Bazargan, Associate Professor
William Bechtel, Professor
David Brink, Professor
Craig Callender, Professor
Nancy Cartwright, Professor
Jonathan Cohen, Professor, Chair
Matthew Fulkerson, Associate Professor
Rick Grush, Professor
Michael Hardimon, Professor
Monte Johnson, Associate Professor
Andy Lamey, Teaching Professor
Kerry McKenzie, Assistant Professor
Dana Nelkin, Professor
Samuel Rickless, Professor
Donald Rutherford, Professor
Gila Sher, Professor
Clinton Tolley, Associate Professor
Eric Watkins, Professor
Monique Wonderly, Assistant Professor
Reuven Brandt, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Carr, Assistant Professor
Manuel Vargas, Professor
Eddy Chen, Assistant Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 17 2 0
Women 5 2 0
Other Gender 0 0 0
Unknown Gender 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0
African, African-American 1 1 0
Asian 0 0 0
Native American 1 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 1 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
7
Total Men: 
19
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
26

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

Ethics, Moral Psychology, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Science Studies, philosophy of mind/cognitive science, logic

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 2 0 0
Asian 3 4 0
Native American 0 1 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 2 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0
Other Race 1 1 0
LGBT
Disability Status
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 6 8 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
14

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2015 7 7.00
2016 5 7.00
2017 4 7.00
2018 5 7.00
2019 1 8.00

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

Number of Required Courses: 
14

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
GPA: 
3.00
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
Yes
Other Requirements: 
none

Master's

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
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
LGBT 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
0

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$0
Out of State: 
$0

Master's Program Entry Requirements

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

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2019

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 3
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 0 2
Were not placed 0 1

Summary of PhD Students 2018

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 5
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 0 4
Placed in a tenure-track position 0 0
Were not placed 0 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 4
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 1
Placed in a non-tenure track position 0 1
Placed in a tenure-track position 0 1
Were not placed 0 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2016

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 2 6
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 2 6
Placed in a tenure-track position 0 0
Were not placed 0 0 0