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2019 - 2020
Website:
Department Name:
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair:
Aaron Meskin,
Professor and Head
Faculty:
Name:
Rene Jagnow,
Title:
Graduate Coordinator
Name:
Aaron Meskin,
Title:
Department Head
Name:
Athanasios Samaras,
Title:
Undergraduate Coordinator
Name:
Yuri Balashov,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Bradley Bassler,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Elizabeth Brient,
Title:
Associate Profesor
Name:
Chris Cuomo,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Melissa Seymour Fahmy,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Edward Charles Halper,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Marianne Koshkaryan,
Title:
Part-Time Instructor
Name:
Beth Preston,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Rohan Sikri,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Piers Stephens,
Title:
Ethics & the Environment editor
Name:
Richard Dien Winfield,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Sarah Wright,
Title:
Associate Professor
Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness:
We already have a number of women on our faculty--6 out of 15. All of these women are tenured and four are full professors.. We have also been more successful recently in increasing the number of women among our graduate students--currently 8 out of 35.
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Disability Status
Teaching Assistantships:
15
Students teaching their own classes:
9
Other Financial Information:
Research assistantships - number varies, usually 1-2 per year. Students assist faculty with research for two years, and then have a teaching assistantship for four years after that. / / Out-of-state tuition waivers - number varies, usually 1-2 per year
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D.
Terminal Masters
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Tuition:
Number of Required Courses:
15
Additional Information:
15 courses are required for students entering without an MA in philosophy; 10 courses are required for students with an MA in philosophy. Students with an MA in another discipline may be required to take 15 courses or only 10,at the department's discretio
Degrees Awarded:
Year:
2010
Degrees Awarded:
1
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2011
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
9.00
Year:
2012
Year:
2013
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
7.30
Year:
2014
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
8.30
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Statement of purpose (suggested)
Program Strengths:
The department is strongest in Metaphysics (both analytic and traditional) and Environmental Philosophy. We also have significant strengths in Feminist Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind.
Student Demographics:
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Women:
0
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0
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0
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0
Tuition:
Number of Required Courses:
8
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts Required?:
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?:
Yes
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
GPA Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Statement of purpose (recommended)
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015:
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10
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Entered the marketplace
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Unknown
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Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a non-teaching job
Specilizations:
Address:
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
United StatesLocation:
Types of Masters:
Terminal Master's:
No
Non-Terminal Master's:
Yes
Public/Private:
Public
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Total Students:
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2
Total Placements:
21
Tenured-track Placements:
5
Non-tenure track Placements:
12
Non-Academic Placements:
4
Percentage of Tenured Track Employees:
93.33
Faculty Other Unknown total:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2016:
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Entered the marketplace
Unknown Gender:
4
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Placed in a non-tenure track position
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3
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Unknown Gender:
1
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2017:
Other Gender:
9
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Other Gender:
4
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Other Gender:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
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Summary of Ph.D. Students 2018:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Other Gender:
2
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Placed in a non-academic Job
Other Gender:
1
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Placed in a non-tenure track position
Other Gender:
1
Masters Teaching Placement:
0
Masters Non-Teaching Placement:
1
Masters PhD Placement:
2
Masters Total Placement:
3