University of Virginia - Main campus

Hardly more than a decade ago, the department had only one female member. We have taken significant strides in addressing this imbalance. Six of our last ten hires have been women, four of these six are now tenured, two are full professors and one was recently awarded an endowed chair. We have managed in recent years to recruit a very diverse graduate student body, with current or recent members hailing from Argentina, Peru, Romania, South Korea, Russia and Turkey. The undergraduate program has also become increasingly diverse over the past decade. The number of female majors has increased from about 15% to about 45%, which is well above the national average for philosophy majors, and the number of African American students has climbed from 5% to 12%, which is higher than the UVa average. We are continuing to explore ways to build on these accomplishments by diversifying our undergraduate offerings in ways that might appeal to a wider array of students.