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Villanova University

Academic Year: 
2019 - 2020

Website

http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/philosophy.html

Department Name

Philosophy

Department Chair

Sally J. Scholz,
Professor

Degrees Offered

Ph.D.

Areas of Specialization Offered

History / Traditions, Continental/European Philosophy (including Kant), History of Philosophy
Diversity Efforts: 
has a climate or diversity committee
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.
has a mentoring program for junior faculty and/or graduate students that addresses issues of diversity and inclusion

Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness

The Villanova Philosophy Department is committed to teaching, scholarship and hiring practices that emphasize diversity, inclusiveness and multiculturalism, especially with regard to gender and race. This is evident in our graduate and undergraduate curriculum. It is also evident with regard to our efforts in hiring to achieve gender balance. We currently have 7 women on our faculty. We house Hypatia, the leading Journal in feminist philosophy with our colleague Sally Scholz as editor.

Additional Information

We have on average 6 assistantships per year. We receive on average 120 applications.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
12
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
6
Teaching Assistantships:
18
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
12
Other Financial Information:
We provide significant travel awards for those presenting papers at conferences. We offer competitive summer research grants. We offer support for summer abroad programs for graduate students.

Faculty

Members

Sally J. Scholz, Professor and Department Chair
Julie R. Klein, Associate Professor
Norman Ajari, Ph.D
Farshid Baghai, Assistant Professor
Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, Professor
Walter Brogan, Professor
John M. Carvalho, Professor
William Desmond, David R. Cook Chair in Philosophy
John A. Doody, Robert M. Birmingham Chair in Humanities Professor
James J. McCartney, Associate Professor
Stephen Napier, Associate Professor
Gabriel Rockhill, Associate Professor
Georg Theiner, Assistant Professor
Davey K. Tomlinson, Assistant Professor
James Wetzel, Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 0 0 0
Women 0 0 0
Other Gender 0 0 0
Unknown Gender 0 0 0
LGBT 3 0 0
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
White 19 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
0
Total Men: 
0
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
0

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

Villanova University offers a doctoral program in Philosophy specializing in Continental Philosophy and the History of Philosophy. Qualified students are eligible for six years of guaranteed funding, with financial awards (including tuition remission and a stipend) for the first four years and the guaranteed teaching of two courses per semester in years five and six, with compensation at the Ph.D. adjunct faculty rate. In addition to its regular awards, the University also offers one special assistantship each year to a student who has an interdisciplinary interest in the intersections of philosophy and theology. Graduate students have the opportunity to study at other area graduate programs through affiliation with the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium. Students also participate in a highly-touted teacher training program. The Doctoral Philosophy Program offers courses that emphasize Continental Philosophy and the History of Philosophy. It is especially strong in the tradition of Western thought, and we have specialists in ancient Greek philosophy and late antiquity, as well as in early modern and modern philosophy. Our strengths in Continental Philosophy range from its beginnings in Kant, Hegel, Schelling, and Nietzsche, through the classic texts of Adorno, Beauvoir, Benjamin, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, and up to the contemporary treatments of hermeneutics, deconstruction, genealogy, psychoanalysis and critical and feminist theories found in writers such as Agamben, Badiou, Baudrillard, Butler, Castoriadis, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Irigaray, Kristeva, Nancy and Rancière. The Department prides itself on its pluralism. Students are exposed to both the continental and the analytic traditions, and we have particular strengths in the philosophy of mind, analytic aesthetics and social and political philosophy, feminism, environmental philosophy and bioethics. Finally, there is wide concern with questions of social justice, ranging from issues of gender, race and class, to questions of sexual and cultural politics.

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 50 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 50 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
50

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2014 11 7.00
2015 16 7.00
2011 2 7.00
2012 3 7.00
2013 3 7.00

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

Number of Required Courses: 
16
Additional Information: 
Students can transfer up to 3 courses from MA courses at another institution.

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
Yes
GPA: 
3.50
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 
2 page statement of purpose

Master's

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 1 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 5 12 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 6 12 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
18

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: 

Types of Master's

Terminal Master's: 
No
Non-Terminal Master's: 
Yes

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2019

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 3
Placed in a non-tenure track position 3

Summary of PhD Students 2018

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 4
Placed in a non-tenure track position 4

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 4
Placed in a tenure-track position 1
Placed in a non-tenure track position 3

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2016

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 16
Placed in a non-tenure track position 12
Placed in a tenure-track position 2
Placed in a non-academic Job 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 4 17 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 0 9 0 0
Were not placed 0 2 0 0
Placed in a non-academic Job 1 1 0 0
Placed in a tenure-track position 4 6