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Georgetown University

Academic Year: 
2018 - 2019

Website

http://philosophy.georgetown.edu/

Department Name

Philosophy Department

Department Chair

William Blattner,
Professor

Degrees Offered

Ph.D.

Online Degrees

Ph.D. None
Diversity Efforts: 
has a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter or similar diversity group
hosts invited speakers who are members of underrepresented groups at least annually
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.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
10
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
10
Teaching Assistantships:
12
Scholarships:
32
Students teaching their own classes:
10
Other Financial Information:

Faculty

Members

Sean Aas, Assistant Professor
William Blattner, Professor
David Bronstein, Assistant Professor
Alisa Carse, Associate Professor
Wayne Davis, Professor
Rebecca Kukla, Professor
Neil Lewis, Associate Professor
Judith Lichtenberg, Professor
Huaping Lu-Adler, Associate Professor
David Luban, University Professor
James Mattingly, Associate Professor
Mark Murphy, McDevitt Professor of Religious Philosophy
Terry Pinkard, University Professor
G. Madison Powers, Professor
Henry Richardson, Professor
Nancy Sherman, University Professor
Karen Stohr, Associate Professor
Daniel Sulmasy, Andre Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Assistant Professor
Wilfried Ver Eecke, Professor
Kate Withy, Associate Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 14 2 2
Women 8 0 1
Other Gender 0 0 0
Unknown Gender 0 0 0
LGBT 1 0 0
African, African-American 0 1 0
Asian 1 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 20 2 3
Unknown Race 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
9
Total Men: 
18
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
27

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

Ethics, Social and Political, Bioethics, 19th & 20th Century European, Catholic Philosophical Tradition, Philosophy of Language

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 2 0 0
Asian 2 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 14 11 0 0
Multi-racial 1 2 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 4 4 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 21 19 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
8
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
32

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2010 2 8.00
2011 4 7.00
2012 4 7.00
2013 3 7.00
2014 6 8.00
2015 5 7.00
2016 2 5.50
2017 7 7.00
2018 2 7.00

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$52,000
Out of State: 
$52,000
Number of Required Courses: 
15

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Online Score: 
100.00
Other Requirements: 

Master's

Program Strengths

We have no standalone master's program.

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 3 0 0
Asian 2 2 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 1 2 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 9 35 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 2 0 1
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 1
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 12 44 0 2
LGBT Identifying: 
3
Disability Identifying: 
1
Total MA Students: 
54

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: 
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's: 
Yes

Placement

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Placed in a tenure-track position 2 1
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1 2
Placed in a non-academic Job 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2016

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1
Placed in a tenure-track position 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 3 14 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 2 8 0 0
Were not placed 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-academic Job 0 2 0 0

Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 0 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program 0 0 0 0
Entered another graduate program 0 0 0 0
Placed in a teaching job 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-teaching job 0 0 0 0