- Departmental Job Placement Record:
- Current Placement Candidates
- Departmental Placement Statistics
- About the department’s Placement Officer
- Planning for the academic job market
Departmental Placement Record
The job Placement Record lists the current/first positions of all students that completed a PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto since 1970:
Every effort is made to ensure that our record is accurate; we welcome any corrections or updates (please email Belinda Piercy with any relevant information).
Current Placement Candidates (2021-2022)
AOS: Area of specialization
AOC: Area of competence
Rachel Bryant, PhD
AOS: Ethical Theory, Animal Ethics, Environmental Ethics
AOC: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, Science and Values, Feminist Philosophy
Link to CV
Douglas Campbell, PhD
AOS: Ancient Philosophy
AOC: Applied Ethics, Early Modern Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy
Link to CV
Steven Coyne, PhD
AOS: Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Logic
Links to CV and personal website
Jeremy Davis, PhD
AOS: Ethics, Political Philosophy
AOC: Bioethics, Philosophy of Law
Links to CV and personal website
Renaud-Philippe Garner, PhD
AOS: Ethics, Political Philosophy
AOC: Metaethics, Philosophy of Law
Links to CV and personal website
Rory Harder
AOS: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
AOC: Epistemology (including formal), Logic
Links to CV and personal website
Natasha Hay (Comparative Literature)
AOS: Continental Philosophy, Social and Cultural Theory, Literature and Philosophy
AOC: Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Education
Link to CV
Natalie Helberg
AOS: Continental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
AOC: Philosophy of Literature, Bioethics
Links to CV and personal website
Aaron Henry, PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology
AOC: Philosophy of Action, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Applied Ethics (esp. Environmental Ethics)
Links to CV and personal website
Griffin Klemick
AOS: Pragmatism, History of Analytic Philosophy
AOC: Continental Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, History of Philosophy
Link to CV and personal website
Kamil Majcherek
AOS: Medieval Philosophy
AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics
Link to CV and personal website
Róbert Mátyási, PhD
AOS: 17th & 18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics
AOC: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Early Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Race and Gender
Links to CV and personal website
Geordie McComb, PhD
AOS: Epistemology, Thought Experiments, Aesthetics of Literature
AOC: Philosophy of Science, Early Analytic Philosophy
Link to CV
Daniel Munro, PhD
AOS: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
AOC: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
Links to CV and personal website
Owen Pikkert, PhD
AOS: Early Modern Philosophy
AOC: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy
Links to CV and personal website.
Julia Smith, PhD
AOS: Epistemology
AOC: Bioethics, Normative Ethics, Metaethics
Links to CV and personal website
Etye Steinberg, PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Action, Business Ethics, Ethics
AOC: Data Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, 17th & 18th Century Philosophy
Links to CV and personal website
Hamish Russell
AOS: Ethics, Political Philosophy
AOC: Business Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Environmental Ethics, Public Policy
Link to CV
Daniel Walsh, PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind
Mason Westfall, PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
AOC: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Sexuality, Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics
Links to CV and personal website
Departmental Placement Statistics
The following tables show the various sectors in which percentages of our PhD graduates are employed, as well as the locations of their employment, and the average time to the first tenure-track position of academically-employed alumni. The department’s alumni are contrasted with other U of T alumni, alumni from the Faculty of Arts & Science, and alumni from other humanities programs/departments.
Main Employment Sectors of All PhD Graduates, 2000-2015
| Department/Division/Faculty/UofT | Total Graduates | Post-secondary Education (PSE): Tenure-Track | Post-secondary Education (PSE): Other PSE | Private Sector | Public Sector | Charitable | Individual | Other (Deceased) | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Philosophy | 157 | 80 (50.96%) | 41 (26.11%) | 10 (6.31%) | 5 (3.18%) | 2 (1.27%) | 4 (2.55%) | 0 (0.00%) | 15 (9.55%) |
| Faculty of Arts & Science | 4259 | 1353 (31.77%) | 1178 (27.66%) | 661 (15.52%) | 244 (5.73%) | 123 (2.89%) | 100 (2.35%) | 13 (0.31%) | 587 (13.78%) |
| Humanities | 1588 | 568 (35.77%) | 502 (31.61%) | 77 (4.85%) | 62 (3.90%) | 54 (3.40%) | 71 (4.47%) | 6 (0.38%) | 248 (15.62%) |
| U of T | 10886 | 2850 (26.18%) | 2711 (24.90%) | 1996 (18.34%) | 1051 (9.65%) | 313 (2.88%) | 286 (2.63%) | 36 (0.33%) | 1643 (15.09%) |
Current Employment Location of PhD Graduates, 2000-2015
| Department/Division/Faculty/U of T | Total Graduates | Total Found Graduates | Employed in Canada | Employed in USA | Employed Outside Canada/USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Philosophy | 157 | 142 | 67 (41.18%) | 52 (36.62%) | 23 (16.20%) |
| Faculty of Arts & Science | 4259 | 3672 | 2159 (24.75%) | 909 (24.33%) | 604 (15.45%) |
| Humanities | 1588 | 1340 | 837 (62.46%) | 326 (24.33%) | 117 (13.21%) |
| U of T | 10886 | 9243 | 6136 (66.39%) | 1918 (20.75%) | 1189 (12.86%) |
Average Time to First Tenure-Track (TT) Position, 2000-2015
| Department/Division/Faculty/U of T | Total TT Professors | Total TT Professors w. Identified Date of Appointment (Excluding Outliers) | Average Time to TT in Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Philosophy | 80 | 33 (41.25%) | 1.64 |
| Faculty of Arts & Science | 1353 | 587 (43.39%) | 2.34 |
| Humanities | 568 | 218 (38.38%) | 2.05 |
| U of T | 2850 | 1201 (42.14%) | 2.50 |
About the department’s Placement Officer
The department appoints a Placement Officer to counsel students at any stage of the doctoral program, and also to provide assistance especially to those nearing completion and preparing to enter the job market in philosophy. The Placement Officer for 2021-22 is Professor Tom Hurka, and the Placement Staff person is Belinda Piercy.