- 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 (2022-2023)
AOS: Area of specialization
AOC: Area of competence
Valerie Bernard
AOS: Philosophy of Mind (Perception), Phenomenology
AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
Link to CV
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
Rory Harder, PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
AOC: Epistemology (including formal), Logic
Links to CV and personal website
Natasha Hay (Comparative Literature), PhD
AOS: Continental Philosophy, Social and Cultural Theory, Literature and Philosophy
AOC: Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Education
Link to CV
Eliran Haziza
AOS: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
AOC: Ethics, Logic, Metaphysics, History of Analytic Philosophy
Link to CV
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, PhD
AOS: Pragmatism, History of Analytic Philosophy
AOC: Continental Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, History of Philosophy
Link to CV and personal website
Damian Melamedoff-Vosters, PhD
AOS: Kant, Metaphysics
AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Business Ethics
Link to CV
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
Melissa Rees, PhD
AOS: Bioethics, Philosophy of Medicine, Feminist Philosophy
AOC: Philosophy of Sexuality, Epistemology
Link to CV
Dylan Shaul
AOS: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Hegel
AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Kant, Ethics, Social/Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Link to CV
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, PhD
AOS: Ethics, Political Philosophy
AOC: Business Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Environmental Ethics, Public Policy
Link to CV
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
Seyed Yarandi, PhD
AOS: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
Link to CV
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 2022-23 is Professor Donald Ainslie, and the Placement Staff person is Rachel O’Keefe.