The Department of Philosophy aims to keep detailed records of the careers of our alumni, but our information is not always complete. If you have any information to share about where our alumni are today, or if you are an alumnus yourself and wish to have your current position updated on this page, please contact Mary Frances Ellison.
Abbreviations:(TT) = tenure track or equivalent
(T) = tenured or equivalent
(P) = post-doc or fellowship
(V) = visiting assistant professor, lecturer, adjunct or equivalent
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| Year | Name | Dissertation Title | Supervisor(s) | Current Position | First Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wurst, Matthew | Free Will in Malebranche and Leibniz | Rozemond, Marleen | Winston & Strawn LLP, Litigation Associate | University of Texas School of Law (JD Law) |
| 2019 | Carter, Elliot | Perceiving Temporal Structures | Matthen, Mohan | University of Toronto, Scarborough (V) | |
| 2019 | Moosavi, Parisa | From Function to Flourishing: Neo-Aristotelian Ethics and the Science of Life | Tenenbaum, Sergio , and Walsh, Denis | York University (TT) | |
| 2019 | Henry, Aaron | An Agent of Attention: An Inquiry into the Source of Our Control | Dickie, Imogen | University of British Columbia (V) | University of British Columbia (P) |
| 2019 | Szlachta, Michael | A Defense of Intellectualism: Will, Intellect, and Control in Late 13th Century Philosophy | Pickavé, Martin | St. Francis Xavier University (TT) | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2018 | Pikkert, Owen | Leibniz and the Principle of Sufficient Reason | Rozemond, Marleen | pursuing MDiv, Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary + College | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2018 | Bryant, Rachel | Tragic Moral Conflict and Endangered Species Recovery | Walsh, Denis, and Sumner, Wayne | University of Tampa, Teaching (TT) | University of Toronto, Scarborough (V) |
| 2018 | Davis, Jeremy | National Partiality and War | Hurka, Thomas | University of Georgia (TT) | United States Military Academy at West Point (V) |
| 2018 | Mathison, Eric | Asymmetries and Ill-Being | Hurka, Thomas | University of Toronto, Scarborough (V) + Compass Ethics, Chief Clinical Ethicist | Baylor College of Medicine (P) |
| 2018 | Smith, Sean | The Affective Point of View: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Investigation of Embodiment, Feeling, and Consciousness | Thompson, Evan | University of Hawai'i at Manoa (TT) | |
| 2018 | Garner, Renaud-Philippe | Allons Enfants de la Patrie: An Analysis and Defence of Patriotism and the Social Self | Clark, Phil, and Hurka, Thomas | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) (TT) | University of Colorado Boulder (V) |
| 2018 | Zylstra, Stephen | The Immanent Causation in Spinoza and Scholasticism | Rozemond, Marleen | University of California, Santa Barbara (V) | |
| 2018 | Hooley, Daniel | The Political Status of Nonhuman Animals | Hurka, Thomas, Mullin, Amy, and Sumner, Wayne | Capilano University (V) | Simon Fraser University (V) |
| 2017 | Thoma, Johanna | Advice for the Steady: Decision Theory and the Requirements of Instrumental Rationality | Tenenbaum, Sergio | University of Bayreuth (T) | London School of Economics (TT) |
| 2017 | Stump, Jacob | Socratic Method and Moral Motivation | Barney, Rachel | Northeastern University, (Teaching), (TT) | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2017 | Murray, Adam | Perspectives on Modal Metaphysics | Hellie, Benj and Wilson, Jessica | University of Manitoba (TT) | University of Toronto, St George (V) |
| 2017 | Brandt, Joshua | The Ethics of Enmity: Partiality's Negative Analogue | Hurka, Thomas | Office of the Ombudsperson, Province of British Columbia | University of Toronto, Scarborough (V) |
| 2017 | Cooper-Simpson, Charlie | The Idealism of Life: Hegel and Kant on the Ontology of Living Individuals | Comay, Rebecca | Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development - Policy Advisor | University of Toronto, St George (V) |
| 2016 | Payton, Jonathan | The Metaphysics of Negative Action | Tenenbaum, Sergio, and Wilson, Jessica | Bilkent University (TT) | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2016 | Fortney, Mark | The Attentive Mind | Rattan, Gurpreet | Dalhousie University (TT) | University of Toronto Scarborough (V) |
| 2016 | Wald, Benjamin | Judging the Guise of Good by Its Fruit | Tenenbaum, Sergio | Chiefs of Ontario, Research Analyst | University of Toronto, St George (V) |
| 2016 | Alford-Duguid, Dominic | Getting Properties in Mind | Dickie, Imogen | University of British Columbia (TT) | King's College London (P) |
| 2016 | Howton, Robert | Aristotle's Case for Perceptual Knowledge | Whiting, Jennifer | Software Engineer and part-time Faculty at the Brooklyn Institue for Social Research | Koç University (TT) |
| 2016 | Reece, Bryan | The Ontology, Etiology, and Moral Psychology of Action: Aristotle and Today | Gerson, Lloyd | Baylor University (TT) | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2015 | Emmett, Kelin | Kant's Hypothetical Imperative | Tenenbaum, Sergio | Langara College (TT) | McGill University (P) |
| 2015 | Davies, James | How to Refer to Abstract Objects | Dickie, Imogen, and Kremer, Philip | Downer (New Zealand), Senior Bid Coordinator | University of Toronto, St George (V) |
| 2015 | Bonello, Alessandro | Aristotle on Spontaneity | Whiting, Jennifer | University of Pittsburgh (P) | |
| 2015 | Drummond, Ian | John Duns Scotus on the Role of the Moral Virtues | King, Peter | Self-employed translator, copyeditor, proofreader | |
| 2015 | Costello, Willie | From Causes to Forms: The Phaedo and the foundations of Platonic metaphysics | Barney, Rachel | Shopify, Staff Data Scientist | Stanford University (P) |
| 2015 | Bermudez-Rey, Juan Pablo | Automaticity and Control in Human Action | Kingwell, Mark | Universidad Externado de Colombia (TT) + Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Delft | Universidad Externado de Columbia (V) |
| 2015 | Suarez, David | Thinking Nature: Towards a Phenomenological Naturalism | Thompson, Evan | University of Toronto, Asst Professor (Teaching) + Tri-Campus TA Coordinator | University of California, Berkeley (P,V) |
| 2015 | Irving, Zachary | Mind-Wandering is Unguided Attention | Raffman, Diana, and Thompson, Evan | University of Virginia (TT) | University of California, Berkeley (P) |
| 2015 | Devlin Russell | A Developmental Theory of Intention | Clark, Phil | ClaroNav, Marketing Software Engineer | University of Toronto Mississauga (V) |
| 2015 | Embry, Brian | Truth and Truthmaking in 17th- Century Scholasticism | Pickave, Martin | GOOGLE Inc, Software Engineer | University of Toronto, St George (V) |
| 2015 | Piercy, Belinda | Disagreement About Beauty: The Role of the Plural First Person | Rattan, Gurpreet and Sedivy, Sonia | University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy, Graduate Administrator | University of Toronto, St. George (V) |
| 2014 | Sinclair, Susan Emma | Beauty and Ethics: Three Relations | Sedivy, Sonia, Mullin, Amy | University of New Brunswick, English Department (TT) | |
| 2014 | Dosanjh, Ranpal | A Defense of Reductive Physicalism | Wilson, Jessica | Iowa State University (TT) | |
| 2014 | Schranz, Mark | Towards a Radical Republican Conception of Power | Heath, Joseph | Seneca College, Student Adviser | University of Toronto St George (V) |
| 2014 | Horne, L. Chad | Health, Risk and Justice | Heath, Joseph | Northwestern University (TT) | Hebrew University, Jerusalem (P) |
| 2014 | Roelofs, Luke | Combining Minds | Seager, William E. | University of Texas at Arlington (TT) | Australian National University (P) |
| 2014 | Kühle, Lana | Embodiment and Subjectivity: the Origins of Bodily SelfAwareness | Thompson, Evan | Illinois State University (TT) | |
| 2014 | Siebert, Matthew Kent | Knowing and Trusting: the Medieval Social Epistemologies of Augustine and Aquinas | King, Peter | Belmont Abbey College, NC (TT) | St. Louis University (P) |
| 2014 | Boyd, Kenneth | Epistemically Responsible Action | Nagel, Jennifer | University of Southern Denmark (P), Department for the Study of Culture Project: "Scientific Testimony in a Diverse Society" | Dalhouse University (V) |
| 2014 | Kriegstein, Hasko von | Shaping the World in One's Image | Hurka, Thomas | Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), School of Business Management (TT) | Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), School of Business Management (P) |
| 2014 | Heney, Diana | Ethics & Experience: Toward a Pragmatist Ethics | Misak, Cheryl | Vanderbilt (TT) | Fordham(V/TT) |
| 2014 | Gelinas, Luke | Virtuous Action, Inside and Out | Hurka, Thomas | Petrie-Flom Center-Harvard Catalyst Fellow in Clinical Research Ethics, Harvard Law School (P) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (P) |
| 2014 | Sommerville, Brooks Albert | Plato, The Hedonist? | Barney, Rachel | University of Florida (V) | Colgate University (V) |
| 2014 | Siebert, Michael | Platonic Recollection and Illumination in Augustine's Early Writing | Kariel Farms, Saskatchewan (https://www.growhopesk.ca/) | University of Toronto Mississauga (V) | |
| 2013 | Pouryousefi, Sareh | A Normative Model of Professionalization: Implications for Business Ethics | Heath, Joseph | Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), School of Business Management (TT) | International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (P) |
| 2013 | Baghai, Farshid | The Epigenesis of Pure Reason: Systematicity in Kant's Critical Philosophy | Franks, Paul | Villanova University (TT) | University of Toronto at Mississauga (V) |
| 2013 | Repp, Charles Brandon | Truth, Justification, and Literary Merit | Hurka, Thomas, Mullin, Amy | Longwood University (TT) | University of Toronto at Mississauga (V) |
| 2013 | Weinrib, Jacob | Authority, Justice, and Public Law: A Unified Theory | Ripstein, Arthur | Queen's University, School of Law (TT) | New York University (P) |
| 2013 | Harmer, Adam Christopher | Mereological Nihilism: Substance and Matter in Leibniz's Metaphysics | Rozemond, Marleen | University of California, Riverside (TT) | University of Toronto St. George (V) |
| 2013 | Bruno, Anthony | The Bounds of Life: The Role of Death in Schelling's Internal Critique of German Idealism | Franks, Paul | Royal Holloway University of London (TT) | University of Bonn (P) |
| 2013 | Nisenbaum, Karin Alina | For the Love of Metaphysics: From the Revolution in Thinking towards the Renewal of Thinking | Franks, Paul | Syracuse University (TT) | Hebrew University, Jerusalem (P) |
| 2013 | Prettyman, Adrienne | Attention and Conscious Perception | Thompson, Evan | Bryn Mawr College (TT) | |
| 2013 | Zylberman, Ariel | The Relationship of Right: A Constitutive Vindication of Human Rights | Ripstein, Arthur | SUNY Albany (TT) | McGill University (P)/ UCLA (P) |
| 2013 | Poyraz, Suzan Yasemin | Morality of Personal Punishment: Deterrence and Revenge | Mullin, Amy | Retired | AET Group Inc. (Environmental Consultants), Waste Management Consultant; Researcher, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
| 2013 | Arnold, Patricia-Ann | Reasonable Hope: A Philosophical Counsellor's Approach to Therapy and Post-traumatic Stress | Lange, Lynda | Therapist in private practice | |
| 2013 | Hunter, Johannes Hugh | Berkeley's Bodies | Ainslie, Donald | Manly Saints Project (self-employed writer + podcaster) | Humboldt University (Germany) (P)/Tyndale University College (V) |
| 2013 | Gofton, Brett Tyson | Analysis, Systematicity, and the Transcendental in Hermann Cohen's System of Critical Idealism | P. Franks, Giibs, Robert | University of Ottawa, Senior Manager, Programs | Eberhard Karls University, Tubingen (V)/Fairfield University (V) |
| 2012 | Thierman, Stephen | Vulnerability, Care, Power, and Virtue: Thinking Other Animals Anew | Morgan, Kathryn, Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman | Metrolinx, Manager & Senior Advisor, Real Estate & Development | International Psychoanalytical Association (London, UK) |
| 2012 | Browne, Katharine | Reason, Evolution, and The Possibility of Cooperation | Thompson, Paul | Langara College (V) + University of Oslo | University of Oslo (Norway), Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (P) |
| 2012 | Schwebel, Paula Louise | Walter Benjamin's Monadology | Comay, Rebecca, Gibbs, Robert B. | Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) (TT) | Duquesne University (V) |
| 2012 | Tal, Eran | The Epistemology of Measurement: A Model-based Account | Morrison, Margaret | McGill University (TT) | Beilefeld University (Germany) (P) |
| 2011 | Riegel, Nicholas | Beauty (τὸ καλόν) and its Relation to the Good in the Works of Plato | Gerson, Lloyd | Full Stack Web Developer/Software Engineer | Universidad di Brasilia (Brazil) (P) |
| 2011 | Kim, Doil | Xunxi's Ethical Thought and Moral Psychology | Shen, Vincent | Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul) (TT) | Institute of Philosophy at Seoul National University (Korea)(V) |
| 2011 | Howard, Scott Alexander | The Normativity of Nonstandard Emotions: An Essay on Poignancy and Sentimentality | de Sousa, Ronald | Author, "The Other Valley" | Harvard University (P) /University of Toronto Mississauga (V) |
| 2011 | MacKay, Douglas Paul | Political Authority and Distributive Justice | Ripstein, Arthur | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (TT) | University of Toronto (V) |
| 2011 | Connolly, Kevin | The Role of Concepts in Perception | Matthen, Mohan | Minerva Project, Director | University of Pennsylvania (P) / Bryn Mawr College (V) |
| 2011 | Jimenez, Marta | The Virtues of Shame: Aristotle on the Positive Role of Shame in Moral Development | Whiting, Jennifer | Emory University (TT) | |
| 2011 | O`Madagain, Cathal | The Public Dimension of Meaning | Sedivy, Sonia | School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco), Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Psychology + Director, Research and Academics | University College Dublin (Ireland) (P) |
| 2011 | Sinha, Alex | The Justification of Deontology | Hurka, Thomas | Arnold & Porter, Kaye, Scholer (Associate) | NYU School of Law (JD) |
| 2011 | Dimitriu, Cristian | Odious Debts and Global Justice | Ripstein, Arthur | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (V) | University of Kansas (V)/University of Guelph (P) |
| 2011 | Beaton, Ryan | Anti-utilitarians: Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on Motivation, Agency and the Formation of a Higher Self | Mullin, Amy | Juristes Power | Harvard Law School (JD) |
| 2011 | Eldred, Kevin James | A Phenomenological Analysis of Massively Multiplayer Online Games | Smith, Cantwell Brian | Head of Strategic Development Initiatives, Electronic Arts, Vancouver | |
| 2011 | Likwornik, Helena | Bayes Rules - A Bayesian-Intuit Approach to Legal Evidence | Ripstein, Arthur, Heath, Joseph | Court of Appeal for Ontario, Judicial Research Lawyer | Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (V) |
| 2010 | Thompson, Samantha Elizabeth | Augustine on Suffering and Order: Punishment in Context | Inwood, Brad | Senior Archivist, Peel Art Gallery (Brampton) | |
| 2010 | Bader, Daniel W. | Platonic Craft and Medical Ethics | Barney, Rachel | Psychotherapy and Mediation (private practice), Waterloo | St. Michael's College (University of Toronto), Faculty of Theology (V) |
| 2010 | Singleton, Bronwyn Corinne | For the First Time - A Phenomenology of Virginity | Kingwell, Mark | Registered Psychotherapist and Sex Therapist | |
| 2010 | Fulkerson, Matthew | The Sense of Touch | Matthen, Mohan | UC San Diego (TT) | University of British Columbia (P) |
| 2010 | Raponi, Sandra | The Global Rule of Law: Between a State of Nature and a World State | Heath, Joseph | Merrimack College (TT) | York University (V) |
| 2010 | Millar, Boyd | A Defense of Separatism | Seager, William E. | Trent University (V) | University of Buffalo (V) |
| 2010 | Ware, Owen | Kant, Skepticism, and Moral Sensibility | Franks, Paul | University of Toronto, Mississauga (TT) | Simon Fraser University (TT) /Temple University (TT)/ UCLA (P) |
| 2010 | Dufner, Annette | The Normative Implications of Personal Identity Theory | Hurka, Thomas | University of Beilefeld (TT) | University of Bonn (Germany) (P) |
| 2010 | Richardson, Carolyn Ann | Belief & Linguistic Agency | Franks, Paul | College of the Holy Cross (V) | College of the Holy Cross (P) |