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- Graduate Program
- News
GU Philosophy PhD Program Rated Among the Best in the Country
In a recent independent analysis of both subjective student satisfaction and objective factors such as diversity, placement, and post-graduate success, Georgetown’s PhD program…
July 20, 2020
- News
- Remembrance
The Philosophy Department Mourns the Passing of Jay Reuscher, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
John Alfred “Jay” Reuscher, associate professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Jay…
July 20, 2020
- News
- Remembrance
The GU Philosophy Department Mourns the Passing of Fr. John Langan
Father John Langan passed away on Friday, March 20th, 2020 at the age of 79. Since 1987, Fr. Langan was the Rose Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of…
July 20, 2020
- News
- PhD Placements
Michael Barnes Accepts Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Univ. of Oklahoma
Michael Barnes (PhD 2019) has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the the University of Oklahoma, as part of the…
June 5, 2020
- News
- PhD Placements
Nate W. Olson (Ph.D. 2012) tenured at Cal. State Bakersfield
We are delighted that the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at California State University at Bakersfield has granted Dr. Nate W. Olson early tenure and promoted…
June 3, 2020
- Awards
- News
Megan Dean wins the 2020 Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities
We are thrilled to announce that Megan Dean is the recipient of the 2020 Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities for her dissertation, “Eating as…
May 18, 2020
- News
- PhD Placements
Megan Dean Hired as Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Michigan State University
Megan Dean has accepted a tenure-line assistant professorship in feminist bioethics in the Philosophy department at Michigan State University to begin Fall 2020. In 2019,…
May 18, 2020
- News
- Promotions & Hiring
Joel Michael Reynolds to Join GU Philosophy Department in Fall 2020
Joel Michael Reynolds will be joining Georgetown University as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies for Fall 2020. Prof. Reynolds is a specialist in…
March 11, 2020
- Faculty
- News
- Promotions & Hiring
Neil Lewis to Be Promoted to Professor
Neil Lewis will be promoted to the rank of (full) Professor as of August, 2020. Prof. Lewis is a scholar of 13th century English philosophy, esp. the thought of Robert…
March 10, 2020
- Faculty
- News
- Publications
Beauchamp and DeGrazia Publish Study of Animal Ethics Research
Tom L. Beauchamp, Professor emeritus of Philosophy and one of the founders of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, along with David DeGrazia, the Elton Professor of…
March 2, 2020