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Dissertation Defenses
Graduate Program
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Congratulations to Dr. Gallegos

Francisco Gallegos successfully defended his doctoral,…

April 26, 2017

Dissertation Defenses
Graduate Program
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PhD Placements

Congratulations to Dr. Guidry-Grimes

Laura Guidry-Grimes successfully defended her doctoral.…

April 20, 2017

Awards
Graduate Program
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Karen Rice Wins Teaching Award, Leads a Large Slate of Philosophy Dept. Nominees

  Karen Rice, a third-year PhD student in the Philosophy Department, received the Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award in the Humanities last week at the Graduate…

March 28, 2017

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MODERN SCIENCE, MEDIEVAL STUDIES AND ART IN DIALOGUE: BISHOP ROBERT GROSSETESTE'S (C. 1170 – 1253) SCIENTIFIC WORLD OF LIGHT, SOUND AND THE BIG BANG

FRIDAY, MARCH 31 AT 4:30PM TO 6:30PM MCSHAIN, MCCARTHY HALL GEORGETOWN…

March 22, 2017

Graduate Program
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PhD Placements

Guidry-Grimes Accepts Tenure-Line Asst. Professorship

Laura Guidry-Grimes (MA, ABD) has accepted a tenure-line assistant professorship in the Division of Medical Humanities at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She…

March 9, 2017

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Beauchamp Delivers "Life of Learning" Address

Prof. Tom L. Beauchamp delivered the “Life of Learning” address to the Spring Faculty Convocation on April 5, 2016. Beauchamp was honored by President John DeGioia…

April 8, 2016

Awards
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Gallegos Wins Ford Foundation Fellowship

Francisco Gallegos, a doctoral student in the Philosophy Department, has won a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for the 2016–17 academic year. The fellowship is…

April 8, 2016

News
PhD Placements

Choe-Smith Accepts Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship

Chong Un Choe-Smith has accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship at California State University, Sacramento, beginning fall, 2016. Choe-Smith is currently finishing her…

March 17, 2016

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PhD Placements

Anne Jeffrey Accepts Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship

Dr. Anne Jeffrey , who defended her doctoral dissertation, “On the Moral Significance of Conscience,” in May 2015 under the mentorship of Prof. Mark Murphy, has…

February 7, 2016

Dissertation Defenses
Graduate Program
News

Congratulations to Jeffrey, McShane, and Glazer

Over the past six months three doctoral students in the Philosophy Department have successfully defended their dissertations and earned their PhDs:  Anne Jeffrey, “On…

February 7, 2016