Dissertations on Pragmatism, 2000-2009

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Career information, where available, follows the dissertation information. Data for academic posts (tenure/tenure track in philosophy unless otherwise indicated) is found from a philosopher's cv, website, or personal communication. A variety of professional publications are also used, especially The Review of Metaphysics, UMI Dissertations, and OCLC First Search. References for publications are indicated as follows. WWIP = Who's Who in Philosophy, ed. D. Runes (New York: Philosophical Library, 1942). PAAPA = Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, APA Membership List, Year. DAP = Directory of American Philosophers. 62 = Vol.1, 1962-63; 64 = Vol. 2, 1964-65; 66 = Vol. 3, 1966-67; 68 = Vol. 4, 1968-1969; 70 = Vol. 5, 1970-71; 72 = Vol. 6, 1972-73; 74 = Vol. 7, 1974-75; 76 = 1976-77, Vol. 8; 78 = Vol. 9, 1978-79; 80 = Vol. 10, 1980-81; 82 = Vol. 11, 1982-83; 84 = Vol. 12, 1984-85; 86 = Vol. 13, 1986-87; 88 = Vol. 14, 1988-89; 90 = Vol. 15, 1990-91; 92 = Vol. 16, 1992-93; 94 = Vol. 17, 1994-95; 96 = Vol. 18, 1996-97; 98 = Vol. 19, 1998-99; 00 = Vol. 20, 2000-01, etc.

These lists are no doubt incomplete: Please inform me of corrections or additions.

2008

2007

Agwuele, Anthony Onyemachi. Rorty's deconstruction of philosophy and the challenge of African philosophy. Dissertation, University of Leipzig.

Bell, Catharine. Teaching in the spirit of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Philip Jackson.

Crom, Matthew Russell. Religious pluralism: Josiah Royce's communities of interpretation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt.

Dijstelbloem, Hubertus Odulfus. De democratie anders: politieke vernieuwing volgens Dewey en Latour. Dissertation, Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Fisher, Justin Craig. Pragmatic conceptual analysis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Arizona, advisor Terry Horgan. University of British Columbia (2006-).

Gangle, Jonathan Rocco. Spinoza in a postmodern context: Reading the "Ethics" with Peirce, Levinas and Deleuze. Dissertation, Religious Studies Dept., University of Virginia, advisor Peter Ochs.

Garchar, Kimberly Kay. A dying community: A Roycean critique of the medical community at the end of life. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt. University of Colorado at Denver (post-doc, 2007- ).

Griffin, Eric Bancroft. Radical faith and radical politics in creative dialogue: a critique of the prophetic pragmatism of Cornel West through the interpretive lenses of H. Richard Niebuhr's radical monotheism. Dissertation, Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.

Griffin, Ledell. Elementary teachers' perceptions of the relevance of John Dewey's philosophy of experiential learning in the 21st century. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Wayne State University, advisor Marc Rosa.

Jackson, Brian. John Dewey and teaching rhetoric for civic engagement. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Arizona, advisor Thomas Miller.

Karaba, Robert G. Making sense of freedom in education: Three elements of neoliberal and pragmatic philosophical frameworks. Dissertation, Education Leadership Dept., Miami University, advisors Kathleen Abowitz and Richard Quantz.

Klein, Alexander M. The Rise of Empiricism: William James, Thomas Hill Green, and the Struggle over Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University, advisor Elisabeth Lloyd. University of Toronto (postdoc fellow, 2006- ).

Krueger, Joel. William James and Kitaro Nishida on 'Pure Experience,' Consciousness, and Moral Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor Charlene Seigfried. Danish National Research Foundation (fellowship, 2007).

Maynard, James. Architect of excess: Robert Duncan and the American pragmatist sublime. Dissertation, English Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Joseph Conte.

Peng, Hongmei. A conversation between Confucius and Dewey on individual and community. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Tennessee, advisor Barbara Thayer-Bacon.

Sinclair, Scott W. The conception and attributes of God: A comparison of Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Stanley Harrison.

Smid, Robert Warren, Jr. Comparing comparisons: An analysis and appraisal of methodologies of cross-cultural comparison from the American Pragmatist and process philosophical traditions. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor Robert Neville. Curry College (lecturer, 2007- ).

Wagner, Joseph B. Faith in the composition class: A Pragmatic approach to common ground. Dissertation, English Dept., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, advisor Hephzibah Roskelly.

Weber, Eric Thomas. Constructing Justice: Rawls, Dewey and Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Larry Hickman. University of Mississippi, Dept. of Public Policy Leadership (2007- ).

2006

Carter, Jacoby. Social Inquiry: A Pragmatist Analysis of Just War Theory Explanations of Terrorism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY (2006- ).

Chen, Po-Nien. John Dewey on theory of learning and inquiry: The scientific method and subject matter. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisor Walter Feinberg.

Cockerham, David M. Toward a common democratic faith: The political ethics of John Dewey and Jacques Maritain. Dissertation, Religious Studies Dept., Indiana University, advisor Richard Miller.

Crouch, Jonathan Brent. Josiah Royce's science of order. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt.

Curtis, William M. Liberal commitments: Virtue, education, and pragmatic modernity. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Duke University, advisor Thomas Spragens.

Cusick, Roger J. The ideas of Roscoe Pound: Pragmatism, pluralism and polylegalism. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., State University of New York at Albany, advisor John Gunnell.

DeCoster, Barry. Towards a pragmatic theory of medical explanations of disease. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Michigan State University, advisor Fred Gifford. Vassar College (adjunct, 2005- ).

Dueck, Jeffrey Forbes. Ways of life: Their nature and justification. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Peter Hare. Buffalo State College (lecturer, 2006- )

Hudson, Suzanne Perling. Robert Ryman: Painting pragmatism. Dissertation, Art History, Princeton University, advisor Hal Foster.

Groe, Matthew. Ethical coexistence beyond dualism: The converging visions of Dewey and Merleau-Ponty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Villanova University, advisor Thomas Busch. Shippensburg University (lecturer, 2006- ).

Knutson, Andrea. American spaces of conversion: The conductive imaginaries of Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James. Dissertation, English Dept., City University of New York, advisor Joan Richardson.

Koopman, Colin. Requiem for the politics of certainty: Pragmatism, democracy, and hope. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., McMaster University, advisor Barry Allen. University of California, Santa Cruz (research fellow, 2006- ).

Lacey, Robert J. American pragmatism and democratic faith. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Massachusetts Amherst, advisor Jerome Mileur.

McBride, Lee A., III. Rethinking liberalism: A comparative study of the moral and political philosophies of John Dewey and Alasdair MacIntyre. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor Charlene Seigfried. College of Wooster (visiting, 2006- ).

McClelland, Kenneth A. Opening truth to imagination: The pragmatism of John Dewey and Richard Rorty. Dissertation, Education Dept., Brock University, advisor John Novak.

Mustain, Megan Rust. William James's fields of experience: Navigating the waters of cynicism. Dissertation, Philosophy Department, Southern Illinois University, advisor Larry Hickman. St. Mary's University (2006- ).

Peters, Anne. Politikverlust? : eine Fahndung mit Peirce und Zizek. Dissertation, Freie Universität, Berlin.

Porrovecchio, Mark Joseph. F. C. S. Schiller and the style of pragmatic humanism. Dissertation, Communication Dept., University of Pittsburgh, advisor Peter Simonson.

Puddephatt, Antony J. Rethinking George Herbert Mead: Implications for contemporary theories of knowledge, science, and technology. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., McMaster University, advisor Neil McLaughlin.

Reah, Kevin Patrick. The philosophy of D. H. Lawrence: from prophecy to pragmatism. Dissertation, School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Rellstab, Daniel H. Charles S. Peirce' Theorie natürlicher Sprache und ihre Relevanz für die Linguistik : Logik, Semantik, Pragmatik. Dissertation, Universität, Bern.

Rogers, Melvin Lee. The undiscovered Dewey: Identity, democracy and the meaningfulness of experience. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Yale University, advisor Ian Shapiro.

Rummenie, Bruce R. John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr: An uncommon faith. Dissertation, Religion Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisor Kal Alston.

Russell, Darrell J. John Dewey's philosophy of religion: Confronting the problem of changing needs through a pragmatic adjustment of habit. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, advisor Randall Auxier. Southwestern Illinois College (? - ).

Seltzer-Kelly, Deborah L. Dewey, Darwinism, and teaching democracy: The importance of evolutionary thought for citizenship education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Nevada, Reno, advisor Stephen Lafer.

Severo, Rogerio Passos. Theories and reality: Five essays on Quine and underdetermination. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois at Chicago, advisor Peter Hylton.

Simmons, J. Aaron. Violence and singularity: Thinking politics otherwise with Rorty, Kierkegaard, and Levinas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisors David Wood and Diane Perpich. Vanderbilt University (lecturer, 2005- ).

Spurgeon, Kelly. Woody Guthrie and John Dewey: Pedagogy of the expressed. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas, advisor Jim Hillesheim.

Stroud, Scott R. John Dewey on aesthetic experience and moral cultivation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Paul Taylor. University of Texas, Austin, Dept. of Communication Studies (lecturer, 2006- ).

Summers, John Harrison. C. Wright Mills: an American rebel abroad, 1956-1962. Dissertation, History Dept., University of Rochester, advisor Robert Westbrook.

Thomer, David W., Jr. Roads to reform: A strategy for realizing John Dewey's democratic vision. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Joseph Margolis.

Tirres, Christopher Daniel. John Dewey and the dynamics of moral faith: An assessment and reconstruction. Dissertation, Divinity School, Harvard University, advisor Francis Fiorenza.

Turner, Jeffrey Dennis. Moral inquiry, the virtues, and pluralism: MacIntyre's Deweyan and Wittgensteinian roots. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of South Carolina, advisor Christopher Tollefsen. Bucknell University (2005- ).

Waddington, David Isaac. Good work for a better society: John Dewey and education through occupations. Dissertation, Education Dept., Stanford University, advisor D. C. Phillips.

Wasmaier, Margit. Zwischen Pragmatismus und Realismus: eine Analyse der Religionsphilosophie von William P. Alston. Dissertation, Hochschule für Philosophie, München.

Wells, J'aime Arron. Charles S. Peirce's theory of inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rutgers University, advisor Peter Klein.

Wen, Hai-Ming. Ars contextualis: Confucian pragmatism as the art of contextualizing personal experience and world. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, advisor Roger Ames. Renmin University of China (?- ).

Whitehead, Deborah F. A mediating way of thinking: Rhetoric, gender, and religion in the American pragmatist tradition. Th.D. Dissertation, Divinity School, Harvard University, advisor Elisabeth Fiorenza.

2005

Bastien, Stephane. De l'experience esthetique a la visee ethique: Variations sur l'identite, l'art et la vie bonne Ricoeur, Dewey, Emerson. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa. University of Ottawa (part-time, 2005- ).

Bowman, Jonathan M. The European Union democratic deficit: Habermas, pragmatism, and multiperspectival theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Bohman. St. Charles Community College, Missouri (2005- ).

Brown, Michael Anthony. Pragmatism, solidarity, and literature. Dissertation, English Dept., University of California at Berkeley, advisor Charles Altieri.

Burns, Lawrence. The ethics of corporeality: A study of the phenomenological and pragmatic significance of the human body. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisors Cheryl Misak and Joseph Heath. Dalhousie University (fellow, 2005-2007).

Campos, Daniel Gerardo. The discovery of mathematical probability theory: A case study in the logic of mathematical inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisors Douglas Anderson and Emily Grosholz. CUNY Brooklyn College (2005- ).

Carden, Stephen Denton. The growth of virtues: MacIntyre and Dewey on ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Owensboro Community and Technical College (Kentucky) (2005- ).

Cheng, Hsi-Heng. A Peircean theory of real kinds. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Miami, advisor Susan Haack. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2005- ).

Clanton, John Caleb. The problem of religion in the American public square: Toward an open Socratic model. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisors John Lachs and Robert Talisse. Pepperdine University (2005- ).

Constantinides, Helen Rose. A pragmatics of power using Juergen Habermas' theory of communicative action. Dissertation, Writing Studies Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor Alan Gross.

Conway, Charles Gerald. A study in the metaphysics of metaphorical theology: C. S. Peirce's conception of the 'continuum' as a model for the 'spiritual presence' of Paul Tillich. Dissertation, Theology Dept., Graduate Theological Union, advisor Claude Welch.

Crick, Nathan. John Dewey on the art of communication. Dissertation, Communication Dept., University of Pittsburgh, advisor John Poulakos.

Domina, Meryl. Sullivan House School: As explored through a Deweyan lens. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Illinois at Chicago, advisor William Schubert.

Elcombe, Timothy Laird. Overcoming marginalization and insignificance: A pragmatic critique and reconstruction of sport philosophy. Dissertation, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, advisor R. Scott Kretchmar.

Friedman, Randy L. The reconstruction of religion in classical American philosophy. Dissertation, Religious Studies Dept., Brown University, advisor Sumner Twiss.

Furbish, Dean Russel. A philosophical examination of Mead's pragmatist constructivism as a referent for adult science education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept, North Carolina State University, advisor Carol Kasworm.

Goddard, Constance Heaton. Ella Flagg Young's intellectual legacy: Theory and practice in Chicago's schools, 1862-1917. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Chicago, advisor William Schubert.

Goodyear, Dwight. The tragic sense of pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. Westchester Community College (NY) (2005- ).

Guignard, James Samuel. The purpose of schooling: A rhetorical analysis of Hall, Rice, and Dewey. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Nevada, Reno, advisor Stephen Tchudi.

Hafner, Johannes. From metamathematics to philosophy: A critical assessment of Putnam's model-theoretic argument. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California at Berkeley, advisors Charles Chihara and Paolo Mancosu. North Carolina State University (?-?), University of Vienna (?- ).

Hall, Irene. The unsung partner: The educational work and philosophy of Alice Chipman Dewey. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Harvard University, advisor Sally Schwager.

Harrison, Douglas. Toward a theology of experience: Belief and incapacity in Edwards, Emerson, and William James. Dissertation, English Dept., Washington University, advisor Robert Milder.

Hildreth, Roudy William. Living citizenship: John Dewey, political theory and civic engagement. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor James Farr.

Hintz, John G.  Pragmatism and the politics of rewilding nature: The case of grizzly bear reintroduction in Idaho. Dissertation, Geography Dept., University of Kentucky, advisor Susan Roberts.

Hogan, Brendan Jerome. Pragmatic imagination: The reconstruction of inquiry, criticism and normativity in John Dewey's philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. Pacific Lutheran University (2005- ).

Inukai, Yumiko. The Bundling of the self: The empirical basis for the unity of the self in Hume and James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Gary Hatfield. University of Massachusetts, Boston (2005- ).

Jeon, Sanghwa. Technology, nature, humanity: The meaning of being-human in the thoughts of later Dewey and later Heidegger. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor John Raines. Changed name to Sofia Jeon Athenikos. Pursuing second doctorate at College of Information Science & Technology, Drexel University.

Laws, Richard Wayne. William James and historical mysticism. Dissertation, History Dept., University of California, Irvine, advisor Alice Fahs.

Lee, Yonghee. Rehearsals of democracy: Exploration of Deweyean concept of democracy in community-based theatres. Dissertation, Theater Dept., Bowling Green State University, advisor Kathleen Farber.

Long, Joseph W. Existential epistemologies. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor Charlene Seigfried. Northwestern College (visiting, 2004-2006); St. Thomas University (visiting, 2006- ).

Lowe, Barbara J. Beyond recognition: A feminist-pragmatist account of esthetic moral agency. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Judith Green. St. John Fisher College (2005- ).

McConkie, Judith E. Artful Utility: Rethinking John Dewey's Theories of Experience, Education, and Inquiry in the Context of Contemporary Visual Arts Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Utah.

Müller-Schmid, Ralf. Qualitatives Denken : John Deweys Erfahrungsbegriff zwischen Erkenntnislehre und Kunsttheorie. Dissertation, University of Frankfurt am Main.

Mullis, Eric Christopher. Toward an embodied aesthetic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of South Carolina, advisor Tom Burke.

Nowacek, David M. Pragmatism in American jurisprudence and social organization: Reconstructing the discursive background of the judicial "revolution" of the 1930s. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Charles Camic.

Odom, Barton Page. The concept of Rortyan Christian ironism. Dissertation, Religious Studies Dept., University of Virginia, advisor Jamie Ferreira.

O'Hara, David L. The slow percolation of forms: Charles Peirce's writings on Plato. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Douglas Anderson.

Ostman, Leif E. A pragmatist theory of design: The impact of the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey on architecture and design. Dissertation, Architecture Dept., Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (Sweden).

Riede, Lisa E. John Dewey, communication, and character education: A study of the George Junior Republic of Grove City, Pennsylvania. Dissertation, Communication Dept, Pennsylvania State University, advisor Christopher Johnstone.

Robb, Matthew H. Temporality, authenticity, democracy: Heidegger and Dewey on the meaning of time. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein.

Santini, Sylvano. La reception pragmatique de Gilles Deleuze dans la theorie litteraire americaine: Croire et agir en ce monde-ci. Dissertation, French Literature Dept., University of  Montréal.

Schreyach, Michael Graham. Towards pragmatic painting: Jackson Pollock's reflexive potential. Dissertation, Art History Dept., University of California at Berkeley, advisor Davis Whitney.

Segrest, Scott Philip. Common sense philosophy and politics in America: John Witherspoon, James McCosh, and William James. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Louisiana State University, advisor Hermann Moyse.

Shirin, Andrey V. Postfoundationalist zhivoznaniye: Splitting the difference between American pragmatism and the Russian tradition of all-unity. Dissertation, Princeton Theological Seminary, advisor J. Wentzel Van Huyssteen.

Slater, Michael R. The metaphysician and the moral life: Religion and metaphysics in William James's ethical thought. Dissertation, Religious Studies Dept., Brown University, advisor Sumner Twiss.

Springs, Jason Andrew. Between Barth and Wittgenstein: Pragmatist themes in Hans Frei's 'postliberal' theology. Dissertation, Divinity School, Harvard University, advisor Ronald Thiemann.

Stangl, Chris. Lightning rod and looking glass: Herbert Croly and the pragmatic method in political thought. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Robert Fowler.

Steeves, Valerie. Beyond data protection: Applying Mead's symbolic interactionism and Habermas's communicative action to Westin's theory of privacy. Dissertation, Communication Dept. Carleton University.

Stokes, Mitchell O. Quinean meta-ontology and fictionalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisors Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen.

Thompson, Jennifer K. John Dewey and pragmatic economics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs.

Trout, Lara M. Communal inquiry and social justice: A study of Peircean affectivity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Douglas Anderson. University of Portland (2005- ).

Uffelman, Mark. The role of self-cultivation in classical pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Richard Shusterman.

Wang, Ching-Sze. John Dewey in China: To Teach and to Learn. Dissertation, Education Dept., Indiana University, advisor Barry Bull.

2004

Bauer, Marybeth. Achieving a Plurality of Goals in Social Context: A Pragmatist Approach and Guide for Environmental Practitioners. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bowling Green State University, advisor Donald Scherer.

Campagna-Pinto, Stephen Thomas. "The Workshop of Being": Religious Affections and Pragmatic Value in the Thought of Jonathan Edwards and William James. Dissertation, Divinity School, Harvard  Harvard University, advisor Richard R. Niebuhr.

Danisch, Robert C. Making an American Democracy: Pragmatism and the Necessity of Rhetoric. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Pittsburgh, advisor John Poulakos.

Decker, Kevin S. Naturalistic and Aesthetic Individuality in John Dewey's Political Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Vincent Punzo. Eastern Washington University (?- ).

Deen, Phillip. John Dewey's Theory of Society: Pragmatism and the Critique of Instrumental Reason. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, advisor Larry Hickman. St. Mary's College of Maryland (visiting, ?- ).

Ejsing, Anette. Theology of Anticipation: An Interpretative Study of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, advisor Vitor Westhelle.

Fitzsimmons, Matthew James. John Dewey as Critical Philosopher. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs.

Grieve, Victoria Marie. Art as New Deal Experience: Progressive Aesthetics and the New Deal Federal Art Project. Dissertation, History Dept., George Washington University, advisor Leo Ribuffo.

Headrick, Paul John. Charles Newman: The post-modern aura, pragmatism, and fiction. Dissertation, York University.

Johnston, James Scott. Inquiry and its Contexts: John Dewey and the Aims of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisor Walter Feinberg.

Kadlec-Hassing, Alison. Radical Reconstructions: The Critical Pragmatism of John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor James Farr.

Kallo, Joseph Sandor. The Consummatory: A Deweyan Account of the Esthetic in Instrumental, Moral, and Religious Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, advisor Thomas Alexander.

Kittelstrom, Amy. The Religion of Democracy: William James and Practical Idealism in Evolutionary America, 1870-1910. Dissertation, History Dept., Boston University, advisor Charles Capper.

Lenker, Mark, III. The Transactional Model: A Critical Examination of John Dewey's Philosophy of Freedom. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Stanley Harrison.

Letzkus, William J. The Role of Mind in Peirce's Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Cosmology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Joseph Margolis.

Macaluso, Nicholas P. Charles Brockden Brown and William James: American Explorations in Epistemology. Dissertation, English Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor Glen Johnson.

Neal, Ronald B. On the Limits and Possibilities of Social Transformation: A Study of the Prophetic Pragmatism of Cornel West, the Christian Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr, and the Theological Legacy of Benjamin Elijah Mays. Dissertation, School of Theology, Vanderbilt University, advisor Victor Anderson.

Nellessen, Dinalva Torres. John Dewey: experiência, ética e educação. Dissertation, Education Department, University of São Paulo, Brazil, advisor Maria Nazaré de Camrgo Pacheco Amaral.

Perley, David Russell. Articulation and Mysticism in the Thought of William James. Dissertation, Religion Dept., University of Toronto, advisor Graeme Nicholson.

Russill, Chris. Toward a Pragmatist Theory of Communication. Dissertation, Communications Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Richard Barton.

Sanders, Mark. The Practical-ambiguous Subject: A Re-conceptualization of the Subject Influenced by David Hume, William James, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein.

Siu, David Chung-Yan. Reconstructing Liberal Democracy: John Dewey's Critical Political Philosophy. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Harvard University, advisor Seyla Benhabib.

Skerker, Michael. Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Salience of Doubt. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Franklin Gamwell.

Snell, Russell. Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on the Possibility of Knowing without a God's-Eye-View. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Andrew Tallon.

Solvie, Pamela A. Technology and Democracy in Education: Three Initiatives Viewed Through a Deweyan Lens. Dissertation, Education Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Jacqueline Edmondson.

Stieb, James. Toward a Constructivist Theory of Realism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Joseph Margolis.

Van Hollebeke. Mark H. John Dewey's Pragmatic Reconstruction of Subjectivity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Judith Jones.

Voparil, Christopher J. Politics and Vision in the Thought of Richard Rorty. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., New School University, advisor James Miller.

2003

Allen, Michael W. William James: Social Philosopher. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, advisor Thomas Alexander. Plymouth State University (instructor, ?- ).

Bernstein, Jennifer. American Antinomianisms from Anne Hutchinson to Pragmatism. Dissertation, English Dept., City University of New York, advisor Joan Richardson.

Boffetti, Jason Matthew. Priorities to Democracy: The Pragmatisms of William James and Richard Rorty Compared. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor David Walsh.

Buechner, Jeff. A Critical Examination of Hilary Putnam's Refutation of Computational Functionalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rutgers University, advisor Mary Egan. Rutgers University, Newark (lecturer, ?- ).

Coleman, Martin A. John Dewey's Developmental Account of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, advisor Larry Hickman. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (2004- ).

Eze, Chielozona E. Literature as an Ethical Challenge: Alain Locke and the Responsibility of the Negro Artist. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor Leonard Harris.

Fernandez de Barrena Marchena, Sara Elena. La creatividad en Charles S. Peirce: Abduccion y razonabilidad. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Universidad de Navarra, Spain, advisor Jaime Nubiola.

Ferret, Juan. Dynamic Pluralism: A Pluralist Framework for Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt.

Flaherty, James P. Revisiting the Manifest and Scientific Images: A Study of Sellars, Putnam, Rorty and McDowell. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. (Marquette University, 2003- ).

Flamm, Matthew Caleb. Blameless Existence and the Moral Turn: Human Individuality as Aesthetic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Thomas Alexander. Rockford College (2004- ).

Frazier, Brad K. Between Rorty and Macintyre: A Kierkegaardian Account of Irony and Moral Commitment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Gregory Beabout. Lee University, Theology Dept. (? - ).

Gaudet, Eve. The Asymmetry between Quine's Indeterminacy of Translation Thesis and Underdetermination of Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisors Roger Barrett and Roger Gibson.

Gray, Mary Todd. William James's Radical Empiricism and the Phenomenology of Addiction: A Philosophical Inquiry. Dissertation, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University, advisor Joanne Griffin.

Jackson, Bernard. Pragmatism, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Problem of Constitutional Change. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa, advisor Richard Fumerton.

Johnson, Johanna R. Dewey and Vygotsky: A Comparison of their Views on Social Constructivism in Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Rutgers University, advisor James Giarelli.

Knapp, Krister Dylan. To the Summerland: William James, Psychical Research and Modernity. Dissertation, History Dept., Boston College, advisor Alan Lawson.

Kosnoski, Jason. John Dewey and the Aesthetics of Communicative Ethics. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., New School University, advisor Nancy Fraser.

Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn. Haunted Itineraries: Tracing Mysticism in William James, Kenneth Burke, and Michel de Certeau. Dissertation, English Dept., New York University, advisor Harold Bloom.

Lee, Ji-Aeh. Toward a Theoretical Foundation for the Teaching of Philosophy: A Reconstruction of C. S. Peirce's Pragmaticism. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College, advisor Christopher Higgins.

Leong, Darryl Todd. Buddhism, Pragmatism, and the Ethics of Experience: Case Studies on kamma in the 'Udana'. Dissertation, Philosophy and Religion Program, California Institute of Integral Studies, advisor Rina Sircar.

Manter, Bette J. Toward a pragmatic theology of reconciliation: An examination of atonement in Josiah Royce. Th.D. Dissertation, Divinity School, Harvard University, advisor Gordon Kaufman.

Mattson, Craig Edward. Modern Doxa and the Rhetoric of Accent: Polanyian Rhetorical Analysis of Richard Rorty's Public Discourse. Dissertation, Communication Dept., Regent University, advisor Terrence Lindvall.

Mendonca, Dina Serra da Luz. The Anatomy of Experience: An Analysis of Dewey's Concept of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of South Carolina, advisor Tom Burke.

Pamental, Matthew Phillip. Naturalized Human Agency and the Emergence of Norms: Placing Dewey's Ethics on the Map. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University, advisor Karen Hanson. University of Utah (adjunct, 2001-2004); Northern Illinois University (visiting assistant, 2004- ).

Robinson, Andrew John. God, Evolution and the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Exeter.

Rohrer, Patricia Jean. The Ethical Ironist: Kierkegaard, Rorty, and the Educational Quest. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University, advisor Rene Arcilla.

Ruetenik, Tadd L. Sickrooms and Special Revelations: The Significance of the Sick Soul in the Religious Pragmatism of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Department, Purdue University, advisor Charlene Haddock Seigfried. Pennsylvania State University at Altoona (2003-2007), St. Ambrose University (2007- ).

Smith, Karen Harrell. Comparing the Theories and Practices of Tyler and Dewey with Expert and Effective Teaching of Today. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Georgia, advisor William Wraga.

Sorohan, Bryan Patrick. Exploring the Meaning of Community, Service, and Learning in the Work of Elsie Ripley Clapp and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Georgia, advisor P. Elizabeth Pate.

Stotts, Alexandra Lynn. Giving Birth to Feminist Pragmatist Inquiry: A Deweyan Alternative to Quinean Empiricism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisors Scott Pratt and Nancy Tuana. University of Oregon (adjunct, 2005- ).

Taub, Gad Shmuel. Richard Rorty's American Faith. Dissertation, History Dept., Rutgers University, advisor Jackson Lears.

Westlund, Olle. S(t)imulating a Social Psychology: G. H. Mead and the Reality of the Social Object. Dissertation, Uppsala University, Sweden.

White, Heidi E. The Revitalized Self of William James: Our Relations to the Other. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. General Studies Program, New York University (2005- ).

2002

Alexander, Victoria N. Narrative Telos: The Ordering Tendencies of Chance. Dissertation, English Dept., City University of New York, advisor Joan Richardson.

Alirangues, Leon. The Experimentalist Curriculum Paradigm. Dissertation, Education Dept., Rutgers University, advisor Dabiel Tanner.

Baruchello, Giorgio. Understanding Cruelty from Dante to Rorty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Guelph, advisor John McMurtry. University of Akureyri, Iceland (?- ).

Benjamin, Roy A. The Triptych Vision: Joyce and Peirce. Dissertation, English Dept., City University of New York, advisor Edmund Epstein.

Carroll, Elizabeth Lee. The Possibility of Pragmatism: Writing Instruction that Makes a Difference. Dissertation, English Dept., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, advisor Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater.

Crowson, Sue. Semiotics and Cyberspace Beyond Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, English Dept., Texas Christian University, advisor William Tanner.

Csaki, Bela Stephen. The Plexus of Relations: An East-West Theory of the Self. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Kah-Kyung Cho.

Dickey, Frances. Other Minds: Skepticism, Pragmatism, and Dramatic Speaking in Frost, Eliot, Pound, and Bishop. Dissertation, English Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors Allen Grossman and Walter Michaels.

Duggan, Michael F. Chauncey Wright and Forward-looking Empiricism. Dissertation, History Dept., Georgetown University, advisor Robert E. Curran.

Esser, Peter W. John Dewey's Art as Experience: A Treatise on the Art of Living. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt.

Franzese, Sergio. William James and the Ethics of Energy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. University of Lecce, Italy (2002-  ).

Gross, Neil Louis. The Contemporary Pragmatist Movement in the Human Sciences: Three Case Studies in the Sociology of Ideas. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Charles Camic. Assistant Prof. Sociology at Williams College (2001-2002), University of Southern California (2002-2003), Harvard University (2003- ).

Gudjonsson, Hafthor. Teacher Learning and Language: A Pragmatic Self-study. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of British Columbia, advisor Gaalen Erickson.

Huss, Brian Douglas. Truth, Lies, and Good Reasons. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor Ronald Geire. Ryerson University (instructor, 2003-2005); York University (2005-2007); SUNY Potsdam (2007- ).

Lally, Richard Arthur. Pragmatic Self-cultivation and Endurance Sport. Dissertation, Physical Education Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Scott Kretchmar.

Lawson, Leroy Paul. Race, Ideology and the Emergence of Organizational Saga: The Pragmatic Impulse in Higher Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Edgar Epps.

Maier, David F. Making Space: Pragmatism Between Skepticism and Dogmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Akeel Bilgrami.

MacMullan, Terrance Anthony. Dewey and Du Bois: The Meaning of Race and Whiteness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt. Eastern Washington University (2002- ).

Mayorga, Rosa-Maria Perez-Teran. On Universals: The Scholastic Realism of John Duns Scotus and Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Miami, advisor Susan Haack. Virginia Tech University (2000- ).

Mosteller, Timothy Mark. Epistemological Relativism: MacIntyre, Putnam and Rorty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Miami, advisor Harvey Siegal. University of San Diego (part-time, 2002-2006), California Baptist University (2006- ).

Nakamura, Jeanne Ellen. Sustaining Engagement: Continuity and Change Into Later Life. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Nguyen, Nam T. Nature's Primal Self: An Ecstatic Naturalist Critique of the Anthropocentrism of Peirce's Pragmaticism and Jaspers' Existentialism. Dissertation, Theological School, Drew University, advisor Robert Corrington.

Rossiter, Kevin Daniel. John Dewey's Laboratory School Experiment: A Philosopher's Statement on the Communal Democratic Ideal. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri, St. Louis, advisor James Walter.

Russell, Barbara Jones. John Dewey's Concept of the Good: A Macro- and Meso-application to the United States Health System. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Tennessee, advisor Glenn Graber.

Schick, Kurt Edward. Civic Ends for Academic Discourse. Dissertation, English Dept., Texas Christian University, advisor Gary Tate.

Schoenbach, Alisa Marion. Pragmatic Modernism and the Politics of Recontextualization. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Virginia, advisors Michael Levenson and Jennifer Wicke.

Semetsky, Inna R. Continuities, Discontinuities, Interactions: Gilles Deleuze and the Deweyan Legacy. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College, advisor Nel Noddings.

Stephens, Matthew H. The Philosophical Psychology of William James and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Alberta, advisor Wesley Cooper.

Sturgis, Daniel Paul. Prairies and Paintings: The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Colorado, advisor John Fisher. University of Colorado, Boulder (instructor, 2002- ).

Thomas, Susan Elizabeth. Part of a Larger Whole: Fred Newton Scott and the Progressive Education Movement. Dissertation, English Dept., Georgia State University, advisor George Pullman.

Woell, John W. On the Trail of the Human Serpent: Philosophy, Religion, and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate University, advisor John Roth. Greensboro College (?- ).

Zackariasson, Ulf Arvid. Forces By Which We Live: Religion and Religious Experience from the Perspective of a Pragmatic Philosophical Anthropology. Th.D. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Uppsala Universitet, Sweden.

2001

Brence, Steven Barry. Multiculturalism: The Refusal and Reconstruction of Recognition. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Cheyney Ryan. Oregon State University (2001- ).

Crippen, James Albert, Jr. The Viability of a Pragmatic Conception of the Historical Individual. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Joseph Margolis. California State University at Fullerton (part-time 2001- ).

Denney, Martha Jane. A Social Semiotics of Music. Dissertation, Anthropology Dept., Brandeis University, advisor Richard Parmentier.

Dogan, Nejat. Inis L. Claude, Inis L. Claude, Jr. and World Order: A Pragmatic Liberal Approach. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Virginia, advisor Michael J. Smith.

Fraser, Bruce W. Syntax, Semantics, and the Justification of Linguistic Methodology: An Investigation into the Source and Nature of the Disagreement between Noam Chomsky and W. V. O. Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor Jaakko Hintikka. Indian River Community College (?- ).

Good, James Allan. A Search for Unity in Diversity: The "Permanent Hegelian Deposit" in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, History Dept., Rice University, advisor Thomas Haskell. North Harris College, Houston (2002-   ).

Hamington, Maurice. Embodied Care. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Nancy Tuana. Metropolitan State College of Denver (courtesy, ?- ).

Hanlon, Christopher. Pragmatism and the Unconscious: Language and Subject in Psychoanalytic Theory, Pragmatist Philosophy, and American Narrative. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisor Randall Knoper.

Hewitt, Randall S. Renewing the Democratic Faith: A Philosophical Analysis of John Dewey's Idea of Power. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Florida, advisor Robert Sherman.

Hilde, Thomas Christian. Pragmatic Community and Global Displacements. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor John Stuhr. School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (2002- ).

Jurkovic, Barbara Ann. Toward a Philosophic Understanding of Multiage Education: A Deweyan Perspective. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Akron, advisor Huey-li Li.

Keith, Thomas Edward. Peirce on Inquiry and Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate University, advisor John Roth. California State University, Long Beach (lecturer, 2001- )

Kindred, Paola Lortie. Continuity, Inquiry, and the Possibility of Wisdom in John Dewey's Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois at Chicago, advisor Sandra Bartky. St. Olaf College (2003-2005).

Knapp, Angelique Desiree. First Person Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Gideon Rosen.

Knepp, Dennis Bradley. C. S. Peirce's Revision of Kant's Transcendental Analytic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisor Roger Barrett. Big Bend Community College (2001- ).

Kuehn, Glenn Allen. Tasting the World: An Aesthetics of Food. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Tom Alexander. Mississippi State University (2001-2005).

Kwak, Duck-Joo. Doing Philosophy as a Way to Individuation: Reading Richard Rorty and Stanley Cavell in Search of a New Moral Education. Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, advisor René Arcilla.

Lea, James Taylor. Charles Sanders Peirce, the Extraordinary Moment, and Musical Affect. DMA Dissertation, Music Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. advisor Thomas Torino.

Marcio, Jamie John. Inquiry as Art in Dewey's Logic: Why Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. South Texas Community College (2001-  )

Markowitz, Mary C. A Critique of Charter School Theory from a Deweyan Perspective on Democracy and Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas, advisor Suzanne Rice.

Mikkelsen, Ann-Marie. Voices from the Field: Pastoral, Pragmatism and Twentieth-century American Poetry. Dissertation, English Dept., University of California, Irvine, advisor Margot Norris.

Mulier, Vincent. Pragmatism in the Columbia River Basin: Laws, Values, and the Emergence of a Regional River Ethic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Scott Pratt.

Pagano, Joseph S. The Origins and Development of the Triadic Structure of Faith in H. Richard Niebuhr: A Study of the Kantian and Pragmatic Background of Niebuhr's Thought. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Marquette University, advisor Philip Rossi.

Sands, Paul Francis. A Christian Appraisal of the Justification of Religious Faith in Soren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, and William James. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Baylor University, advisor Bob E. Patterson.

Sergienko, Andrew Cameron. Towards a Peircean Aesthetic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Texas A&M Corpus Christie (2001-2002); South Puget Sound Community College (2002-  ).

Shaw, Mary Ellen. The Varieties of Goddess Experience: Feminist Pragmatism in the Study of Women's Spirituality. Dissertation, American Studies Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor Gayle G. Yates.

Sinclair, Robert. A Tale of Two Naturalists: Davidson and Quine on the Naturalization of Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Simon Fraser University. CUNY Brooklyn College (?- ).

Talisse, Robert Basil. A Critical Study of Liberalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor Peter Simpson. Vanderbilt University (2001- ).

Tamminga, Allard. Belief Dynamics: (Epistemo)logical Investigations. Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ventimiglia, Michael J. "Evolutionary Love" in Theory and Practice. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisors Douglas Anderson and Carl Hausman. Sacred Heart University (2001- ).

Williams, Julian Lance. The 'Other' Awakening: American Character, Pragmatism, and the Assassinations of Kate Chopin and Charles Chesnutt. Dissertation, English Dept., Columbia University, advisor René Arcilla.

2000

Adair, Donna Leigh. Deweyan Inquiry in Georgia's School and University Partnerships. Dissertation, Education Dept., Georgia State University, advisor Dorothy Huenecke.

Barcelos, Ana Maria Ferreira. Understanding Teachers' and Students' Language Learning Beliefs in Experience: A Deweyan Approach. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Alabama, advisor Rebecca Oxford.

Bartlett, Scott Roy. Pluralism, Procedure, and Participation: A Deweyan Critique of Habermas' Discursive Democracy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Larry Hickman. Southern Methodist University (adjunct, 2000-  ).

Cooke, Elizabeth Frances Maurya. Charles S. Peirce's Universal Fallibilism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., St. Louis University, advisor Richard Blackwell. Creighton University (2001- ).

Douglas, Mark Alan. Warp and Woof: The Role of Pragmatism in the Christian Ethics of Joseph Fletcher, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Robert Johann. Dissertation, Religion Dept., University of Virginia, advisor James Childress.

Dudrick, David Francis. Problems of the Modern Self: Reflections on Rorty, Taylor, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Gary Gutting. Bethel College (2000-2001); Colgate University (2001-  ).

Ferrero Munoz, Ignacio. Milton Friedman: The Economic Policy of a Liberal Pragmatist. Dissertation, Economics Dept., Universidad de Navarre, Spain.

Forest, Michael J. Charles S. Peirce: Truth, Reality and Objective Semiotic Idealism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Stanley Harrison. Canisius College (2000- ).

George, George Anthony. Charles S. Peirce's Development of Semiotics from Logic and Pragmatism to a Concept of God. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Florida State University, advisor Neil Jumonville. New England Institute of Art (?- ).

Goeman, James Robert, III. Happiness is a By-Product of Function: William Burroughs and the American Pragmatist Tradition. Dissertation, English Dept., University of North Texas, advisor James Baird.

Gordon, Jenny.  Thinking in Context and in Action: Epiphany and the Arrival of New Ideas. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of North Carolina, advisor Kinnard White.

Gosselin, Colette Carmen. The Educational Theory of Carol Gilligan: A Deweyan Perspective. Dissertation, Education Dept., Rutgers University, advisor Jean Anyon.

Greenland, David W. Examination of the Propositions of Tyler and Dewey: Toward Deriving Implications for Program Development. Dissertation, Education Dept., Temple University, advisor Delores Sillva.

Hogan, Jennifer Ann. Digital Democracy: A Series of Reflections on Plato, Rousseau and Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University, advisor Robert McClintock.

Kienholz, Kevin Bradley. Where Have You Gone, John Dewey?: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Contemporary Reform Movement in Teacher Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Oklahoma State University.

Levine, Jess Edward. Sidney Hook's Changing Conception of Academic Freedom in the Context of Debates over Anti-communism. Dissertation, Education Dept., Loyola University of Chicago, advisors Gerald Gutek and L. Arthur Safer.

Li, Yuh-shin. John Dewey and Modern Chinese Education: Prospects for a New Philosophy. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University, advisor Philip Smith.

McDonald, Hugh Powers. Pragmatism and the Problem of the Intrinsic Value of the Environment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School University, advisor Richard Bernstein. New York City College of Technology (2003-  ).

McReynolds, Phillip Andrew. John Dewey's Science of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Gonzaga University (2001-2006), Penn State University (lecturer, 2006- ).

Mills, David Matthew. The Drama of Creation: Charles Sanders Peirce on the Universe as God's Work of Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisors Douglas Anderson and Carl Hausman. Cedarville University (1992- ).

Minteer, Ben Andrew. Pragmatism in Environmental Thought: Recoveries and Reconstructions. Dissertation, Environmental Studies Dept., University of Vermont. Bucknell University (2000- )

Morse, Donald J. Dewey's Ethics: Moral Value in the Natural World. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon, advisor Mark Johnson. Webster University (2001- ).

Olafsson, Jon. Conflict and Method: An Essay on Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Isaac Levi. University of Iceland, Centre for Research in the Humanities (1999- )

Page, Frank J. A Reinterpretation of the Influence of American Pragmatism on Symbolic Interactionist Theory. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Utah, advisor Thomas Burns.

Pugh, Kevin James. Idea-Based, Transformative Experiences in Science: What Are They and How Do You Foster Them? Dissertation, Education Dept., Michigan State University, advisor E. David Wong.

Quinn, Jeanne Follansbee. Democratic Aesthetics: The Discourse of Social Justice in American Literature, Criticism, and Philosophy of the 1930's. Dissertation, English Dept., Boston University, advisor Susan Mizruchi.

Reece, Gregory Lynn. Irony and Religious Belief: An Examination and Comparison of the Ironic Philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard and Richard Rorty. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Claremont Graduate University.

Reilly, Eliza Jane. Pragmatism, Cubism, Modernism: William James and the Trans-Atlantic Avant-garde, 1905-1925. Dissertation, History Dept., Rutgers University, advisor James Livingston.

Reitberger, Magnus. Consequences of Contingency: The Pragmatism and Politics of Richard Rorty. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Stockholm.

Rockwell, William Teed. On What the Mind is Identical With: A Critical Alternative to the Mind/Brain Identity Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., The Union Institute, advisor Elizabeth Minnich. Sonoma State University (2001- ).

Rubin, Richard Marc. Metaphysics as Morals: The Controversy between John Dewey and George Santayana. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisor Richard Watson.

Saito, Naoko. Democratic Education for Holistic Growth: Dewey's Naturalistic Philosophy of Growth Reconstructed in the Light of Emersonian Moral Perfectionism. Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, advisor René Arcilla. University of Kyoto, Japan (2000- ).

Scheckler, Rebecca Klein. Weaving Feminism, Pragmatism, and Distance Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Virginia Tech University, advisors James Garrison and John Burton.

Schell, Catherine Hannah. Loyal Agents and Lost Causes: The Ethical and Religious Significance of Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Loyalty. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Princeton University, advisor Mark Larrimore.

Shreyar, Sam. Dewey and Bakhtin: Toward Polyphonic Curriculum Theorizing. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College, advisor Leslie Williams.

Snider, Cynthia Deniston. Uncertainty and Meaning: Postmodern British fiction and Pragmatic Pluralism. Dissertation, English Dept., Georgia State University, advisor Randy Malamud.

Sorrell, Kory Spencer. Representative Practices: An Essay in Pragmatic Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Vincent Colapietro. Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas Program at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey (?- ).

Sullivan, Michael. Pragmatism, Rights, and Philosophy of Law. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Emory University (1999- ).

Tan, Sor-hoon. Politics as Ethics in Classical Confucianism and Dewey's Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Hawaii, advisor Roger Ames. National University of Singapore (2000- ).

Taysom, Martha Peterson. The Hope of the Great Community: The Communal Philosophy of Josiah Royce. Dissertation, History Dept., Indiana University, advisor Casey Blake.

Tiller, Glenn Anthony. Peirce, Santayana, and the Presuppositions of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor Cheryl Misak. University of Ottawa (2002-  ).

Tursi, Renee. The Force of Habit at the Turn of the Century: William James, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and W. E. B. du Bois. Dissertation, English Dept., Columbia University, advisor Ann Douglas.

Vajda, Roger. A Defense of a Pragmatist View of Scientific Laws. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Michigan State University, advisor Joseph Hanna. Ferris State University (2001-2003).

Vogt, Peter. Pragmatismus und Faschismus - Kreativität und Kontingenz in der Moderne. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., JFK Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.