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This page lists where faculty work on pragmatism and/or
where graduate courses in American philosophy are taught.
Links go to philosophy departments, but faculty of other departments working in related
fields are included here.
Sources are the APA's Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy, and department
websites.
This page covers the 2000-2001 academic year. The 1999-2000 page
is also available.
See also a list of faculty at B.A. programs. Please inform me
of corrections or additions.
Ph.D. programs
| Boston College Richard M. Cobb-Stevens, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Paris, 1971. |
| Boston University Victor Kestenbaum, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ed.D. Rutgers University, 1972. Robert C. Neville, Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology. Ph.D. Yale University, 1963. Leroy S. Rouner, Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Philosophical Theology. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1961. |
| City
University of New York Steven M. Cahn, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1966. Morris Dickstein, Professor of English and Theater. Ph.D. Yale University, 1967. John Patrick Diggins, Professor of History. Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1964. Eugene Fontinell, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1957. Louis Menand, Professor of English. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1980. Beth J. Singer, Professor Emerita of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1967. |
| Claremont
Graduate University Robert K. Roth, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1967. |
| Columbia
University René V. Arcilla. Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education, Teachers College. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1990. Isaac Levi, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1957. Jonathan Levin, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. Rutgers University, 1992. Sidney Morgenbesser, Emeritus Dewey Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1956. Nel Noddings, Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Education, Teachers College. Ph.D. Stanford University, 1973. David Sidorsky, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1962. |
| Drew
University (Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies) Robert S. Corrington, Professor of Philosophical Theology. Ph.D. Drew University, 1982. |
| Duke University Owen Flanagan, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Boston University, 1977. |
| Emory
University James Gouinlock, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1969. M. Frank Pajares, Professor of Education. Ph.D. University of Florida, 1993. Michael Sullivan. Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 2000. |
| Fordham
University Judith A. Green, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1987. Judith Jones, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Emory University, 1993. Kraus, Elizabeth M. Professor Emerita of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1970. Ralf Müller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Mainz, 1997. O'Brien, Robert. Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971. Robert J. Roth, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1961. |
| Georgetown University William D. Blattner, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1989. Jesse A. Mann. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Catholic University of America, 1958. Henry S. Richardson, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1986. |
| Harvard University David C. Lamberth, Assistant Professor of Theology. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1993. Hilary Putnam, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1951. Willard V. O. Quine, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1932. Israel Scheffler, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1952. Cornel West, Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy of Religion. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1980. |
| Iliff School of Theology Sheila G. Davaney, Professor of Theology. Th.D. Harvard University, 1980. William D. Dean, Professor of Constructive Theology. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1968. |
| Indiana
University, Bloomington Richard Bauman, Professor of Folklore and Anthropology. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1968. Donald J. Cunningham, Professor of Education, Cognitive Science and Semiotic Studies. Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970. Karen Hanson, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1980. Thomas A. Sebeok, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Semiotics. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1945. Jean Umiker-Sebeok, Associate Professor of Semiotics and Information Science. Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1976. |
| Loyola
University of Chicago Robert M. Barry, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1963. Gini, Alfred. Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Aquinas Institute. Paul K. Moser, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1982. Hans Seigfried, Professor of Philosophy. Dr. Phil. University of Bonn, 1966. |
| McMaster University Barry G. Allen, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1986. Gary B. Madison, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Docteur en Phil. Université de Paris. |
| Marquette
University Stanley M. Harrison, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham, 1971. Thomas L. Prendergast, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. St. Louis University, 1968. Beatrice H. Zedler, Professor Emerita of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1947. |
| Michigan State
University Donald F. Koch, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 1967. |
| New School for
Social Research Richard J. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1958. |
| New York
University Robert H. Gurland, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. New York University, 1971. Andrew Light, Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy. Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 1996. |
| Notre Dame Francesca Bordogna, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1998. Cornelius F. Delaney, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. St. Louis University, 1968. Gary Gutting, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. St. Louis University, 1968. Eugene Halton, Professor of Sociology. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1979. |
| Pennsylvania
State University Douglas R. Anderson, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1984. Vincent Colapietro, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Marquette University, 1983. Joseph C. Flay, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1965.Carl R. Hausman, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Northwestern, 1960. John J. Stuhr, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1976. Shannon W. Sullivan. Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1994. |
| Princeton
University Gilbert H. Harman, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1964. Mark Johnston, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1984. |
| Purdue
University Leonard Harris, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1974. Floyd Merrell, Professor of Spanish and Semiotics. Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1973. Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Professor of Philosophy and American Studies. Ph.D. Loyola University, Chicago, 1973. Paul B. Thompson, Professor of Applied Ethics. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980. |
| Queen's
University Henry M. Estall, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1938. Carlos G. Prado, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Queen's University. |
| Rutgers
University Joseph J. Chambliss, Professor of Education. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1959. James Livingston, Professor of History. Ph.D. Northern Illinois University, 1980. Stephen P. Stich, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1968. Bruce W. Wilshire, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. New York University, 1966. |
| Saint
Louis University Richard J. Blackwell, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Saint Louis University, 1954. James F. Bohman, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Boston University, 1985. Vincent C. Punzo, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Saint Louis University, 1963. C. Griffin Trotter, Assistant Professor of Ethics, Center for Health Care Ethics. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1995. |
| Southern Illinois University Thomas M. Alexander, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Emory University, 1984. Randall E. Auxier, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Emory University, 1992. David S. Clarke, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Emory University, 1963. Elizabeth R. Eames, Professor Emerita of Philosophy. Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, 1951. Eugenie Gatens-Robinson, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, 1983. Lewis E. Hahn, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1939. Larry A. Hickman, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Center for Dewey Studies. Ph.D. University of Texas, 1971. Lenore Langsdorf, Professor of Speech Communication. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1977. Janice Staab, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1994. Kenneth Stikkers, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. De Paul University, 1982. |
| Stanford
University Richard Rorty, Professor of Comparative Literature. Ph.D. Yale University, 1956. |
| State
University of New York at Albany Thomas R. Martland, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1969. Robert G. Meyers, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966. Naomi Zack, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1970. |
| State
University of New York at Binghamton Steven D. Ross, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1961. |
| State
University of New York at Buffalo Randall R. Dipert, Charles S. Peirce Professor of American Philosophy. Ph.D. Indiana University, 1978. Arthur Efron, Professor Emeritus of English. Ph.D. University of Washington, 1964. Peter H. Hare, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1965. Paul Kurtz, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1952. Edward H. Madden, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1950. |
| State
University of New York at Stony Brook Harvey J. Cormier, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1992. Lorenzo C. Simpson, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1978. Victorino Tejera, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1956. |
| Temple
University Joseph Margolis, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1953. Richard Shusterman, Professor of Philosophy. D.Phil. Oxford University, 1979. |
| Tulane University Radu J. Bogdan. Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Stanford University, 1980. Donald S. Lee, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1961. Andrew J. Reck, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1954. |
| The Union Institute Minnich, Elizabeth. Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. New School for Social Research, 1977. |
| University of Alberta Wesley E. Cooper, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Calgary, 1976. Jennifer Welchman, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1990. |
| University of Arkansas Lowell A. Nissen, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 1962. James Scott, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1972. |
| University
of Calgary Ron Clark, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Western Ontario, 1988. Mark H. Migotti, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1991. |
| University
of Chicago James F. Conant, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1991. Knox C. Hill, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1954. Philip W. Jackson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1955. Charles Larmore, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1978. Mary B. Mahowald, Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Assistant Director, MacClean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Ph.D. Marquette University, 1969. |
| University of
Connecticut Garry M. Brodsky, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1961. |
| University of Hawaii Chung-Ying Cheng, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1964. Peter T. Manicas, Professor of Sociology. Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1963. Steven Odin, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980. James E. Tiles, Professor of Philosophy. D.Phil. Oxford University, 1978. |
| University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign Walter Feinberg, Professor of Philosophy of Education. Ph.D. Boston University, 1966. F. Wright Neely, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1967. Steven Wagner, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1978. |
| University of Miami Susan Haack, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Cambridge University, 1972. Risto Hilpinen, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Helsinki, 1969. |
| University of New Mexico Russell Goodman, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1971. |
| University of
North Carolina Richard A. Smyth, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Indiana University, 1961. |
| University of Oklahoma Kenneth R. Merrill, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1963. |
| University of Oregon Mark L. Johnson, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1977. John T. Lysaker, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1995. Scott L. Pratt, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1995. |
| University
of Ottawa Paul D. Forster, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 1989. |
| University of Pennsylvania Abraham Edel, Research Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1934. Bruce R. Kuklick, Professor of History. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1968. Glenn McGee, Assistant Professor of Bioethics. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1995. Murray G. Murphey, Professor Emeritus of History. Ph.D. Yale University, 1954. |
| University
of Pittsburgh Robert B. Brandom, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1977. Richard M. Gale, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. New York University, 1961. Nicholas Rescher, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1951. |
| University
of Rochester
Robert Holmes, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1961. James Johnson, Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1991. Robert Westbrook, Professor of History. Ph.D. Stanford University, 1981. Joan Saab, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Eastman School of Music. Ph.D. New York University, 1999. |
| University of South Carolina Tom Burke, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Stanford University, 1992. L. Shannon Du Bose, Professor Emerita of Philosophy. Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, 1958. Edward C. Munn, Lecturer in Philosophy and Coordinator, Engineering Ethics Program. Ph.D. Emory University, 1996. Ignas K. Skrupskelis, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1967. |
| University of Tennessee James O. Bennett, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Tulane University, 1972. |
| University of
Texas G. Douglas Browning, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Texas, 1958. |
| University of
Toronto Jacqueline Brunning, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1981. Marcel Danesi, Professor of Semiotics and Italian. Ph.D. Cheryl J. Misak, Professor of Philosophy. D.Phil. Oxford University, 1988. |
| University of
Washington Paul C. Taylor, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Rutgers University, 1997. John F. Boler, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1960. |
| University
of Waterloo Brian Hendley, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Arts. Ph.D. Yale University, 1966. Angus Kerr-Lawson, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. McMaster University, 1963. Don D. Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana, 1963. |
| University of Western
Ontario Hunter Brown, Associate Professor of Philosophy (King's College). Ph.D. McMaster University, 1997. R. Bruce Freed, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1965. |
| University of
Wisconsin Charles W. Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1960. Marcus G. Singer, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1952. |
| Vanderbilt
University Victor Anderson, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics. Ph.D. Princeton University, 1992. Michael P. Hodges, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1967. John Lachs, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1961. Lucius T. Outlaw, Professor of Philosophy and Director of African American Studies. Ph.D. Boston College, 1972. |
| Villanova University Joseph Betz, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1973. |
| Washington University in
St. Louis Robert B. Barrett, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1961. William R. Caspary, Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1968. Roger F. Gibson, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Missouri, 1978. |
| Wayne
State University William D. Stine, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1969. |
| Yale University Jules L. Coleman, Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy. Ph.D. Rockefeller University, 1972. John E. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1948. |
| York University Henry Jackman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1996. |
M.A. Programs
| American
University Charley D. Hardwick, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Yale University, 1968. Lucinda J. Peach, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Indiana University, 1995. |
| Baylor University Elmer H. Duncan, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1962. Stuart E. Rosenbaum, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Brown University, 1972. |
| Cleveland State
University Joseph P. DeMarco, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1969. |
| Colorado State
University Donald A. Crosby, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1963. |
| Georgia
State University Robert F. Almeder, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1968. |
| Gonzaga
University Thomas M. Jeannot, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. St. Louis University, 1992. |
| Indiana
University - Purdue University Indianapolis (Ph.D. Minor) Andre De Tienne, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Catholic University of Louvain, 1991. Robert E. Frye, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Indiana University, 1956. Nathan Houser, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Peirce Edition Project. Ph.D. University of Waterloo, 1985. Christian J. W. Kloesel. Professor of English. Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1973. Paul Nagy, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1968. Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. Professor of Philosophy and Medical Humanities, and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1972. Cornelis de Waal, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Miami, 1997. |
| Kent State University Frank X. Ryan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Emory University, 1996. Arthur M. Wheeler, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1958. |
| Oklahoma State University John R. Shook, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994. Michael R. Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Florida State University, 1982. |
| San Diego
State University Eugene E. Troxell, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1966. |
| San Jose State
University Gary L. Albright, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1959. Jarrett E. Brock, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1969. Lucius R. Eastman, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Texas, 1969. |
| St. John's
University Kevin E. Kennedy, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Catholic University of America, 1990. |
| Texas A&M
University Robert W. Burch, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Rice University, 1969. John J. McDermott, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Fordham University, 1959. Gregory F. Pappas, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Texas, 1990. |
| Texas Tech University Kenneth L. Ketner, Charles Sanders Peirce Interdisciplinary Professor. Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972. Joseph M. Ransdell, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Columbia University, 1966. |
| University of
Louisville Melvin E. Greer, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. Ph.D. Tulane University, 1963. Carl R. Hausman, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Northwestern, 1960. |
| University of
Maryland, Baltimore County Stephen E. Braude, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, 1972. |
| University of Montana Deni Elliott, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Practical Ethics Center. Ed.D. Harvard University, 1984. |
| University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, Institute for Ethics and Policy Studies David S. Fott, Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1993. |
| University of Saskatchewan Eric B. Dayton, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 1973. |
| University of Southern
Mississippi Michael H. DeArmey, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Tulane University, 1978. |
| University of Toledo James Campbell, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1979. |
| Virginia Tech University James W. Garrison, Professor of Education. Ph.D. Florida State University, 1981. Rosa Mayorga, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Miami, 2000. Joseph C. Pitt, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 1972. |
| West Chester
University George S. Claghorn, Professor of Philosophy. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1953. |