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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY - CAREER AND PLACEMENT RECORD
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StudentDegreeDissertation/Thesis/Capstone TitleSupervisorPlacement Upon GraduationCurrent Placement
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2025-2026
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JACOBS, CierraMACourse-based MAJ. Zupko
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GUSHUE-BIRKETT, NatashiaMACourse-based MAK. HallPhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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BOISCLAIR, JacobMACourse-based MAK. Hall
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REPTON, PaigeMACourse-based MAJ. Welchman
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CHOUCAIR, LailaMACourse-based MAJ. Zupko
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MANSURI, MariyahMACourse-based MAA. Schmitter
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ROWE, ChelseaMACourse-based MAJ. Zupko
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2024-2025
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SUZUKI, KanadeMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Philosophy Without Its Aims: A Metaphilosophical Analysis"I. Brigandt
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BROWN, DaniellePhDThe Disordered Personality: A Conceptual ExaminationI. BrigandtSessional Instructor, Norquest College and Selkirk College
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BELLA, KeefeMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Rebooting Corporate Morality: How Philosophy of Technology Can Redesign Corporate Ethics"J. Welchman
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MADONALD, JackMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "The Conscious Experience of Freedom and Self"J. Zupko / N. Kowalsky
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MCDONALD, JosephPhDRepresentation of Ortholattice-Based Algebras and Related TopicsK. BimboSessional Instructor, MacEwan UniversityPostdoc, Institute of Computer Science at the Czech Academy of Sciences
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JALILIAN, SobhanMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "The Entanglement of Values with Science and Technology: Distinctions, Intersections, and Implications"I. Brigandt
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PALYKHATA, NazarMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Hume’s Narrow Circle and the Formation of General Rules"A. Schmitter
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YOLDAS, TugbaPhD"Taking Artificial Intelligences Seriously: The Grounds of Well-Being and Obligations to Artificial Moral Patients"H. Nye / I. BrigandtPostdoc (2 years), Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics at the Czech Academy of Sciences
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DIAMOND, LilyMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Medical vs Moral Kind: The Case of Antisocial Personality Disorder"I. BrigandtLaw School, University of Alberta
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2023-2024
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SCHNEIDER, EmilyMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "On Self-Blame"J. WelchmanPhD, University of Calgary
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KITCHENER, KieranMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Byzantine Christianity and the Weakness of Theodicy"J. ZupkoPrivate Tutor, Edmonton
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OTTENS, JohnMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "The Platonic Heidegger: Being and Time and the Cave Allegory"M.-E. Morin
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2023-2024
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SABERI, FaridMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Reconfiguring Moral Psychology: Making Normative Perception and Causality-Based Categorization Primary"I. Brigandt / H. NyePhD, Philosophy, Western University
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OBERLE, ThomasPhDThe Regress and Ground of Being: In Defence of Metaphysical InfinitismP. Corkum / M. Raven (U Victoria)Lecturer, University of AlbertaAssistant Professor (fixed-term appointment), St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta
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2022-2023
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LEE, Man Yiu (Thomas)MACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Moral Responsibility and Manipulation – In Defence of Reasons-Responsiveness and A Critique of Fischer"J. WelchmanPhD, Philosophy, University of GuelphPhD, Philosophy, University of Guelph
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HANSON, AlannahMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Substance Use, Mental Disorders, and Health Justice: The Stigmatization of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders within Medical Education"H. Nye
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TOLSMA, Rintje TheorenMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "The Static, Genetic, and Generative Phenomenology of Husserl’s ‘Origin of Geometry’"M.-E. MorinPhD, Philosophy, Fordham University
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SEREDA, TysonMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Negativity in Merleau-Ponty and Hegel"M.-E. MorinPhD, Philosophy, University of Alberta
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JACKSON, AdamMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "What Makes Religion Unique? A Wittgensteinian Analysis of Śaṇkara’s Advaita Vedānta"J. Zupko / N. DalalMA in English, Queen's UniversityPhD, York University
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SMITH, EricMAPrinciplism’s Colonial TiesJ. Welchman / J. Kolopenuk
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WILLIAMS, AvontayMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Voting, Expected Utility, and Cognitive Bias"H. NyePhD, Philosophy, University of British Columbia
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ROSARIO, EstherPhDSex as a Biological Kind: A Case of Strategic Conceptual EngineeringI. BrigandtLecturer, Dartmouth CollegeAssistant Professor (tenure-track), Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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WANG, Xiaocheng (Rodney)MACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "The Metaphorical Usage of Linguistic Signs"M.-E. Morin
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LU, XiaojingMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Responding to the Grounding Objection to Presentism"P. Corkum
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2021-2022
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EGGLESTON, BrandonMACourse-based MAM.-E. MorinPhD, Philosophy, University of CalgaryPhD, Philosophy, University of Calgary
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HEALY, KatelynnMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Free Will Orthogonality and the Criminal Justice System: Making Practical Contributions about the Justification of Criminal Punishment without Agreeing on Theories of Free Will"H. Nye / I. BrigandtLaw School, University of AlbertaLaw School, University of Alberta
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JOPLING, CalumMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Intuitive Cognition in Duns Scotus’s Commentary on De Anima"J. ZupkoLaw School, University of Alberta
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KEYMER, MackenzieMACourse-based MAM.-E. Morin
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YOUNGMAN, MaddieMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "A Lesbian Phenomenology: Overcoming Subject/Object Dynamics"M.-E. MorinResearch Assistant, University of AlbertaPhD, Philosophy, University of Alberta (Deferred)
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PARSONS, DakotaMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Nietzsche: Pervert or Despot?"A. SchmitterPhD, Philosophy, McMaster UniversityPhD, Philosophy, McMaster University
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OKAMURA, TaroPhDHume’s Epistemic SentimentalismA. SchmitterPostoc (3 years), Kyoto University
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SHABANI, MahmoudMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "A Pluralistic Account of Autism: A Case for Strategic Conceptual Engineering"I. BrigandtDeclined PhD admission in favour of professional careerPhD, Philosophy, University of Alberta
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HAYDEN, SpencerMAThesis-based MA. Thesis: Rethinking Ontology in Science Studies: The Return of DialecticsI. BrigandtResearch Coordinator, Humanities Division, UAlbertaResearch Coordinator, Humanities Division, UAlberta
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EZZATABADI, SetarehMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Is Political Liberalism Necessarily Feminist? Comments on The Role of the Criterion of Reciprocity in Hartley and Watson’s Political Liberalism"J. WelchmannPhD, Philosophy, University of CalgaryPhD, Philosophy, University of Calgary
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2020-2021
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SHOKRI, MohammadMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Rethinking Public Reason and the Problem of Extension in the Case of Individuals with Less Developed Moral Powers"H. NyePhD, Philosohpy, University of CalgaryPhD, Philosohpy, University of Calgary
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ANDES, PeterPhDThe Ethics of Procreation and Parenthood in Affluent NationsJ. Welchmann / H. NyeAssistant Lecturer, University of Alberta, Concordia University of EdmontonAssistant Lecturer, University of Alberta, Concordia University of Edmonton
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GARRETT, RyanMAThesis-based MA. Thesis: A Critique of Martin Heidegger’s Understanding of lumen naturale: Towards a Phenomenology of René Descartes’ Natural LightM. MorinElementary Teacher, Ansel Adams Elementary (Stockton, CA) Project Specialist, Mono Lake Committee
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IDRIS, EihabMACourse-based MA. Capstone paper: "Human Interests and Scientific Reasoning: A Naturalistic Approach to Values in Science"I. BrigandtMercy Corps Europe, SudanMonitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer, Mercy Corps Europe, Sudan
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CHOW, JulianMAExtending Dynamic Epistemic Logic to Express MisinformationK. Bimbo
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2019-2020
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MESBAHIAN, AliMAThe Limits of Recongition: Axel Honneth's Formal Ethical Life and the Problem of IdeologyM. MorinOsgoode Law School, York University
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MCNULTY, LukePhDResolution's Realism: Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard on the Remembrance of Meaning B. LinskyInstructor, University of Alberta/MacEwan UniversityInstructor, MacEwan University
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FERENZ, Nicholas PhDQuantified Modal Relevant LogicsK. BimboInstructor, University of AlbertaPostdoc, Czech Academy of Sciences (Department of Theoretical Computer Science)
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LAM, Ka HoPhDNatural Kind Realism, Taxonomic Pluralism, and Relative FundamentalityK. KoslickiFull-time tutor, University of Hong KongPostdoc, Institute for Philosophy, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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SAWATZKY, JacksonMAWhat We Make for Ourselves: Interconnections of Geometry, Science, and Politics in Hobbes’ System of IdeasA. SchmitterUniversity Assistant (employment-study), Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy
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2018-2019
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LOEWEN WALKER, Rachel PhDThe Matter of Time: Stories from a Living PresentM. MorinExecutive Director, OUTSaskatoonAriel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights with the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan
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PARON, ClarisseMAEvaluating Challenges to Patient Autonomy in BRCA Gene Testing, Breast Cancer Culture, and Preventative MastectomyG. GrienerPhD, Philosophy, Dalhousie University PhD, Philosophy, Dalhousie University
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STACEY, Marc MAEvil, Free Will Defences, and AquinasM. Kostelecky
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ST. PIERRE, JoshuaPhDFluency Machines: Semiocapitalism, Disability and ActionC. HeyesInstructor, U AlbertaTier 2 Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Asst Professor (tenure track), Political Science, U Alberta
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YILDIZ, CerenMAHow to Reconcile Identity and What Matters in Survival: Y-Shaped Space-Time WormsP. CorkumPhD, Philosophy, University of British ColumbiaPhD, Philosophy, University of British Columbia
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2017-2018
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WORTHY, JayPhDOn the Public Spaces of Resistance: Merleau-Ponty, Derrida and the Material Conditions for CritiqueInstructor, University of AlbertaInstructor, University of Alberta
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YANG, Yuan-chiehPhDMass Technology, Mass Appeal, and Emotion in Mass ArtJ. WelchmanAmnesty International
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HUANG, Zi YunMAA phenomenological Interpretation of OrganismsI. Brigandt/ M. MorinMA, Museum Studies, U TorontoPhD, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, Chicago
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GALAN TAMES, FranciscoMAIntuitions about Cases and Principles: A Defense of Reflective EquilibriumH. Nye
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NOEL, RoxaneMAUnderstanding Universals in Abelard's Tractatus de Intellectibus: the notion of "nature"J. ZupkoPhD, Philosophy, University of CambridgePhD, Philosophy, University of Cambridge
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TABAKCI, Selcuk KaanMAActualism or Possibilism: A Grounding ApproachB. LinskyPhD, UC DavisAssistant Professor, Koç Üniversitesi (Istanbul)
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ZHAO, YangMAB. Linsky/I. Brigandt
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CHIEN, Emma PengPhDBeyond Cognition: Philosophical Issues in AutismR. WilsonPostdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy, National Tsing Hua University, TaiwanPostdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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HASHEMI, AtaollahMAHow to Deal with the Puzzle of Coincident ObjectsK. KoslickiPhD, Philosophy, Saint Louis UniversityPhD, Philosophy, Saint Louis University
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SHOJAEENEJAD, MeysamMASuccess Semantics; Motivations, Problems and SolutionsH. Nye
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SULTANA, NasrinMAA Defense of Bertrand Russell's Theory of Definite Descriptions Against Donnellan's DistinctionI. Brigandt/B. LinskyPart-time Faculty position, North South U, BangladeshPhD, Western University
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2016-2017
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TUNA, Emine HandePhDA Kantian Theory of Art CriticismA. RuegerInstructor, U Alberta/MacEwan U/
SSHRC Postdoc,,Philosophy, Brown U		Assistant Professor, Philosophy, U California Santa Cruz (tenure-track)
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ZYLSTRA, Justin†PhDOn the Nature and Structure of RealityK. KoslickiInstructor, U Alberta
Mobilitas Pluss Postdoc, UTartu,Estonia		Visiting Scholar, Philosophy, U Toronto
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SHOWLER,PaulMAThe Politics of Incommensurability: The Case of Rorty and FoucaultC. TaylorPhD, Philosophy, University of OregonAssistant Professor, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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LABRADA, Eloy Francisco Rodriguez
MADebating Gender Eliminativism in Feminist MetaphysicsC. HeyesInstructor, WGS, UAlberta
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UDE, DonaldMARessentiment in Nietzsche's Critique of ChristianityR.Burch/M.MorinMPhil Program KU LeuvenPhD, U Leuven
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2015-2016
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BULLOT, NicolasPhDTacking and Controlling Persons: Identification for Control in Cognitive
Behaviours and Cultural Practices		R. WilsonInstructor, U AlbertaLecturer in Philosophy (tenure track),Darwin U, Australia
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SANTOS CASTRO, JuanPhDThe historical Convergence of Happiness and Virture: a reading of Hume'sTheory of Moral MotivationA. SchmitterProfessor (tenure track), Fac. Filosofia, Pontifical U Javerinana, Bogota ColumbiaProfessor, (tenure track), Fac. Filosofia, Pontifical U Javerinana, Bogota Columbia