Recently in Placement Category

Henry Wang has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA.  His dissertation was entitled Conscience and Ethics, Thinking across the limits of Normativity. Henry writes:

I am delighted to have accepted a position in the department of History, Geography and Philosophy at Georgia College and State University. This is a small but dynamic department and its teaching and research orientations are in good accord with my own specialties, ie. Continental and Asian Philosophy. 

I am especially excited to have the freedom to design upper level courses that will bring the Western and Eastern traditions into active dialogue with each other.

We want to congratulate Henry on his successful placement and wish him great success in his future endeavors.  Henry has been an extremely productive and conscientious member of our department and he will be missed.

Bryan Lueck, who defended his dissertation in 2007 entitled, Imperative Sense and Libidinal Event, has accepted a position in the Philosophy Department at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.  Bryan writes:

I am very happy to have accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE is a part of the Southern Illinois University system and is located approximately 20 miles outside of St. Louis, MO. I am especially excited about the opportunity I will have there to teach regularly in my area of specialization (Contemporary Continental Philosophy). 

I am grateful to the Department of Philosophy at Penn State for doing so much to help me get to this point and I am extraordinarily proud to have earned my Ph.D. here.

Melanie Shepherd, who defended her dissertation, Dislocations: Nietzsche, Autobiography, and the Writing of Bodily Events, in the Fall of 2007, has accepted a job offer from the Department of Philosophy at Misericordia University.  Melanie writes:

I am delighted to have recently accepted a position in the Department of Philosophy at Misericordia University. Misericordia is a small Catholic university in northeastern Pennsylvania, founded by the Sisters of Mercy. The Philosophy department is small but vibrant, and the majors and minors enjoy personalized attention from the faculty. I'm really excited and looking forward to this fall!