Recent UO Graduates   click here to view placement records   Adam Arola Ph.D. Winter 2008 aarola@uoregon.edu Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Spinoza, Kant, German Idealism, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Critical Theory, and American Indian Philosophy. Fall 2008, I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Pacific University.     Celia Bardwell-Jones Ph.D. Fall 2007 cbardwelljones@towson.edu Interests: American philosophy, Feminist philosophy, Ethics/Social and poltical thought, Critical transnational theory, Philosophy of technology & Nature. I am currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Women's Studies at Towson University in Maryland. Alain Beauclair Ph.D. Summer 2008 abeaucla@uoregon.edu Interests: Hermeneutics (esp. Biblical and Canadian Legal), German Idealism (esp. Kant, Hegel and late 19th/early 20th cent. responses), film criticism (esp. exploitation cinema) and hockey (esp. the Edmonton Oilers of the mid-80's). For 2008-2009, I have accepted a tenure-track position at Central Washington University in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, and my focus is Ethics. Aaron Bell M.A. Summer 2007 abell1@uoregon.edu Interests: Existentialism, Phenomenology, Theories of Consciousness, the Emotion Experience Dana Berthold Ph.D. Spring 2005 DBerthold@pcta.org Interests: Feminist philosophy, Continental philosophy, Social Political philosophy, Metaphysics, and Race Theory. I am currently the Pacific Crest Trail Association Regional Representative for Northern Oregon & Southern Washington.   Lorraine Mayer (Lorraine Brundige) Ph.D. Spring 2004 mayerl@brandonu.ca I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Native Studies at Brandon University and the Interm Editor for the Canadian Journal of Native Studies.     David T. Ritchie (David ButleRitchie) Ph.D. Summer 2004 ritchie_dt@mercer.edu I am currently an Associate Professor of Law for the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law.     Will Cowling MA Winter 2004 cowlingw@onid.edu Interests: History of Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Critical Theory. I am currently an Instructor at Oregon State University.     Matt Crom Ph.D. Winter 2007 crommr@plu.edu Interests: Existentialism, phenomenology (esp, Heidegger), Virtue (ethics of authenticity), American philosophy. I am currently a Visiting Instructor at Pacific Lutheran University.   Brent Crouch Ph.D. Fall 2006 jbc1975sd@gmail.com Interests: American philosophy, Modern philosophy, Philosophy of Religion. Since Fall 2006, I've been an instructor at San Diego City College. Fall 2008 through Spring 2009, I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Oregon.   Christopher Emmick M.A. Fall 2007 emmick69@uoregon.edu Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th Century German Idealism, Dialectic, Education Kimberly Garchar Ph.D. Summer 2006 kgarchar@mindspring.com Interests: American philosophy, Bioethics, Philosophy of Science, Race Theory. In August 2006, I began a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Bioethics at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.       Rochelle (Roxy) Green Ph.D. Winter 2008 r_green@mac.com As of Fall 2008, I will be working as an Assistant Professor at Goucher College in Maryland.       Spencer Gwartney-Gibbs M.A. Spring 2007 sgwartne@uoregon.edu Interests: Philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, philosophy of logic, pragmatism, metaphysics, epistemology. I am currently attending law school at Georgetown University Law Center.   Charles Hammer M.A. Fall 2006 chammer@uoregon.edu Interests: Critical Social Theory, Metaphysics, Political philosophy, Buddhist philosophy     Jena Jolissaint Ph.D. Winter 2006 jjolissaint@hotmail.com Interests: Ancient, Continental, 19th cent. German Idealism, and Feminist philosophy, esp. the work of Plato, Schelling, and Irigaray. I am currently a Temporary Instructor in the Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy at Georgia College & State University.   John Kaag Ph.D. Summer 2007 jkaag@fas.harvard.edu Interests: American philosophy, philosophy of religion and aesthetics. In the fall, John will be a Visiting Scholar at AAAS (the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) in the Humanities Center at Harvard University.     John William Kaiser Ortiz Ph.D. Winter 2007 jkaiser@uoregon.edu Interests: Latin/American philosophy, 20th cent. History of Philosophy, Paz. I've accepted a 2-year teaching position in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University. I'm also working on a novel about U-gene set on the dark side of the moon.   Chaone Mallory   Ph.D. Summer 2006 chaone.mallory@villanova.edu Interests: Feminist, Ecofeminist Political, Environmental philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Critical Race Theory. I am currently an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department at Villanova University.   Jen McWeeny Ph.D. Fall 2005 jmcweeny@jcu.edu Interests: epistemology, modern philosophy, emotion theory, and French existentialism. Employment: Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University   Amy Story Ph.D. Summer 2007 astory@uoregon.edu Interests: Feminist theory, Continental philosophy, Psychoanalytic theory. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, OH (just outside of Cleveland). Not pictured: Jeremy Bensman M.A. Spring 2007 jbensman@uoregon.edu Interests: History of Philosophy, Logic, Aesthetics This coming year, I plan on starting a small online editing business. John Capaccio Ph.D. Winter 2006 capaccio@humboldt.edu I am currently Director of Housing at Humboldt State University Karen Cooper M.A. Spring 2005 kpcredbaron@earthlink.net Interests: Social and Political philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Phenomenology Patricia Halliday Ph.D. Winter 2004 Pahalliday@aol.com Interests: Feminist conceptions of agency, responsibility, and language Ashwini Prasad M.A. Spring 2006 ashwini_prasad01@yahoo.com Interest: Moral Theory   Nicholas (Nick) Reynolds M.A. Spring 2007 nreynol1@uoregon.edu Interests: Continental Thought & Phenomenology. Summer 2007, I went to Munich to practice my German, in preparation for teaching intro classes in the UO Dept. of German & Scandinavian Languages in the Fall of 2007. Chris Ruth M.A. Winter 2004 bzfgt@hotmail.com Interests: Ancient Greek philosophy, Nietzsche, Heidegger. I am currently working to complete my doctoral degree at Villanova University. Jason Wicklund M.A. Spring 2004 Interests: Wittgenstein, Dewey, Philosophy of Language, Rorty Lisa Yount Ph.D. Spring 2006 yountlisa@gmail.com Interests: Social/Political, Philosophy of History, Feminist theory, Ethical theory, Critical theory. Lisa has accepted a tenure track job as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Critical Thinking in the Department of Liberal Arts at Savannah State University in Savannah, GA, beginning August 2007.

 

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