Earlham Philosophy Graduates
Who Stayed in Philosophy Philosophy Department, Earlham College

On this page we attempt to list all known Earlham graduates who majored in philosophy and continued in the field, at least through graduate school. We know it is incomplete. Unfortunately, we don't have time to track down everyone on the list in order to update their entries. But we hope that by putting it online people will come forward to help us fill in its gaps. If you know anyone who should be on this list, please send us a note, even if you have only the scantiest data on that person. If you are on this list, please help us update your entry. The only deliberate omissions are Bob Horn ('54) and Peter Suber ('73). Thanks.

• Scott Abbott, 1987, ABD in clinical psychology at The California School of Professional Psychology; he's still in the field of philosophy in that his work involves bringing hermeneutics and phenomenology into contemporary psychology; mtoad@inreach.com.
• Hector Alvarez, 1988, considering grad school in philosophy.
• Betsy Blake Bennett, 1973, received her M.A. in philosophy in 1975 from Ohio State; teaches philosophy part-time at Hastings College; glbfam@navix.net.
• Tom Blackburn, 1974, teaches philosophy at Southwestern University.
• Michael Dila, 1990, ABD in philosophy at University of Toronto; dila@epas.utoronto.ca.
• John Emmer, 1990, pursuing Ph.D. in philosophy at Penn State.
• Joe Franchi, 1988, ABD in philosophy at Rutgers University; jfranchi@dynanet.com.
• Mary-Sara Gordon, 1990, MA in philosophy from Arizona State University, now considering Ph.D. programs; mary_sara@hotmail.com
• Jay Gupta, 1993, started philosophy at Earlham, transferred to SUNY Purchase, now pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Toronto; jgupta@chass.utoronto.ca
• Carl Helrich, 1992, applying to graduate school in philosophy.
• Shelley Johnson, 1994, graduate study at Washington University.
• JoBeth Jordan, 1986, pursuing Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Kentucky; jobethj@uky.campus.mci.net.
• Cathy Kemp, 1987, Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook, 1995; J.D. from U Texas, Austin, 1996;  Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy,
  Pennsylvania State University; cek13@psu.edu. 
• Heather Kendrick (Fieldhouse), 1996, M.A. from Miami University (Ohio) 1998; Ph.D. from Michigan State University; fieldhou@msu.edu
• Peter Klein, 1962, Ph.D. from Yale, 1966; taught at Colgate, 1966-70, and at Rutgers ever since; also a Dean at Rutgers; pdklein@rci.rutgers.edu.
• John Krummel, 1988, Ph.D. from the New School for Social research; JArabi@aol.com.
• Michael Losonsky, 1975, Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, 1982; teaches philosophy (and chair of department) at Colorado State University; losonsky@lamar.colostate.edu .
• Dan Lovins, 1990, applying to programs in philosophical theology; dlovins@minerva.cis.yale.edu.
• Marina Berzins McCoy, 1990, Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University. Now an Assistant Research Professor in the Boston College Philosophy Department; mccoyma@bc.edu.
• Jon Mihevc, 1990, applying to philosophy graduate schools.
• Peter Nagy (aka Marvanyi-Nagy), 1988, ABD in philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook, now in business; petern@valplast.com.
• Carol Nicholson, 1968, Ph.D. in philosophy from Bryn Mawr. Now a Professor of Philosophy at Rider College, Rutgers.
• Robert Pennock, 1980, teaches philosophy at Michigan State University; pennock5@msu.edu.
• Marilyn Piety, 1983, ABD in philosophy, writing on Kierkegaard in Copenhagen.
• Frank Purcell, 1969, Ed.D. in Philosophy, the Social Sciences and Education. After teaching for many years, became a business analyst for technology division of a Wall Street bank. mentor@arisbe.net.
• Martha Reinecke, class ??, teaches philosophy at Northern Iowa University.
• Travis Ritter, 1994, considering graduate school in philosophy.
• William Saxton, 1984, teaches philosophy at University of Delaware.
• Paul Shields, class ??, teaches philosophy at SUNY Buffalo.
• Matt Silliman, 1979, teaches and chairs philosophy department at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (formerly North Adams State College); msillima@mcla.mass.edu.
• David Simkins, 1993, pursuing Ph.D.in philosophy at University of Illinois, Urbana; dsimkins@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu.
• Richard Stadelmann, 1954, Ph.D. from Yale; teaches philosophy and religious studies at Texas A&M.
• Bill Stephens, 1984, Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania, teaches philosophy at Creighton University; stphns@creighton.edu.
• Phil Stoffregan, 1973, Ph.D. from University of Chicago, c. 1997-98; J.D. also at Chicago; now a tax lawyer.

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