As of August 2021, 172 individuals had received PhDs in philosophy from UMass over the program’s history. Of the 72 who completed their degrees in 2000 or later, to the best of our knowledge, 61 have sought academic positions after completing their degrees. Of these 61, 55 (90.1%) were successfully placed in academic positions. Of those who have had their degree five years or more (those finishing between 2000 and 2016), 40 of 45 (88.9%) now hold long-term academic positions (tenure track positions or similar).
(We use the following abbreviations throughout: T: tenured or equivalent; TT: tenure-track or equivalent; L: VAP or equivalent (fixed-term, full-time non-tenure track position); SL: senior lecturer or equivalent (permanent, full-time non-tenure track position); Adj: part-time, non-tenure track position or equivalent; Admin: administrative position in an academic institution.)
| Year | Name | Current Position | First Position (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Juvshik, Tim | Middlebury College (TT) | Clemson University (L) |
| 2022 | Koon, Justis | Texas Tech (L) | Trinity College (L) |
| 2022 | Mooney, Justin | College of the Holy Cross (TT) | Dennison (L) |
| 2022 | O'Rourke-Friel, Molly | Ursinus College (TT) | |
| 2021 | Soland, Kim | University of Kansas (TT) | University of Kansas (L) |
| 2021 | Liu, Haoying | Fudan University (TT) | |
| 2020 | Daventry, Andréa | California State University Bernardino (TT) | Western Carolina University (L) |
| 2020 | Chen, Lu | USC (TT) | Koç University (TT) |
| 2020 | Cox, Donovan | Nazarbayev University (L) | University of Hartford (Adj) |
| 2020 | Dixon, Jonathan | Wake Forest University (Adj) | |
| 2019 | Gibbs, Cameron | NIA | Grand Valley State University (L) |
| 2019 | Robison, John | Indiana University (L) | |
| 2019 | Webster, Hayley | Pursuing law degree (Oxford) | |
| 2018 | Liu, Pengbo | Bentley University (L) | |
| 2018 | Ferrier, Edward | Richmond College (L) | Boise State University (L) |
| 2018 | Fitts, Jesse | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (L) | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (L) |
| 2017 | Cassell, Lisa | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (TT) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Post-Doc) |
| 2017 | Gruber, Robert | Springfield College (TT) | |
| 2017 | Robison-Greene, Rachel | Utah State University (TT) | Utah State (Post-Doc) |
| 2017 | Tucker, Miles | Virginia Commonwealth University (TT) | Virginia Commonwealth University (L) |
| 2016 | Binkoski, Jim | Dartmouth College (SL) | |
| 2016 | DiPaolo, Josh | California State University Fullerton (T) | Kansas State University (L); California State University Fullerton (TT) |
| 2016 | Peterson, Bailie | University of Northern Colorado (T) | University of Northern Colorado (TT) |
| 2016 | Oliveira, Luis | University of Houston (T) | University of Massachusetts, Lowell (L); University of Houston (TT) |
| 2015 | Olsen, Kristian | Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (Admin) | University of New Hampshire (Post-Doc) |
| 2014 | Furey, Heidi | Manhattan College (T) | University of Massachusetts, Lowell (PL); Manhattan College (TT) |
| 2014 | van der Gaast, Brandt | Utrecht University (TT) | Auburn University (L) |
| 2014 | Hill, Scott | University of Colorado Boulder (L) | Auburn University (L) |
| 2013 | Knight, Casey | DNS | Alaskan Deep Sea Fisherman |
| 2013 | Friesen, Lowell | Booth University College (L) | University of Winnipeg (L) |
| 2011 | Cowling, Sam | Denison University (T) | Denison University (TT); Western Michigan University (L) |
| 2011 | Cushing, Jeremy | University of Delaware (Adj) | |
| 2011 | Krakauer, Barak | Data Scientist | University of California, Santa Cruz (Adj) |
| 2010 | Ahlstrom-Vij, Kristoffer | Birkbeck College, London (T) | University of Kent (T); University of Copenhagen (Post-Doc) |
| 2010 | Bhattacharjee, Indrani | Azim Premji University, Bangalore | TT |
| 2010 | Dunn, Jeffrey | DePauw University (T) | |
| 2010 | Kim, Namjoong | Gyeongsang University, South Korea (T) | |
| 2010 | Platt, Andrew | Stony Brook University (TT) | St Cloud State (L) |
| 2009 | Bohn, Einar | University of Agder (T) | University of Oslo (Post-Doc) |
| 2009 | Doviak, Dan | Muhlenberg College (T) | Muhlenberg College (TT) |
| 2009 | Klocksiem, Justin | New Mexico State (T) | University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (L) |
| 2009 | Kosciuk, Christopher | Suffolk County Community College (TT) | |
| 2009 | Masto, Meghan | Lafayette College (T) | Lafayette College (TT) |
| 2009 | Michaelian, Kirk | Université Grenoble-Alpes (T) | University of Otago, New Zealand (T); Institut Jean-Nicod (Post-Doc); Bilkent University (TT) |
| 2009 | Sarch, Alexander | University of Surrey (T) | Law school; University of Southern California (Post-Doc) |
| 2009 | Trogdon, Kelly | Virginia Tech (T) | Lingnan University (TT) |
| 2008 | Leibowitz, Uri | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (T) | University of Nottingham (TT); Cornell College (L); University of Colorado at Boulder (L) |
| 2008 | Rubin, Michael | University of Western Australia (TT) | TT |
| 2008 | Torre, Stephan | University of Aberdeen (T) | Oriel College, Oxford (Post-Doc); University of Barcelona (Post-Doc) |
| 2006 | Hine, Kristen | Towson University (T) | Towson University (TT) |
| 2006 | Lascano, Marcy | University of Kansas (T) | California State University at Long Beach (T); Colby College (L) |
| 2006 | Raibley, Jason | University of Kansas (T) | California State University at Long Beach (T); Colby College (L) |
| 2005 | Bell, Tom | Practicing Attorney | Law school (DNS) |
| 2005 | Heathwood, Chris | University of Colorado (T) | University of Colorado (TT) |
| 2005 | Lukas, Mark | Longwood University (T) | Longwood University (TT) |
| 2004 | McDaniel, Kris | University of Notre Dame (T) | Syracuse University (T); Syracuse University (TT) |
| 2004 | Rosental, Creighton | Mercer University (T) | Mercer University (TT) |
| 2004 | Senn, Scott | – | Longwood University (TT) |
| 2003 | Griffith, Meghan | Davidson College (T) | n/a |
| 2003 | Leighton, Kim | American University (TT) | Cornell University (L) |
| 2003 | Susse, Jennifer | NIA | Michigan State University (TT) |
| 2003 | Vessel, Jean-Paul | New Mexico State University (T) | University of Masssachusetts, Amherst (L); New Mexico State University (TT) |
| 2002 | Berkich, Don | Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (T) | Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TT) |
| 2001 | Moon, Kevin | George School (private HS), Head of Math Department | n/a |
| 2000 | Kaufman, Dan | University of Colorado (T) | University of Florida (TT) |
| 2000 | Wielenberg, Erik | DePauw University (T) | n/a |
| 1999 | Bardon, Adrian | Wake Forest University (T) | n/a |
| 1999 | Bradley, William (Ben) | Syracuse University (T) | Virginia Polytechnic Institute (L); Western Washington University (L) |
| 1999 | Sayson, Ciriaco | University of Philippines (T) | n/a |
| 1999 | Sushinsky, Mary | Pro Education Group (Educational Consulting) | n/a |
| 1999 | Theriault, Henry Charles | Worcester State University (T) | n/a |
| 1998 | Beall, JC | University of Notre Dame (T) | University of Connecticut (T), University of Tasmania (TT) |
| 1998 | LaPorte, Joseph | Hope College (T) | n/a |
| 1998 | Moore, Eric | Longwood University (T) | n/a |
| 1998 | Schaefer, Neil | University of California at Santa Cruz (L) | University of California at Santa Cruz (L) |
| 1998 | Yeh, Joseph† | – | Lake Forest College (T) |
| 1997 | Denby, David | Tufts University (SL) | Suffolk University (L) |
| 1997 | Eberle, Christopher | US Naval Academy (T) | n/a |
| 1997 | Fryc, Thomas | Utica College (TT) | n/a |
| 1997 | Kervick, Daniel | n/a | n/a |
| 1997 | Macdonald, Amie | John Jay College (T) | Hamilton College (TT) |
| 1997 | Melkonian, Markar | Cal State Northridge (L) | n/a |
| 1997 | Rice, Douglas | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | UMass Boston (L) |
| 1997 | Rini, Adriane | Massey University (T) | n/a |
| 1996 | Adkins, Karen | Regis College (T) | n/a |
| 1996 | Barnbaum, Deborah | Kent State University (T) | University of New Hampshire (L) |
| 1996 | Feit, Neil | SUNY Fredonia (T) | Western Washington University (L) |
| 1996 | Goddu, Geoffrey | University of Richmond (T) | n/a |
| 1996 | Litch, Mary | Director of Academic Technology and Digital Media at Chapman University | n/a |
| 1996 | Mazumdar, Rinita | Central New Mexico Community College (T) | n/a |
| 1996 | Nagel, Mechthild | SUNY Cortland (T) | Mankato State (L) |
| 1996 | Rayher, Edward | Proprietor, Swamp Press | n/a |
| 1996 | Reid, Heather | Morningside College (T) | n/a |
| 1996 | Tessman, Lisa | SUNY Binghamton (T) | Mount Holyoke College (L); University of New Hampshire, Durham (TT) |
| 1996 | Costello, Daniel | Canadian Ambassador to the European Union | n/a |
| 1985 | Austin, David | North Carolina State (T) | Willamette University (TT) |
| 1995 | McLeod, Owen | Lafayette College (T) | Yale University (L) |
| 1994 | Davidson, Jack | Texas Lutheran University (T) | n/a |
| 1993 | Cruz Cortés, Raúl Armando | University of Puerto Rico (T) | n/a |
| 1993 | Hughes, Cheryl | Wabash College (T) | Wabash College (TT) |
| 1993 | Sider, Ted | Rutgers University (T) | University of Rochester (TT) |
| 1993 | Sullivan, Thomas | Lassell College (T) | Babson College (Director of Spiritual Life) |
| 1992 | Black, Andrew | University of Missouri at St. Louis (T) | Southern Illinois University (TT) |
| 1992 | Curran, Angela | Kansas State University | n/a |
| 1992 | Silva de Choudens, José | n/a | n/a |
| 1991 | Cowles, David | Practicing Attorney | Arizona State University (TT) |
| 1991 | Dodson, Kevin | Lamar College (T) | Lamar College (TT) |
| 1991 | Johnson, David | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (T) | n/a |
| 1991 | Kaufman, Cynthia | De Anza College (T) | n/a |
| 1991 | Leaman, George | Director, Philosophy Documentation Center | n/a |
| 1991 | Pienknagura Erdstein, Alex | Broward College (L) | |
| 1991 | Shea, Nancy | University of Wyoming, Gender and Women's Studies (L) | n/a |
| 1991 | Skelly, Brian | University of Hartford (L) | n/a |
| 1990 | Christopher, Paul | n/a | U.S. Military Academy at West Point (TT) |
| 1990 | Dixon, Beth | SUNY Plattsburgh (T) | n/a |
| 1990 | Frazier, Robert | Christ Church College, Oxford (T) | Virginia Commonwealth University (L) |
| 1990 | Gabriel, Carol | University of Southern Maine (L) | n/a |
| 1990 | Sengupta, Gautam | University of Hyderabad (T) | n/a |
| 1990 | Markosian, Ned | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (T) | Lawrence University (L) |
| 1990 | McNamara, Paul | University of New Hampshire (T) | n/a |
| 1989 | Brown, Alison | Northern Arizona University (T) | n/a |
| 1989 | Faber, David | Tabor College (T) | n/a |
| 1989 | Haji, Ishtiyaque | University of Calgary (T) | n/a |
| 1989 | Lorraine, Tamsin | Swarthmore College (T) | n/a |
| 1989 | Webelhuth, Gert | IEAS at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (T) | n/a |
| 1988 | Blackson, Thomas | Arizona State University (T) | n/a |
| 1988 | Bodanszky, Eva | Rutgers University (L) | n/a |
| 1988 | Cormier, Lucille | Fitchburg State College (L) | n/a |
| 1980 | Conee, Earl | University of Rochester (T) | Indiana (L) |