Spotlight on Former Students
Select Positions and Book Projects of Ph.D. Graduates
Phillip Braunstein
Graduated
2009
Dissertation
Eclipsing Thought: Neitzsche and the Homeric Shadow
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Founder and CEO of Eklipse Venures International. Architectural Design and Development (Los Angeles, CA). Active in the film industry (cinema production). Taught for several years at Loyola-Marymount, Los Angeles.
Publications
Book Translation
- Heidegger, Introduction to Philosophy--Thinking and Poetizing, Indiana University Press, 2011.
Neal DeRoo
Graduated
2009
Dissertation
Futurity in Phenomenology: Promise and Method in Husserl, Levinas and Derrida
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion and Associate Professor of Philosophy, The King's University (Edmonton, CA) Tenured.
Publications
Book
- Futurity in Phenomenology (Fordham, 2013)
Co-edited Volumes
- Merleau-Ponty at the Limits of Art, Religion, and Perfection (Continuum, 2010)
- Cross and Khora (Pickwick Pub, 2009)
- Phenomenology and Eschatology (Ashgate, 2009)
- The Logic of Incarnation (Pickwick Pub, 2008)
Shane Ewegen
Graduated
2011
Dissertation
Playing with Words: Plato's Cratylus and the Comic Unfolding of Language
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
Publications
Books
- The Way of the Platonic Socrates (forthcoming, 2019).
- Plato's "Cratylus": The Comedy of Language, Indiana University Press, 2013.
Book Translation
- Martin Heidegger, Heraclitus. Bloomsbury Publishing (forthcoming, 2018).
Gustavo Gomez Perez
Graduated
2014
Dissertation
Gesture and Art In Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pontifical Xavierian University (Bogotá, Columbia)
Publications
Book Translation
- Antonio Da Re, Las palabras de la ética. Madrid: Avarigani, 2016.
Brian Gregor
Graduated
2009
Dissertation
Anthropologia Crucis
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California State University (Dominguez Hills, CA) Tenure-track.
Publications
Books
- A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross (Indiana, 2013)
- Ricoeur's Hermeneutics of Religion (Lexington Books, forthcoming)
Co-edited Volumes
- Being Human, Becoming Human (Wipf & Stock, 2010)
- Bonhoeffer and Continental Thought (Indiana, 2009).
Peter Hanly
Graduated
2014
Dissertation
Figuring the Between: An Essay on Heidegger and Novalis
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Professional violinist with Boston Ballet Orchestra and Boston Lyric Opera.
Publications
Books
- Fugitive Harmonies (submitted).
Timo Helenius
Graduated
2013
Dissertation
The Culture of Recognition: Another Reading of Paul Ricoeur's Work
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)
Publications
Book
- Ricoeur, Culture, and Recognition (Lexington Books, 2016)
Tobias Keiling
Graduated
2013
Dissertation
Opened Grounds: Studies on Foundation and Truth in Phenomenology
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Justus-Maximilians-Universität (Würzburg, Germany)
Publications
Books
- Konzepte der Muße, Mohr Siebeck, 2016.
- Seinsgeschichte und phänomenologischer Realismus, Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
Edited Book
- Heideggers Marburger Zeit. Themen, Argumente, Konstellation, Klosterman, 2013.
Co-edited Books
- Routledge Handbook of the Phenomenology of Agency, London, in preparation.
- Heidegger’s Later Thought, Indiana University Press, forthcoming, 2018.
- Muße und Moderne. Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming, 2018.
- Anthropologie der Theorie, Mohr Siebeck, 2017.
- Raum erfahren. Epistemologische, ethische und ästhetische Zugänge, Mohr Siebeck, 2017.
- Frei sein, frei handeln. Freiheit zwischen theoretischer und praktischer Philosophie, Alber, 2013.
- Heideggers "Ursprung des Kunstwerkes." Ein kooperativer Kommentar, Klostermann, 2011.
Book Translations:
- John Sallis, Logik der Imagination. Die Weite des Elementaren, Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming, 2018.
- Heidegger und der Sinn von Wahrheit, Klostermann, 2012.
- Einbildungskraft. Der Sinn des Elementaren, Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
Sarit Larry
Graduated
2016
Dissertation
Trigger Narrative A Perspective on Radical Political Transformations
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Co-director of Mahapach-Taghir NGO (Israel)
Awards & Roles
- Recipient of the New Israel Fund - UK Human Rights Award (2016)
- Starred in feature film The Kindergarten Teacher, featured in Critic's Week at Cannes Festival and a NYT critic's pick (2014)
John Manoussakis
Graduated
2005
Dissertation
God After Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) Tenured
Publications
Books
- The Ethics of Time (Bloomsbury, 2017)
- For the Unity of All (Cascade Books, 2015)
- God After Metaphysics (Indiana, 2007)
- Theos Philosophoumenos (Ellinika Grammata, 2004)
Edited Volumes
- God, Being, and Desire (Cascade, forthcoming)
- St. Paul Between Athens and Jerusalem (American College of Greece Press, 2006)
Co-edited Volumes
- Unconscious Incarnations (Routledge, 2018)
- Phenomenology and Eschatology (Ashgate, 2009)
- Traversing the Imaginary (Northwestern, 2007)
- Heidegger and the Greeks (Indiana, 2006)
- After God (Fordham, 2006)
Marina Marren
Graduated
2017
Dissertation
A Philosophical Study of Tyranny in Plato, Sophocles, and Aristophanes
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Post-Doctoral Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)
Publications
Book
- Comedy, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Just Life (submitted).
Frances Maughan-Brown
Graduated
2015
Dissertation
The Authority of the Lily and the Bird in Kierkegaard's Lily Discourses
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College ofthe Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Publications
Book
- The Lily's Tongue (SUNY, 2019)
Elizabeth Purcell
Graduated
2013
Dissertation
Flourishing Bodies: Disability, Virtue, Happiness
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SUNY at Oneonta(Oneonta, NY)
Sebastian Purcell
Graduated
2011
Dissertation
Infinite Hermeneutics: An Essay on Globalized Existence
Supervisor
Richard Kearney and Patrick Byrne
Current (or last) Position
Associate Professor, SUNY Cortland (NY), Associate Director, Center for Gender and International Studies, SUNY Cortland (NY), Coordinator, Latinx and Latin American Studies, SUNY Cortland (NY)
Publications
Book
- Aristotle and the Aztecs on Virtue Ethics (in preparation)
Ross Romero, SJ
Graduated
2012
Dissertation
Without the Least Tremor: The Significance of the Sacrifice of Socrates in Plato's Phaedo
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Publications
Book
- Without the Least Tremor: The Significance of the Sacrifice of Socrates in Plato’s "Phaedo," Albany: SUNY Press, 2016.
Mark Sentesy
Graduated
2013
Dissertation
Aristotle: Movement and the Structure of Being
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, cross appointment in CAMS, Penn State Univeristy (University Park, PA); Philosophy Department Events Committee Chair; helped create a Dual-Title PhD program between Philosophy and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS).
Publications
Book
- The Ontological Consequences of Change in Aristotle, Northwestern (under review).
Co-edited Book
- On Language: Analytic, Continental, and Historical Contributions, Cambridge Scholars, 2007.
Joshua Shmikler
Graduated
2012
Dissertation
Confronting the Philosophers: Socrates and the Eleatic Stranger in Plato's Sophist
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, NY)
James Taylor
Graduated
2016
Dissertation
The Ethics of Subjectivity: Activity and Passivity Through Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Askesis
Supervisor
Richard Kearney
Current (or last) Position
- European Center for the Study of War and Peace, Founding Director (The Balkans)
- Lecturer at Gordon College (Wrenham, MA)
Publications
Book
- Hosting the Stranger (Continuum, 2011)
Mark Thomas
Graduated
2013
Dissertation
Freedom and Ground: Schelling's Treatise on Human Freedom
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Central College (Pella, IA)
Publications
Books
- Freedom and Ground: Schelling's Treatise on Human Freedom (under review).
Brian Treanor
Graduated
2001
Dissertation
The Paradox of Justice and Love: Levinas and Marcel on Nature of Other Richard Kearney and Jacques Taminiaux
Supervisor
Richard Kearney and Jacques Taminiaux
Current (or last) position
Charles S. Casassa Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) Tenured.
Publications
Books
- Emplotting Virtue (SUNY, 2014)
- Aspects of Alterity (Fordham, 2006)
Co-edited Volumes
- Carnal Hermeneutics (Fordham, 2015)
- Being in Creation (Fordham, 2015)
- Interpreting Nature (Fordham, 2013)
- A Passion for the Possible (Fordham, 2010)
Jeffrey C. Witt
Graduated
2012
Dissertation
“Between Faith and Science: Gregory of Rimini on Theological Knowledge in his 14th Century Context”
Supervisor
Jean-Luc Solère
Current (or last) Position
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland
Publications
Book
- Robert Holcot (co-written with John T. Slotemaker). Great Medieval Thinkers. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Co-edited Books
- Augustine in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology, eds. Jeffrey C. Witt and John T. Slotemaker. Studia Patristica LXXXVII, v. 13. Peeters, 2017.
- A Companion to the Theology of John Mair, ed. Jeffrey C. Witt and John T. Slotemaker. Companion to the Christian Tradition. Brill, 2015.
Christopher Yates
Graduated
2011
Dissertation
The Poetic Imagination in Heidegger and Schelling
Supervisor
John Sallis
Current (or last) Position
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Art Theory, The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (Portland, ME)
Publications
Book
- The Poetic Imagination in Heidegger and Schelling, Bloomsbury, 2013.
Edited Book
- Philosophy and the Return of Violence, Continuum, 2011.