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PhD placement

Students who completed philosophy PhDs since 2006 (in some cases jointly supervised with another discipline):

Year Student Current post
2024Wenna YeoProgramme Director, Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust Te Tautiaki Hoiho
2023Briony BlackmoreSenior Assurance Advisor, New Zealand Police
2021 Chloe Wall Teaching Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington
2021Anthony GambrellPhD programme, Education, University of Iceland
2019 Charles Gibson Academic Committees and Services Specialist, University of Otago
2018 André R. Sant'Anna Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, South Korea
2017 Jon Keyzer Senior Analyst, Maritime New Zealand
2017 Unsal Cimen Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Mus Alparslan University, Turkey
2017 Manuel Lechthaler Teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Westhill Academy (Scotland)
2017 Tiddy Smith Adjunct professor, Universitas Indonesia; website
2017 Ali Hosseinkhani Assistant Professor, Iranian Institute of Philosophy
2016 Guillermo Badia Senior Lecturer in Logic, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia
2015 Hannah Clark-Younger Co-Founder/Head of AI, startups iostack and Lumiate
2015 Daniel Wee Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
2015 Kirsten Walsh Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter
2014 Paul Broadbent Software developer
2014 Hannah Burgess Policy Analyst, Oranga Tamariki, Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine, Ministry of Social Development and Pharmac
2014 Juan Manuel Gómez ParísHigh School Principal, Colegio Bilingüe Richmond; Lecturer, Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Sarah Grant Project editor, Epigeum
2012 Jonathan Jong Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Brain, Belief and Behaviour Research Group, Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University
2008 Mary Butler Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of South Australia
2007 Greg Dawes Professor (Philosophy and Religion) University of Otago
2007 Glenn Peoples Business Analyst, blogger and author on theology and the philosophy of religion
2006 Lynley Anderson Emeritus Professor, Bioethics, University of Otago
2006 Peter Ogle unknown
2006 Sanjay Thakur Marine Protection Advisor, Department of Conservation
2006 Scott Williamson Director, Hewat Galt Lawyers, Invercargill

MA placement

Students who completed philosophy MAs since 2006:

Year Student Current post
2024Rosa Berry VaughanPostgraduate programme, Victoria University of Wellington
2024Mitchell ScanlanUniversity of Minnesota Medical School
2023 Seth Whittington Foreign Policy Officer, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2023 Rachel Cao PhD scholarship, Philosophy, Australian National University
2022Jack BramwellManager, Client Services, Ministry of Social Development
2022Andrew RutherfordManaging Director, Exploring New Zealand
2020 Finn Butler PhD programme, University of Melbourne
2019 Zach Swindlehurst PhD programme, Australian National University
2018 Chris Lernpass PhD programme, Australian National University
2017 Britta Clark Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Solar Geoengineering Research Program, Harvard University
2017 Sam Pensler PhD student in Philosophy at UCLA
2017 Mike McLeod Musician and entrepreneur
2016 Duncan Wilson Principal Policy Advisor, Ministry of Transport
2016 Trees Beckett Senior Policy Advisor, New Zealand Police
2016 Caitlin Fitchett PhD student, Harvard University
2016 Mark Specht Energy Analyst, Oakland California
2013 James Darcy Product Consultant, Health and Well-being at HealthPartners, Minneapolis
2013 Lucy Weston-Taylor Analyst, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
2011 Elizabeth Olsen Senior Business Analyst
2010 Andrew Donnelly Freelance Regulatory and Marketing Consultant, Bonn
2010 Macintosh Stewart Senior Teaching Fellow Philosophy; Academic Committees and Services Specialist, University of Otago
2010 Cristy Yonetani Teacher Pūmanawa Gifted Education, St Marks School, Christchurch
2009 Matthew George Independent film-maker
2008 Kelvin McQueen Associate Professor, Philosophy, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University
2007 Duncan Eddy Dunedin Ōtepoti activist
2007 Marco Fahmi Data and Analytics Expert, Queensland Government
2007 Emily Jennings Holistic Health and Meditation Coach, Washington DC
2007 Holly Lawford-Smith Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne
2007 Raamy Majeed Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Manchester
2006 Charles Boulton Political Counsellor, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2006 Euan Cochrane Principal Investigator, Digital Preservation Services, Yale University Library
2006 Taryn Knox Lecturer, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago
2006 Ian Lawson Bard College Berlin; PhD University of Sydney 2015
2006 Dan Sears MA student in TESL at University of Washington
2006 Steven Sue Principal Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
2005Emily GillSenior Communications Advisor, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
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