Placement Record
The Philosophy Department at SFU has a long and successful history of preparing students for top PhD programs. Our students have been accepted at Arizona, Cambridge, Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, Duke, Edinburgh, Harvard, Indiana, Maryland, McGill, MIT, Oxford, Pittsburgh HPS, Princeton, St. Andrews, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, UNC, University of Southern California, University of Toronto, Washington University PNP, Wisconsin, and many other fine departments. Equally importantly, most have completed their PhDs and gone on to good careers.
The tables below show our most recent placement data.
Table: Recent PhD program placement
| Year of Application 2024 | Student | Final Placement |
| Jacob Schwartz | Princeton | |
| Hao Yang | New York University | |
| Tessa Whittle | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Branch Archer | Syracuse | |
| Chrysogonus Okwenna | University of British Columbia | |
| Eileen Wang | University of Caifornia, Santa Barbara | |
| Naila Jubara | Northwestern | |
| Iman Ferestade | Australia National University | |
| Curtis Hrusik | University of British Columbia | |
| Students also accepted at: University of Wisconsin, Madison (multiple); Uiversity of California, San Diego; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Southern California; McGill (multiple); Indiana HPS; University of Missouri; Florida State; University of California, Davis (multiple); University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Brown; Western; Kansas. | ||
| Year of Application 2023 | Student | Final Placement |
| Elliot Schwartz | CUNY Graduate School | |
| Mary Purcell | Duke |
| Year of Application 2022 | Student | Final Placement |
| Kesavan Thanagopal | Notre Dame | |
| Jing-Hwan Khoo | Harvard | |
| Jingyi Wang | University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Eddie Cai | University of Arizona | |
| Jenna Yuzwa | University of British Columbia |
| Year of Application 2021 | Student | Final Placement |
| Yan Chen | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| Ian Kahn | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Year of Application 2020 | Student | Final Placement |
| David Rattray | University of Toronto | |
| Schuyler Pringle | University of Toronto | |
| Varsha Pai | University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Cem Erkli | McGill | |
| Somayeh Tohidi | London School of Economics |
| Year of Application 2019 | Student | Final Placement |
| Caroline Von Klemperer | Rutgers | |
| Cody Britson | University of Maryland | |
| Dylan Flint | Ohio State | |
| Dzintra Ullis | University of Pittsburgh | |
| Kelsey Vicars | University of British Columbia | |
| Shimin Zhao | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Zili Dong | Western | |
| Adam O'Neill | McMaster | |
| Weixin Cai | University of California, San Diego | |
| Anthony Nguyen | University of British Colombia |
| Year of Application 2018 | Student | Final Placement |
| Haley Brennan | Princeton | |
| Matthew Maxwell | Rochester | |
| Zoe Ashton | Ohio State |
| Year of Application 2017 | Student | Final Placement |
| Arianna Falbo | Brown | |
| Imran Thobani | Stanford |
| Year of Application 2016 | Student | Final Placement |
| Travis LaCroix | UC Irvine LPS | |
| Graham Moore | University of British Columbia | |
| Michaela Manson | University of Toronto | |
| William Bredeson | University of Toronto |
| Year of Application 2015 | Student | Final Placement |
| Kino Zhao | UC Irvine LPS | |
| Devon Cass | Australian National University | |
| Emily Hodges | Brown | |
| Rosalind Chaplin | UCSD | |
| Nicholas Dunn | McGill |
Table: PhD placement records prior to 2015
| Name |
PhD Program |
Areas of Study |
| Amanda Bryant |
PhD CUNY |
Metaphysics |
| Berman Chan | PhD Purdue | Philosophy of Religion; Epistemology |
| Carissa Helen Phillips Garrett |
PhD Rice University |
Ethics |
| Daisy LaForce |
PhD UC Riverside |
Bioethics and Philosophy of Science |
| David Gaber | PhD McGill University (Canada) | Philosophy of Science and Mathematics |
| Devon Cass | PhD ANU (Australia) |
Social and Political |
| Emily Hodges |
PhD Brown | Ethics |
| Graham Moore | PhD University of British Columbia | Epistemology; Phil Math. |
| Jane Chen | PhD Texas at Austin |
Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience |
| Jason Leardi | PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience |
| Joe Thompson | PhD Psychology, Simon Fraser University |
Attention |
| Jordan Thompson | PhD Cornell | Ethics; Political |
| Katie Creel |
PhD, HPS program, Pittsburgh | Philosophy of Science; History |
| Kino Zhao |
PhD LPS Department, UC Irvine |
Logic and Philosophy of Science |
| Komal Gilani | PhD University of Texas at Austin |
Meta-ethics |
| Lauren Kopajtic | PhD, Harvard University | Early Modern and Ethics |
| Michaela Manson | PhD U of Toronto | History |
| Nazim Keven | PhD Philosophy Neuroscience and Psychology program, Washington University |
Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience |
| Nicholas Dunn | PhD McGill University (Canada) |
Kant |
| Nick Smyth | PhD Brown University | Meta-ethics |
| Nik Hamm | PhD McGill University |
Kant; Early Modern |
| Rosalind Chaplin | PhD UCSD |
Kant; Early Modern |
| Roxana Akhbari | PhD University of Alberta (Canada) |
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| Ryan Ogilvie | PhD University of Maryland |
Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience |
| Shelley Hulbert | PhD University of Calgary (Canada) |
Ethics |
| Travis LaCrois | PhD UC Irvine LPS | Logic |
| Trey Boone |
PhD HPS program, Pittsburgh |
Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience |
| William Bredeson | PhD. U of Toronto | History |
| Yue Chen |
PhD Logic program, University of Vienna (Austria) |
Logic |
As a Canadian University, SFU offers a special undergraduate degree, the Honour’s Degree, a steppingstone to PhD programs directly, without an MA. You can view our Honour’s Placement Record (pdf).