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Lateral moves/retirements since the 2024 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2024-25 edition

In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves (and retirements and deaths) not reflected in the faculty lists for the 2024 PGR (some moves that took place after the 2024 PGR were reflected in the faculty list, because the editors knew of them–the ones listed here were not reflected in the faculty lists evaluators saw).  I will start a new list for each academic year, so that the list does not get unwieldy.    I will move this to the front periodically, putting recent additions in bold.  Untenured lateral moves will be noted as such, otherwise the move is with tenure.  A lateral move is one from one tenure-stream position to another either into or out of a program offering the PhD or terminal MA.  In addition I will list retirements and also deaths of non-emeritus faculty.  Please e-mail me with additions or corrections.

Anita Allen (legal philosophy, bioethics, privacy) retired from the University of Pennsylvania at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

Santiago Amaya (moral psychology, philosophy of action) from the University of Los Andes (Colombia) to Rice University.

Kristin Andrews (philosophy of mind & cognitive science [esp. 'animal minds']) from York University, Toronto to the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Jc Beall (philosophical logic; philosophy of logic, mathematics & language; metaphysics) had to rescind (for personal reasons) acceptance of an offer from the National University of Singapore, so remains at the University of Notre Dame.

Sebastian Bender (early modern philosophy) from the University of Göttingen to LMU Munich.

Elizabeth Brake (ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy) from Rice University to the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Sophia Connell (ancient philosophy, history of analytic philosophy) from Birkbeck College, University of London to the University of Notre Dame.

Howard Curzer (ancient philosophy) retired from Texas Tech University in August 2025.

Sophia Dandelet (ethics, epistemology) from Cambridge University to the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Daniela Dover (ethics, moral psychology, feminist philosophy) from the University of California, Los Angeles to Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Jeremy Fantl (epistemology) from the University of Calgary to Ohio State University.

Stephen Finlay (metaethics), formerly at the Australian Catholic University to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Michael Friedman (Kant, philosophy of science, 20th-century philosophy) took emeritus status at Stanford University in 2024 (and died in 2025).

Sebastian Gardner (Kant, 19th-century German philosophy) retired from University College London in Januray 2025.

Alex Grzankowski (philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology) from Birkbeck College, University of Lond to King's College, London.

Johan Gustafsson (decision theory, ethics, political philosophy) from the University of York to the University of Texas, Austin.

Brian Hedden (decision theory, epistemology, ethics [incl. ethics of AI]) from the Australian National University to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

John Heil (metaphysics, philosophy of mind) will retire from teaching at Washington University, St. Louis and Durham University at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

Grace Helton (cognitive science, epistemology, moral psychology) from Princeton University (untenured) to the University of Rochester (tenured).

Karolina Hübner (early modern philosophy, Jewish philosophy, history of metaphysics, philosophical theology) from Cornell University to the University of California, Los Angeles.

David Kaplan (philosophy of language, metaphysics) has retired at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jessica Keiser (philosophy of language, social & political philosophy) from the University of Leeds to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Jon Kvanvig (epistemology, philosophy of religion) retired from Washington University, St. Louis at the end of 2024-25 academic year.

Marc Lange (philosophy of science & physics) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Harvey Lederman (logic, philosophy of language, epistemology, Chinese philosophy) from the University of Texas, Austin to New York University (effective 2026-27).

Barry Loewer (philosophy of language & mind, philosophy of physics) will retire from Rutgers University, New Brunswick at the end of the 2024-25 academic year (but will continue to do a graduate seminar for a few years).

Carlotta Pavese (philosophy of mind & cognitive science, epistemology, philosophy of language) from Cornell University to Oxford University.

Graciela de Pierris (early modern philosophy) formerly at Stanford University died in fall 2024.

Douglas Portmore (ethics) from Arizona State University to the University of Notre Dame.

Sebastian Murgueitio Ramirez (philosophy of physics and science) from Purdue University to Princeton University (untenured lateral).

Whitney Schwab (ancient Greek philosophy) from the University of Maryland, Baltimore to Fordham University.

Lawrence Shapiro (philosophy of mind & psychology) will retire from the University of Wisconsin, Madison at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

Stewart Shapiro (philosophy of mathematics, philosophical logic) retired from Ohio State University in 2024, but continues to teach half-time at both Ohio State and the University of Connectcut, Storrs (he was listed as full-time, and not emeritus, at OSU in the fall 2024 PGR).

Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy) from Yale University to the University of Toronto (Munk School & Philosophy Department).

Andrew Stephenson (Kant, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic) from the University of Southampton to LMU Munich.

Paul Tran-Hoang (logic, philosoph of logic & mathematics) from Haverford College to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (untenured lateral).

Christopher ("Kit") Wellman (political and legal philosophy) from Washington University, St. Louis to the University of Arizona.

Jack Woods (logic, philosophy of logic, metaethics, philosophy of language) from the University of Leeds back to Bilkent University (untenurd lateral).

Changes in the senior ranks typically affect specialty rankings, although can also affect the "overall" rankings (e.g., Texas is likely to drop out of the top 10, but will remain in the top 15; Stanford is likely to drop out of the top 15, but will remain in the top 20).  

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  1. […] a new list for each academic year, so that the list does not get unwieldy (the 2024-25 listing is here).   This year’s list reflects moves effective in 2026 (usually summer/fall 2026, when […]

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