http://philosophy.emory.edu/home/index.html
The department, which has begun in 1929, has always been strong in history. Lewis White Beck (Kant) was appointed in 1938, thereafter Helmut Kuhn in 1947. Jean-François Lyotard was a guest professor in the late 1990s. Following appointments include Cynthia Willett (Multiculturalism, Intersectionality, Race, Interspecies) in 1996, Noelle McAfee (Fem, Psychoanalysis) in 2010, Dilek Huseyinzadegan (from Istanbul: Race, Post- and Decolonial, Fem) in 2013, George Yancy (Race) in 2015, Rocío Zambrana (Fem, Decolonial, Latinx, Latin-American, Carribean) in 2019. Ralph J.K. Buchenhorst (Holocaust, Latin-American, Migration) is currently a visiting DAAD Professor.
http://hawaii.edu/phil/people/current-faculty/
The department has a long history of commitment to diversity and it is a “go-to” department for those who wish to study the fields in Asian and comparative philosophies. It has a close affiliation to the East-West Center, a resident research center for all aspects of Asian and comparative philosophies. The diverse faculty include: Tamara Albertini (early modern, Fem, Islam); Arindam Chakrabarti (Indian, comparative, language); Chung-Ying Cheng (Chinese, comparative); Vrinda Dalmiya (Fem, environment); Masato Ishida (American, Japanese, logic); Thomas Jackson (Children, education); Steve Odin (Japanese, comparative, aesthetics); Franklin Perkins (Chinese, comparative, early modern); Sean Smith (Indian Buddhism, cog sci); Joseph Tanke (Continental, social political); George Tsai (moral, Chinese).
https://www.binghamton.edu/philosophy/
The department has been known for its “radical” orientation. Many of the faculty have diversity areas as specializations. Jeffner Allen (Africana, Asian-American, Gender, Postcolonial, Diasporic, LGBTQ+); Bat-Ami Bar On (Fem); Charles Goodman (Buddhist, Indian, Comparative), Lisa Tessman (Fem).
https://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/
The department is well-known for its Continental and historical specializations as well as the Continental-Analytic “bridge”. Appointments: David Dilworth (Asian, Comparative) and Gary Mar (Asian-American, Logic and Mathematics) have been longtime members; Harvey Cormier (Comparative, Race) in 1998; Lorenzo Simpson (Race) in 1998; Allegra de Laurentiis (Globalization, Hegel, Aristotle) in 2006; Anne O’Byrne (Race, Genocide) in 2008; Gabrielle Jackson (Phenomenology, Cognitive Science, Fem) in 2014; Arindam Chakrabarti (Indian, Comparative) in 2018. Linda Martin Alcoff and Eduardo Mendieta were also previously members of the department.
http://philosophy.uoregon.edu/
“Living, integrated pluralism” characterizes the department and it is known for its Continental as well as all other diversity-related fields, including environmental philosophy. (siehe auch: https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-oregon-0)
https://bulletins.psu.edu/graduate/programs/majors/philosophy/
It is one of the most diverse philosophy departments with “top names” in the diversity fields: Amy Allen, Robert Bernasconi, Eduardo Mendieta, Mariana Ortega, Nancy Tuana. (siehe auch:https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/penn-state-university)
https://www.memphis.edu/philosophy/
The department is strong on race and African-American philosophy, as well as Continental and history emphases. (siehe auch: https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-memphis)
(*Terminal MA. AOS = Area of Specialization; AOC: Area of Competence):
California:
UCLA: Arabic and Islamic, Fem, Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-california-los-angeles
23 total: 14 analytic, 4 History, 5 Ethics/Moral/Political (Arabic, Fem, Race are all AOC)
UC Santa Cruz (CA): Fem, Latin-American
https://philosophy.ucsc.edu/faculty/index.php
12 total: 10 analytic; 1 Fem/Continental (Jocelyn Hoy) and 1 analytic/Latin-American (Rasmus Groenfeldt Winther)
UC Berkeley (CA): Chinese, Fem analytic
https://philosophy.berkeley.edu/
25 total: 14 analytic: 6 History (1 Continental, Fem Epistemology), 4 Ethics/Political, 1 Chinese (Kwong-loi Shun)
UC Merced (CA): Fem (Language)
UC Riverside (CA): African, Race, Gender, Comparative
18 total: 7 analytic (1 Chinese, Eric Schwitzgebel); 7 Moral/Ethical (1 Race, Myisha Cherry); 4 History; 2 Cooperating Faculty: Lisa Rafals (Chinese, Comparative) and Georgia Warnke (Fem, Race, Hermeneutics)
The department has been strong primarily as an analytic department with some history as well as Continental elements. Myisha Cherry (African, Race and Gender) joined the department in 2018. Eric Schwitzgebel (Chinese) joined the department in 1997. Lisa Rafals (Chinese and Comparataive) is Coorperating Faculty. Georgia Warnke (Fem) joined the department in 1991 but moved to Women’s Studies and Pollitical Science after 2001.
UC San Diego (CA): Chinese, Race, Mexican, Latin-American
26 total: 9 analytic (1 Chinese); 9 History (1 Race, 1 Mexican); 8 Moral/Ethics/Pol (1 Latin-American)
Traditionally an analytic department. Manuel Vargas (Latin-American and Latinx, moral psychology) moved from USF in 2017. Clinton Trolley (Mexican, Latin-American, Kant and German Idealism, critical theory) joined the department and in 2019 Eddy Keming Chen (Chinese, Race, philosophy of mathematics and physics).
Stanford University (CA): Fem, Race
https://philosophy.stanford.edu/
26 total: This largely analytic department has three faculty members specializing in Feminism/Race; Helen Longino (Fem/Science), Debra Satz (Fem/Ethics), and Wendy Salkin (Race, Fem, Law) who joined in 2019.
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology: Arabic and Islamic
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/dominican-school-philosophy-theology
*California State University Los Angeles: Fem, Gender, Arabic and Islamic
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/california-state-university-%E2%80%94-los-angeles
*San Diego State University (CA): Asian, Comparative, Fem, Gender, Race, Queer, Postcolonial
https://philosophy.sdsu.edu/people.htm
*San Jose State University (CA): Fem, Latin-American, Asian, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/san-jose-state-university
*San Francisco State University: Arabic and Islamic, Fem, Gender, Comparative, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/san-francisco-state-university
Colorado:
University of Colorado at Boulder (CO): African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-colorado-boulder
*Colorado State University (CO): Comparative, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/colorado-state-university
Connecticut:
University of Connecticut (CT): Race, Asian, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-connecticut
Yale University (CT): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/yale-university
*Holy Apostles College and Seminary: Comparative, Arabic and Islamic
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/holy-apostles-college-and-seminary
District of Columbia:
*American University (DC): Fem, Gender, Race, Latin-American, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/american-university
*George Washington University (DC): Fem, Race, Gender, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/george-washington-university
Florida:
University of Miami (FL): Latin-American, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-miami
University of South Florida (FL): Fem, Asian, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-south-florida
Georgia:
*Georgia State University (GA): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/georgia-state-university
Emory University (GA): African-American, Puerto Rico, Fem, Gender, Race, Decolonial, Multiculturalism, Holocaust, Migration
http://philosophy.emory.edu/home/index.html
The department, which has begun in 1929, has always been strong in history. Lewis White Beck (Kant) was appointed in 1938, thereafter Helmut Kuhn in 1947. Jean-François Lyotard was a guest professor in the late 1990s. Following appointments include Cynthia Willett (Multiculturalism, Intersectionality, Race, Interspecies) in 1996, Noelle McAfee (Fem, Psychoanalysis) in 2010, Dilek Huseyinzadegan (from Istanbul: Race, Post- and Decolonial, Fem) in 2013, George Yancy (Race) in 2015, Rocío Zambrana (Fem, Decolonial, Latinx, Latin-American, Carribean) in 2019. Ralph J.K. Buchenhorst (Holocaust, Latin-American, Migration) is currently a visiting DAAD Professor.
Hawaii:
University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI): Comparative, Asian, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Buddhist, Islamic, Fem, Children
http://hawaii.edu/phil/people/current-faculty/
Illinois:
DePaul University (IL): Fem, Latin-American, Comparative, Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/depaul-university
The department is known for its Continental, historical, and political emphases; many of its faculty members are educated in Europe. There is no full-time faculty who specializes in analytic philosophy.
*Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL): Fem, Race, Gender, Asian, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/southern-illinois-university-carbondale
University of Illinois at Chicago (IL): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-illinois-chicago
Indiana
Indiana University- Bloomington (IN): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/indiana-university-bloomington
Kansas:
University of Kansas (KS): Fem, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-kansas
Louisiana:
*Louisiana State University (LA): Fem, Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/louisiana-state-university
Massachusetts:
Boston College (MA): Fem, Race, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/boston-college
As a Jesuit institution, the department has a strong focus on history. Most faculty members focus on historical, continental, ethical or political philosophies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA): Fem, Race, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/massachusetts-institute-technology
*Tufts University (MA): Fem, Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/tufts-university
University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-massachusetts-amherst
*Brandeis University (MA): Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/brandeis-university
Michigan:
*Eastern Michigan University (MI): Fem, Gender, Comparative
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/eastern-michigan-university
Minnesota
University of Minnesota (MN): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-minnesota
Missouri:
Washington University in St. Louis (MO): Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/washington-university-st-louis
New Jersey:
Princeton University (NJ): Fem, Gender, Comparative
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/princeton-university
New Mexico:
University of New Mexico (NM): Buddhist, Indian, Comparative, Fem
New York:
New York University (NY): Africana, Race
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/philosophy.html
28 total; 17 analytic; 6 History; 5 Ethics/Moral/Political (1 Race, Kwame Anthony Appiah)
Cornell University (NY): Fem, Race, Asian, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/cornell-university
Fordham University (NY): Asian (Buddhism), Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/fordham-university
A Jesuit University’s department has a strong background in Ancient and Medieval philosophy, as well as history and Continental.
University of Rochester (NY): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-rochester
Binghamton University (NY): Asian, Africana, Asian-American, Fem, Gender, Postcolonial, Diasporic, Trans
https://www.binghamton.edu/philosophy/
The department has been known for its “radical” orientation. Many of the faculty have diversity areas as specializations. Jeffner Allen (Africana, Asian-American, Gender, Postcolonial, Diasporic, LGBTQ+); Bat-Ami Bar On (Fem); Charles Goodman (Buddhist, Indian, Comparative), Lisa Tessman (Fem).
Stony Brook University (NY): Asian, Asian-American, Indian-Analytic, Comparative, Race, Fem
https://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/
The department is well-known for its Continental and historical specializations as well as the Continental-Analytic “bridge”. Appointments: David Dilworth (Asian, Comparative) and Gary Mar (Asian-American, Logic and Mathematics) have been longtime members; Harvey Cormier (Comparative, Race) in 1998; Lorenzo Simpson (Race) in 1998; Allegra de Laurentiis (Globalization, Hegel, Aristotle) in 2006; Anne O’Byrne (Race, Genocide) in 2008; Gabrielle Jackson (Phenomenology, Cognitive Science, Fem) in 2014; Arindam Chakrabarti (Indian, Comparative) in 2018. Linda Martin Alcoff and Eduardo Mendieta were also previously members of the department.
New School for Social Research (NY): Fem, Post- and Decolonial, Gender, Disability
https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/philosophy/
Columbia University (NY): Race
The department is largely analytic. Robert Gooding-Williams (Race), Axel Honneth, Carman Taylor are notable exceptions.
https://philosophy.columbia.edu/
North Carolina:
University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill (NC): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-north-carolina-%E2%80%94-chapel-hill
*University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC): Fem, Gender, Race, Latin-American, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-north-carolina-charlotte
Ohio:
*Kent State University: Fem, Race, Indigenous, Asian, Africana
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/kent-state-university
*Miami University (OH): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/miami-university
Oklahoma:
*Oklahoma State University Main Campus (OK): Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/oklahoma-state-university-main-campus
University of Oklahoma (OK): Fem, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-oklahoma
Oregon:
University of Oregon (OR): Fem, Gender, Race, Latin-American, Indigenous, Decolonial
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-oregon-0
“Living, integrated pluralism” characterizes the department and it is known for its Continental as well as all other diversity-related fields, including environmental philosophy.
Pennsylvania:
Penn State University: Fem, Gender, Indigenous, Race, Latin-American, Africana
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/penn-state-university
It is one of the most diverse philosophy departments with “top names” in the diversity fields: Amy Allen, Robert Bernasconi, Eduardo Mendieta, Mariana Ortega, Nancy Tuana.
University of Pittsburg – History and Philosophy of Science (PA): Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-pittsburgh-hps
Temple University (PA): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/temple-university
*West Chester University of Pennsylvania (PA): Fem, Race, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/west-chester
Tennessee:
The University of Memphis (TN): Fem, Gender, Race, Comparative, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-memphis
The department is strong on race and African-American philosophy, as well as Continental and history.
Vanderbilt (TN): Fem, Race, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/vanderbilt-university
Texas:
University of Dallas (TX): Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-dallas
Baylor University (TX): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/baylor-university
University of North Texas (TX): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-north-texas
University of Texas at Austin (TX): Asian, Non-Western
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/philosophy/
*Texas State University (TX): Fem, Gender, Latin-American, Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/texas-state-university
Virginia
*George Mason University (VA): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/george-mason-university
Wisconsin:
Marquette University: Fem, Gender, Race, Latin-American, Arabic and Islamic
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/marquette-university
*University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (WI): Fem, Gender
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-wisconsin-%E2%80%94-milwaukee
CANADA
Dalhousie University (Canada NS): Fem, Race, African
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/dalhousie-university
University of British Colombia (Canada, BC): Asian
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-british-columbia
University of Western Ontario (Canada, ON): Fem, Race
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/western
McMaster University (Canada, ON): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/mcmaster-university
McGill University (Canada, QC): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/mcgill-university
University of Calgary (Canada, AB): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/university-calgary
Memorial University (Canada, NL): Fem
https://gradguide.apaonline.org/programs/memorial-university
University of San Francisco (CA, Jesuit): Asian, Asian-American, Korean, Comparative, Zen, Fem, Race, African-American
https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/undergraduate-programs/philosophy/faculty
The Department has been all historical and European until Eduardo Mendieta (Latin-American, Race) joined in 1995 (and left in 2001). In 1996 they hired Yoko Arisaka (Asian, Fem, Race), the first woman appointment in 25 years (she left in 2007). Majority of the hires since the late 1990s focused on increasing diversity: David Kim (Asian, Asian-American, Korean, Race) came in 1999. Ron Sandstrom (Race, African-American) and Jacqueline Taylor (Fem) joined in 2003. Gerard Kuperus (Comparative, Zen) joined in 2006. Rebecca Mason in 2015. Geoffrey Ashton in 2018.
Drake University (IA, liberal arts, Philosophy and Religion): Asian, Ancient Near Eastern, Comparative/Global, Fem, Race, Postcolonial, Critical Whiteness, Activism
https://www.drake.edu/philrel/
The small Philosophy and Religion department has six faculty members, four offer diverse areas of specializations: Brad Crowell (Ancient Near East, Postcolonial), Jennifer Harvey (Race, Gender, Whiteness, Activism), Leah Kalmanson (East-Asian, Fem), Tim Knepper (Global/Comparison Project, phil of religion).
Hunter College CUNY (NY): Africana, Fem, Race, Latin-American, Postcolonial
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/philosophy/
Linda Martin Alcoff (Fem, Race, Latin-American, Postcolonial) and Frank Kirkland (Africana).
University of North Florida (FL, Philosophy and Religious Studies): Asian, Comparative, Native-Am Religion, Africana,
https://www.unf.edu/coas/philosophy/
Strong in Comparative: Aaron Creller (Asian, Comparative), Paul Carelli (Comparative), Brandi Denison (Native-Am Rel, African-American rel), Sarah LaChance Adams (Fem), Sarah Mattice (Asian, Comparative). John Maraldo (Emeritus, Asian, Comparative)
Loyola University Maryland (MD, Jesuit): Asian, Comparative, Fem
https://www.loyola.edu/academics/philosophy
The department is strong in history and Asian/Comparative. Of the 13 members, 1 philosophy of science. 3 Asian/Comparative (Bret Davis, Jessica Locke, Drew Leder) and 1 feminism (Dale Snow).
Oregon State University (OR): Latin-American, Race, Asian
20 total: Philosophy Department belongs to the School of History, Philosophy and Religion. The department is strong in history and ethics/political philosophy. Joseph Orosco (Race, Latinx, Multiculturalism) and Stuart Sarbacker (Philosophy and Religious Studies, Buddhism, Islam, Hindu Traditions)