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In Memoriam: Jason Bennett

On the last day of 2014, the UCSB Philosophy Department lost a brilliant student, teaching associate, and friend, Jason Bennett. Jason was genuinely remarkable. He was talented, kind, extremely thoughtful, and extremely admirable. In addition to being a very capable and insightful philosopher, Jason was an artist. With his tremendous potential, he seemed to have a promising future ahead of him. Sadly, it was not to be. Above all, Jason was a thoroughly decent human being. The world is significantly impoverished by his absence.

UCSB Ethics Bowl team makes regional semi-finals

Congratulations to the UCSB Ethics Bowl team that reached the semi-finals of the Southern California Regional competition on December 6th, 2014 at Santa Barbara City College!

Coached by Sherri Lynn Conklin, David Mokriski, and Dillon Schultz, the team that reached the semi-finals was composed of Gabrielle Balance, Jesse Chang, Susanna Faulds, Andy Tsou, and Elisa Yim.

Job Opening (revised)

The Department is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for a tenure-track or tenured position. We are looking for candidates specializing in Metaphysics and/or Epistemology, and will be accepting applications through December 3, 2014.

Please note that this search was previously advertised simply at the Assistant and Associate Professor level, but as of November 1st has been expanded to Open rank.

New Graduate Students

We are delighted to welcome three new graduate students this year:

In Memoriam: Tony Brueckner

On April 7, 2014, the Philosophy Department lost a very dear friend, teacher, and colleague, Professor Anthony Brueckner. Tony spent the bulk of his illustrious career here at UCSB, where he taught since 1988. An extremely careful and tenacious thinker, Tony was also humble, gentle, and kind. Generous with his time, he trained a large number of students over the years. He inspired his students, his colleagues, and his peers in philosophy. Tony was, and is, greatly admired by all who had the distinct privilege of working with him. He taught us and he made us smile. We will miss him.

New Hire: Sonny Elizondo

We are pleased to announce that Sonny Elizondo (PhD UCLA) will join our department as an Assistant Professor this fall. Professor Elizondo specializes in Ethics and Kant’s Practical Philosophy.