Graduation Year: '90

address: Philosophy Department
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837

occupation: assistant professor

Email address: rzuckert@bucknell.edu

In some ways, not much has changed for me with respect to philosophy since my first year at Williams: I read Kant then (in Laszlo Versenyi's intro to philosophy class), got hooked, and haven't let go since. After Williams, I did a second B.A. (in philosophy and German) at Oxford, on a scholarship from Williams. (A wonderful experience. It was helpful, in the end, for graduate school in that I was forced there to become acquainted with the core of analytic philosophy, and learned German. But the opportunity to live in Oxford for two years outweighs any such practical or professional advantages.) Currently, I am just finishing a Phd at University of Chicago in the philosophy department and in the Committee on Social Thought; my dissertation was on Kant's third critique (I wrote my senior thesis at Williams on the first and second critiques). And, especially given the job market, I am very fortunate now to have a tenure-track job at Bucknell University (where I have, so far at least, taugh

I recommend Chicago to anyone who wants to go on to graduate school in German philosophy (Kant and after), and would be happy to answer questions about Chicago from anyone who is interested in applying there.