We are so very proud of the alumni who have passed through our department as majors, minors or graduate students. Philosophy is the study of disciplined thinking—the ability to read and listen critically, to address problems systematically, and to express ideas articulately in writing and speech. Whether you come to us for cultural enrichment or as a basis for the advanced study of philosophy, you will find that the skills you develop open up doors to a number of career opportunities. Our alumni apply their philosophical training to a diverse array of professions in our local community and across the world as accountants, banking associates, business executives, digital communications specialists, freelance journalists, IT consultants, lawyers, law enforcement, military officers, park rangers, policy analysts, public servants, teachers, therapists, scientists, small business owners and more.
Among the many talented alumni of our department are the following:
- Johanna “Mimi” (Dailey) Butler (BA ’86), Co-Owner of Buenos Grill in Reno, NV
- Stephanie Hansen (BA ’99), Plasma Physicist and Senior Scientist in the Pulsed Power Sciences Center of Sandia National Laboratories, and also a Visiting Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Cornell University
- Marcelo Pimentel (MA ’99), Professor of Philosophy at Santiago Canyon College, CA
- Max Alderman (BA ’11), former Marshall Scholar and federal law clerk for the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, now Associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, CA
- Coty Hall (BA ’11), Lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard
- Danielle Davis (BA ’13), Deputy Public Defender for Washoe County Public Defender’s Office
- Mark Mendoza (BA ’13), former Gene Therapy Research Technician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, now Ph.D. student in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Washington