Robert B Brandom / Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Robert Boyce Brandom

• Addresses
• Personal Data
• Education
• Languages
• Academic Positions
• Departmental and University Service
• Dissertations Directed
• Dissertation Committee Service
• Professional Service


• Publications (separate page, navigable by year)


• Presentations (separate page, navigable by year)

U. S. Citizen, born March 13, 1950.

Married to Barbara Wendeborn Brandom, M.D. (Pediatric Anesthesiologist- Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh; Professor of Anesthesiology- University of Pittsburgh; Director, North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry)

Two sons (Eric, b. 1980, Russell, b. 1982).

Ph.D. Philosophy: 1977, Princeton University

Thesis: Practice and Object
Director: Richard Rorty

Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellow, Princeton, 1975–76

Whiting Fellow, 1974–76

B.A. 1972, Yale University

Summa cum laude
Honors with Exceptional Distinction, Philosophy

Phi Beta Kappa, 1971

English: Native Speaker
German: Reading
French: Reading
Pascal, Prolog, Lisp, Logo, Basic, HTML

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy (University of Pittsburgh, 2007-present)
Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy (University of Pittsburgh, 1998-2007)
Fellow, Center for the Philosophy of Science (University of Pittsburgh, 1977–present)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000-present)
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford University 2002-2003)
Professor, Philosophy Department (University of Pittsburgh, 1991–1998)
Associate Professor, Philosophy Department (University of Pittsburgh, 1981–1990)
Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department (University of Pittsburgh, 1976–1981)

Chairman, Philosophy Department, 1993–1997
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Council, 1995–96
Chair, FAS Humanities Council, 1995–96
Director of Graduate Studies, Philosophy Department, 1989–1993
Graduate Placement Officer, Philosophy Department, 1978–80, 1982, 1984–86
Vice Chairman, Philosophy Department, 1981–83
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Review Committee, Humanities, 1988–90
Academic Integrity Review Board 1986–87
Senate Computer Usage Committee 1984–86
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure Council 1982–83, 1989–90
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty Grants Committee, 1977–81

Lynne Tirrell, Ph.D. 1986
Douglas Butler, Ph.D. 1988
Mark Lance, Ph.D. 1988
Marc Lange, Ph.D. 1990
Irad Kimhi, Ph.D. 1993
Henry Jackman, Ph.D. 1996
Mark McCullagh, Ph.D. 1997
Katarzyna Paprzycka, Ph.D. 1997
David Beisecker, Ph.D. 1999
John MacFarlane, Ph.D. 2000
Douglas Patterson, Ph.D. 2000
Janice Dowell, Ph.D. 2002
Kevin Scharp, Ph.D. 2005
Herb Wilson, Ph.D.
Andrea Rieber, Ph.D.
Jack Fortune, Ph.D.
Kris Duda, Ph. D.
Greg Strom, Ph. D.

Gallagher, Neil. (3/78)
Massey, Barbara (3/79)
Blackburn, Thomas (4/79)
Edelberg, Walter (5/79)
Dau, Paolo (6/80)
Brower, Bruce (4/81)
Brown, M.B. (6/81)
Krall, Catherine (5/82)
Morris, Michael (7/82)
Gauker, Christopher (11/82)
Horty, John (6/83)
Knezevich, Lilly (7/83)
Kremer, Michael (11/83)
Zipursky, Benjamin (3/85)
Hurley, Paul (4/86)
Macbeth, Danielle (11/86)
Williams, Christopher (5/87)
Blattner, William (5/87)
Moore, James (11/87)
Carey, David (12/87)
Van Gelder, Timothy (10/88)
Worley, Sara (2/89)
Finkelstein, David (2/89)
Witherspoon, Edward (10/89)
Vogler, Candace (2/90)
Vasiliou, Iakovos (5/90)
Antonelli, Aldo (5/90)
Green, Mitchell (5/90)
Berry, Tom (8/93)
Helm, Bennett (3/95)
Tenenbaum, Sergio (9/95)
Kremer, Philip (6/94)
Gunnarsson, Logi (9/95)
Xu, Ming (2/96)
Gal, Ofer (HPS - 5/96)
Roberts, John (10/99)
Cohen, Zvi (10/99)
Sterrett, Susan (11/99)
Nagel, Jennifer (4/00)
Pruss, Alexander (4/01)
Tumulty, Maura (4/02)
Shapiro, Lionel (4/04)
Boyle, Matthew (8/05)
Keränen, Jukka (9/05)
Puryear, Stephen (12/05)
Schellenberg, Susanna (9/06)
Begby, Endre (admitted to candidacy 10/05)
Kishida, Kohei (admitted to candidacy 4/07)
Ian Blecher (admitted to candidacy 9/07)
Joshua Stuchlik (admitted to candidacy 12/07)
Alexandra Newton (admitted to candidacy 12/07)
Alp Aker (admitted to candidacy 4/08)

Email Bob: rbrandom+@pitt.edu