Nova PhDs

A forum for grads of Villanova's Philosophy PhD program

Dr. Gregory Hoskins
Dear friends,

I am happy to say that I attended a very successful dissertation defense today. Emily and I drove to Villanova for the day to see Greg — Dr. Hoskins! — defend his work in front of about 35-36 people in SAC 400. He had an impressive presentation followed by a lively q&a session. We all thought that Greg did very well and I was extremely pleased to be there for this event. This is the advantage of being in DC; daytrips to Nova are feasible.

This evening, we joined Greg and a handful of others for drinks at Ludwig's Garten in Philly. We all bought him the Tower Beer special, a gallon of beer in a very tall glass. (Joe should have been there!)

Congratulations to Greg!
Posted by Farhang Erfani on Saturday August 27, 2005 at 12:56am
John Whitmire:
hey, congratulations to Dr. Greg! good job, buddy! and you're a milestone in the villanova program, our 20th PhD! way to go!
8.27.2005 10:14am
Chris Diehm (mail):
Way to go, Greg! I'd love to hear your post-defense reflections--people (like myself) seem to have mixed reactions to the whole thing. For instance, the fact that you will have to turn around immediately and think about getting a job really changes the "celebration" dynamic. I'm sure you have a lot of resources there, but remember that we're all just a click away here if you have questions about the upcoming job search. Congrats!
8.30.2005 11:32pm