æz ʌv ðɪs fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvəntˌiːn, tʃˈɜːtʃlənd ɪz ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd æz pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ɪmˈɛɹɪɾəs æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, sˌæn dɪˈeɪɡoʊ, wˌɛɹ hiː ˈɜːlɪɚ hˈɛld ðə vˈælts fˈæmɪli ɛndˈaʊd tʃˈɛɹ ɪn fɪlˈɑːsəfi θɹuː tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪlˈɛvən, ænd kəntˈɪnjuːz tʊ ɐpˈɪɹ æz ɐ fɪlˈɑːsəfi fˈækəlti mˈɛmbɚɹ ɔnðɪ ˈʌksd ˌɪntɚdˈɪsɪplˌɪnɛɹi pˌiːˈeɪtʃ.dˈiː. pɹˈoʊɡɹæm ɪn kˈɑːɡnᵻtˌɪv sˈaɪəns ænd wɪððɪ ɐfˈɪlɪˌeɪɾᵻd fˈækəlti ʌvðɪ ˈʌksd ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt fɔːɹ nˈʊɹɹəl kˌɑːmpjuːtˈeɪʃən.
As of this February 2017, Churchland is recognised as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, where he earlier held the Valtz Family Endowed Chair in Philosophy (through 2011), and continues to appear as a philosophy faculty member on the UCSD Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Cognitive Science and with the affiliated faculty of the UCSD Institute for Neural Computation.