Graduate Students

Abi Anima
Abi Anima

Name: Abi Anima
Degree: B.A. Philosophy and Microbiology, Cornell University 
Specialization: Ethics of Parenting
Competence: Contemporary Applied Ethics
Advisor: Anja Karnein
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J. Spencer Atkins
J. Spencer Atkins
Name: J. Spencer Atkins
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; B.A. Philosophy and English, University of Tennessee, Martin 
Specialization: Ethics, Epistemology, Ethics of Belief
Competence: Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
Dissertation: "Moral Encroachment as Interest-Dependent Contextualism: New Arguments in the New Ethics of Belief"
Advisor: Christopher Morgan-Knapp
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Spencer Beaudette
Spencer Beaudette
Name: Spencer Beaudette
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, San Francisco State University; B.A. Math and Philosophy, University of Washington  
Specialization: Liberal and Democratic Political Philosophy, International Justice, Migration, Normative Theory 
Competence: Ethical and Metaethical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy
Advisor: Anthony Reeves
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Jason Bond
Jason Bond
Name: Jason Bond
Degree: B.A. Philosophy, Texas A&M University
Specialization: Ethics, Genocide and Perpetrator Studies
Competence: Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy (19th Century), Buddhist Philosophy, Environmental Ethics
Advisor: Max Pensky

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Cullin Brown
Cullin Brown
Name: Cullin Brown
Degree: B.A. Philosophy and Physics, Minor in German, Case Western Reserve University
Specialization: Ethics, Metaethics
Competence: Environmental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy 
Advisor: Lisa Tessman
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James Carr
James Carr
Name: James Carr
Degree:
M.A. in Ethics and Applied Philosophy, UNC Charlotte; B.A. Philosophy, UNC Charlotte 
Specialization:
Social and Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Feminist Theory, Philosophy of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Advisor:
Robert Guay


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Pureum Chae
Name: Pureum Chae
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, Seoul National University; B.A. Philosophy & Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University
Areas of Interest: Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Critical Theory (esp. the Frankfurt School), Applied Ethics


Kanika Chawla
Kanika Chawla

Name: Kanika Chawla
Degree:
M.A. Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India; B.A. English, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Specialization:
Buddhist philosophy, Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology.
Competence:
Existentialism, Phenomenology and Ethics.
Dissertation:
"Mental Simples and Phenomenal Unity: Debates in the Later Yog膩c膩ra Philosophy (with special reference to 艢膩ntarak峁ta, Ratn膩kara艣膩nti and J帽膩na艣r墨mitra)"
Advisor:
Charles Goodman

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Zih-Syuan  (Tom) Chiu
Zih-Syuan (Tom) Chiu
Name: Zih-Syuan (Tom) Chiu
Degree: M.A. in Philosophy, National Taiwan University; B.A. in Philosophy, National Taiwan University
Areas of Interest: Ancient Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Social and Political Philosophy, 19th and 20th Century German Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology
Dissertation: "Anger and Virtue in Plato and Aristotle"
Advisor:
Mateo Duque
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Tyler Cosmer
Tyler Cosmer
Name: Tyler Cosmer
Degree: M.S. Bioethics, Columbia University, B.A. Economics, Boston College
Specialization: Kant, Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory
Competence: Ethics, History of Western Philosophy, Aesthetics
Advisor: Melissa Zinkin
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Joey DeLeone
Joey DeLeone
Name: Joseph (Joey) DeLeone
Degree: M.S. Bioethics, Albany Medical College; B.A. Philosophy and Biological Sciences, 91社区
Areas of Interest: Bioethics, Intergenerational Justice, Non-Identity Problem
Advisor: Anja Karnein


 Ariadne Dubus
Ariadne Dubus
Name: Ariadne Dubus
Degree: M.A. Brandeis University; B.A. Philosophy, Minor in English, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Specialization: Feminist Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
Competence: Feminist Ethics, Oppression Studies, sex and gender
Advisor: Melissa Zinkin
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Scott Gordon
Scott Gordon

Name: Scott Gordon
Degree: B.A., The College of Wooster; M.A., 91社区
Specialization: Continental Philosophy (19th and 20th Century), Buddhist Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Competence: Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Metaethics, Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy
Advisor: Christopher Morgan-Knapp
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Jonathan P. Hagofsky
Jonathan P. Hagofsky
Name: Jonathan P. Hagofsky
Degree: M.A. Social, Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy, 91社区; B.A. Philosophy, Classics, English, Bucknell University
Advisor: Anthony Reeves
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Nadia Haroun Mahdavi
Nadia Haroun Mahdavi
Name: Nadia Haroun Mahdavi
Degree: BA History/ Pre-Law, Philosophy (Marywood University) 
Interest: Social and Ethical Philosophy
Competence: Bioethics
Advisor: Anja Karnein
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Name: Samuel Jonathan
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, University of Oklahoma; B.A., M.A. Philosophy, Universitas Indonesia
Areas of Interest: Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race


Mert Karaca
Mert Karaca
Name: Mert Karaca
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, Georgia State University; B.S. Sociology, Middle East Technical University
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy, Political Economy
Competence: Ethics, Philosophy of Law
Dissertation: "Essays on Ideology, Class Consciousness, and Social Change"
Advisor: Rebecca Harrison
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James C. Lethbridge
James C. Lethbridge
Name: James C. Lethbridge
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, University of Toledo; B.A. Philosophy, Minor in History, Bloomfield College; A.A. Liberal Arts, Sussex County Community College
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy
Competence: Ethics, American Philosophy, American Intellectual History, Philosophy of Religion
Advisor: Mattias Iser
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Vincent Li
Vincent Li
Name: Vincent Li
Degree: M.A. Philosophy University of Georgia; B.A. Philosophy University of Georgia 
Specialization: Political Philosophy, Poststructuralist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Advisor: Robert Guay 
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Aakanksha Mansukhani
Aakanksha Mansukhani
Name: Aakanksha Mansukhani
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, Manipal Centre for Humanities (MCH), Manipal, India; B.A. Political Science, Minor in International Relations, and Law, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA), Pune, India
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy; Continental Philosophy (19th and 20th Century)
Competence: Ethics, History of Western Philosophy, Modern Indian Political Thought, Asian Philosophy 
Advisor: Max Pensky
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William Moix
William Moix
Name: William Moix
Degree: B.S. in Philosophy & Sociology from University of Central Arkansas (UCA); M.A. in Philosophy from University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (UARK)
Specialization: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Race and Gender, and Ethics
Competence: Social & Political Philosophy and Feminist Philosophy
Advisor: Rebecca Harrison
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David Nejezchleba
Name: David Nejezchleba
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, Brandeis University; B.A. Philosophy, Minor in English, Mount Holyoke College
Areas of Interest: Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Race and Gender, Social Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology
Advisor: Jordan Pascoe


Adam Renner
Adam Renner
Name: Adam Renner
Degree: M.A. Ancient History, Newcastle University; M.A. Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs, American University; B.A. History, Philosophy, Classics, Anderson University
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy
Competence: Political Economy, Theories of Violence
Advisor: Anthony Reeves
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Madeleine Taylor
Madeleine Taylor
Name: Madeleine Taylor
Degree:
B.A. Philosophy and Comparative Religion, Minor in French, Drew University
Specialization:
Feminist Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Ethics
Advisor:
Jordan Pascoe
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Andrew Towers
Andrew Towers
Name: Andrew Towers
Degree: M.A. Philosophy, Gonzaga University; B.A. Philosophy, minor in Religious Studies, Indiana University鈥揚urdue University Fort Wayne
Specialization: Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Consciousness, Comparative Philosophy
Competence: Ethics, Phenomenology, Pragmatism
Advisor: Charles Goodman
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