Graduate Students
There are twenty-four students enrolled in our nationally-ranked M.A. program.
The Department of Philosophy is also the home department for some Ph.D. students enrolled in the two doctoral programs with which it is associated:
- The Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT)
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Students whose email addresses are not listed below can be reached at the Philosophy Department's general email address.
M.A. Students
First Year Students (2010-13)
- Areas of philosophical interest: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Epistemology.
- Publication: “A revised evidentialism,” Dialogue (2010, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 45-52).
Amiel Bernal
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Areas of philosophical interest: History of Philosophy, Ethics, Metaethics, and Applied Ethics.
George Hovey | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology.
Cory Johnson | Email | Personal Website
- Areas of philosophical interest: Physics, Ethics, and Logics (or, “Philosophy as practiced by the ancients”).
- Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Kevin Nordby
Areas of philosophical interest: Philosophy of Religion (including natural theology), Metaphysics and Epistemology, Cognitive Phenomenology, and Animal Cognition.
Stephanie Nordby
Areas of philosophical interest: Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics and Epistemology.
Lindley Slipetz | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Philosophy of Science and Logic.
Christopher Stiso | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Neurophilosophy, Philosophy of Mind.
Blake Thompson | Personal Website
Areas of philosophical interest: Metaphysics, Meta-ethics, and Philosophy of Mind.
Second Year Students (2009-12)
Rachel Crowder | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Moral and Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy (especially the modern period).
Matthew Dougherty | Email
Areas of Philosophical Interest: Metaethics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind.
Grace McGee | Email
- Areas of philosophical interest: Ethics, Moral Responsibility, Early Modern Philosophy, History of Moral and Political Philosophy.
- Award: Edward Dodd Award, Washington and Lee University, for Honors Philosophy Thesis “On Empathy in Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Its Role Within a Contractualist Framework.”
Joseph Miller | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Metaethics, Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Mind, and History of Ethics.
Amanda Price | Email
- Areas of philosophical interest: Metaphysics (specifically, ontology, time, and causation), Philosophy of Language (specifically, intentional semantics, biosemantics, and reference), Philosophy of Mind (specifically, representation and intentionality).
- Awards: Scholar of the Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values, Coastal Carolina University, 2006-2008 and Outstanding Student of Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University, 2009.
Erik Svetich | Email
Continuing Students
Nick Perich | Email
- Nick Perich is a continuing M.A. student, currently earning a graduate certificate in “Human-Computer Interaction.”
- Areas of philosophical interest: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Metaethics.
Andrew Valdespino | Email
Areas of interest: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Mind.
Ph.D. Students
Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT)
Ryan Artrip | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, particularly the intersections of existential thought and critical theory.
Holly Jordan | Email
Areas of philosophical interest: Virtue Ethics and Ancient Political Philosophy.
Christian Matheis | Email
Christian Matheis holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.A. in Applied Ethics with minors in Ethnic Studies and Sociology, both from Oregon State University. His research interests include ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, philosophies of community, philosophies of liberation in Latin American thought, feminist critical social theory, anarchism, narrative theory, community organizing, activism and pedagogy.
Publications
- “American Border Crossings: Immigrants, Poverty and Suzanne Pharr's 'Myth of Scarcity.'” Philosophy in the Contemporary World. (Accepted. Forthcoming, Fall 2011)
- “Campus Resources & Supports for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and Staff,” in Gender and Higher Education. Ed. Barbara Bank. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- “Engaging Conflict,” With Larry Roper, in Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession. 5th ed. Ed. Schuh, et al. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
- “Safe Campuses for LGBTQA Students: Systemic Transformation through Re(A)wakened Senior Leaders.” With Susan Rankin and Liz Roosa-Millar, in Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses: A Sourcebook for Evaluating and Enhancing Safety Programs. Ed. Melvin Terell. Sterling: Stylus, 2007.
- “Difference, Power, & Discrimination and Graduate Education: Earning an Advanced Degree in a Fragmented Curriculum.” With Roni Sue, in Teaching for Change. Ed. Jun Xing, et al. Lanham: Lexington, 2007.
- Podcast:“The Ethics of Polyamory and Relationship Diversity: The Complete Series.” From Conversations in Philosophy.
Pamela Mullins-Baker | Email
Pamela Mullins-Baker is a Ph.D. student in the ASPECT program.
Yanka Petkova | Email
Yanka Petkova is a Ph.D. student in the ASPECT program.
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Brandiff Caron | Email
Brandiff Caron's general research interests include science communication, public understandings of science, theory change, philosophy of language, ontopolitics, and punk rock.
Robert Darrow | Email
Robert Darrow is a Ph.D. student in the STS program.
Timothy Jennings | Email
Timothy Jennings is a Ph.D. student in the STS program. He is primarily interested in philosophical and social scientific approaches to emergent technologies, especially biotechnology. He is also engaged in material-semiotic theories such as actor-network theory and cyborg anthropology. Other interests include the artificial-natural distinction, social epistemology, the relationship of facts and values, and the problem of relativism.
Eric Lewis
Eric Lewis is a Ph.D. student in the STS program.
Parissa Moosavi | Email
Parissa Moosavi is a Ph.D. student in the STS program.
Matt Rea | Email
Matt Rea is completing a Ph.D. in STS and teaches in the Department of Philosophy.