Graduate Student Profiles
Marco Aurelio Sousa Alves
* B.A., M.A., Philosophy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
* marcoaurelioalves@yahoo.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind (Perception)
Derek Anderson
* BA, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Rutgers University
* Derek.e.anderson@gmail.com
* Research interests: Mind, Language, Logic
Alex Baia
* BA, Philosophy, BS, Comp Science, University of Colorado-Boulder
* alex.baia@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language
Brian Battiste
* BA, PHL/Classics, U of Cincinnati
* brian.battiste@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient
John Bengson
* BA, Boston University; MA, University of Wyoming
* johnbengson@gmail.com
* Research interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
Nora Berenstain
* BA, Brandeis University
* nberenstain@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics
David Bernard
* BA, Vassar
* bernarddv37@gmail.com
* Research interests: Law, (JD/PHD)
Tomas Bogardus
* BS, Biology, UCSD; MA, Biola
* tomasb@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Mind
Georgui Bronnikov
* BA, Russian State U
* yura.bronnikov@gmail.com
* Research interests: Logic
Joseph B. Bullock
* BS EE, Cal Poly, SLO; MTS, Emory University; MA, GSU
* joe.bullock@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient
Danielle Carducci
* BA, Notre Dame; MA, Western Michigan University
* Danielle@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient
Renee Chechik
* BA, NYU
* renee.chechik@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Logic, History
Mina Fei-Ting Chen
* B.L., Laws; M. A., Philosophy, National Taiwan University
* feiting_chen@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Hsiang-Yun Chen
* B.A., English/Philosophy, National Taiwan University
* hsiangyun@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Language
Janice Chik
* AB, Princeton
* jchik@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, History of Philosophy
Young Kee Cho
* B.A., M.A., Sogang University
* Research interests: Philosophical Logic, Plato's later philosophy
Blinn Combs
* B.A. Carleton College
* blinnc@aol.com
* Research interests: Ancient philosophy - particularly Plato's late ontology; Continental philosophy - particularly 19th and 20th century German Philosophy
Brian Cutter
* BA, Whitman College
* cutterbc@gmail.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Language, Logic
Matthew Dasti
* BA, History and Philosophy from Rutgers University
* matthewdasti@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Indian Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Epistemology
Talia D'Abramo
* BA, UCBerkeley, MA, Tufts
* talia.dabramo@gmail.com
* Research interests: Language, Metaethics
Stephen Davey
* BS, Business Admin., Washington U-St. Louis
* daveys@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ethics, Legal Philosophy
Richard Lawton Davis
* BA, Mercer University; MA, Theology, Duke
* richardlawtondavis@gmail.com
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophical Theology
Jeremy Evans
* BA, U of Iowa, MA, Duke
* jeremyevans1@gmail.com
* Research interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology
Anders Floor
* B.A., Mathematics & Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University; MA, Philosophy, UT Austin
* afloor@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Logic and Language
David Frank
* BA, Yale
* davidfrank@mail.utexas.edu
* Research Interests: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Social Science, Ethics
Enrico Grube
* Magister, University of Tübingen
* grube@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics
Alex Grzankowski
* B.A., Cornell University, Philosophy
* alex.grzankowski@gmail.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind
Chelsea-Anne Harrington
* BA, U of CA-Berkeley
* chelsea.anne@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Applied Ethics, Meta Ethics and Moral Psychology
Ivan Heyman
* BA, U of Washington
* iwh@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient
Travis Hobbs
* BA, Texas A&M University, College Station; MA, Northern Illinois University
* twhobbs@yahoo.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind (Content/Intentionality)
Garrett Holmes
* BA, Dartmouth; MA, University College, London
* gholmes@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ethics, Epistemology
Ivan Hu
* BA, UC Berkeley
* ivanjhu@gmail.com
* Research interests: Language, Mind
Julie Hunter
* BA, UT
* jhunter@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Language
Woo-Young Hwang
* BA, Educational Technology, Ewha University; MA, Seoul National University
* wooyoungh@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind (Perception), Aesthetics
David Ivy
* BA, Texas State; MA, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
* jdivy@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Metaphysics
Steven James
* BA, PHL/Psych, U of Colorado
* steven.james@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Mind, Metaphysics, Ethics
Tristan Johnson
* BA, UC-Davis
* tristanshawnjohnson@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Logic
C. Malcolm Keating
* BA, English/Spanish, Grove City College; MA, Philosophy, University of Missouri at St. Louis
* c.malcolm.keating@gmail.com
* Research interests: Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Language/Mind
Guha Krishnamurthi
* BS, MS, Mathematics, U of Michigan; MA, Philosophy, U Texas
* gvngki@gmail.com
* Research interests: Logic, Indian Philosophy, Epistemology, Jurisprudence
Eric Larson
* BA, Whitworth, MA, UT
* elars@kmsventures.com
* Research interests: PHL of Language/Mind
Leah Lasell
* BA, University of Chicago, MA St. John's
* leahulrich@yahoo.com
* Research interests: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Logic
Harlan Duane Long
* BA, PHL, BA, Psych., BA, Sociology, IA State U of Science & Tech.; MA, UC Riverside
*duane.long@mail.utexas.edu
*Research interests: Ancient, Ethics
Jeremy Lupo
* BA Colgate
* j.lupo@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind
Nick Mantegani
* BA, University of Texas
* manteganin@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Early Modern Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy
Aidan McGlynn
* MA, MLitt, St Andrews
* a.mcglynn@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Epistemology, Language, Logic
Brian Miller
* BA, Appalachian State University Boone; MA, Univ. CO-Boulder
* brian.miller@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Epistemology, Language, Logic
Jenn Neilson
* BA, MA, University of British Columbia
* jenn.neilson(at)mail.utexas(dot)edu
* Research interests: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Law
Ian Nyberg
* BA, St. John's; MA, UT
* inyberg@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Epistemology
Katherine Oakley
* BA, Linguistics, Wesleyan
* kloakley@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Political, PHL of Mind and Language
Matthew O'Brien
* BA, Princeton University; Post-Bacc. in Classics, University of Pennsylvania
* matthew.obrien@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Jurisprudence, Political Theory, and Aesthetics
David Palmer
* BS, Psychology, University of York; MA, University of London
* davidpalmer@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind, Early Greek and Chinese philosophy, Camus
Katherine Piatti
* BA, SUNY, MA, Political Science, University of IL
* kpiatti@gmail.com
* Research interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics
Bryan Pickel
* BS, Mathematics, BA Philosophy UT Austin
* bpickel@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, History of Analytic Philosophy
Jeffrey Pote
* BA, PHL/Eco, U of North Carolina
* jrpote@gmail.com
* Research interests: Ethics, Political PHL, Law
Christopher Raymond
* A.B. Philosophy, Brown University
* ccraymond@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th Century German Philosophy, Ethics, Aesthetics
Katherine Ritchie
* BA, Lewis and Clark
* k.c.ritchie@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language
Conor Roddy
* BA, Trinity College, Dublin; MA, University of Hawaii at Manoa
* conor_roddy@yahoo.com
* Research interests: Nietzsche, Continental Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Environmental Ethics
Michael Sevel
* BA, University of Southern Miss.; MA, Virginia Tech
* msevel@gmail.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Ancient (JD/PHD)
James Sherman
* AB, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, University of Chicago
* j-sherman@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Action, Political Philosophy, Metaethics
Soyoung Shim
* BS, Clothing and Textiles, Seoul National University; BS, Computer Engineering, Seoul National University; MA: Cognitive Science, Seoul National University
* syshim@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind
Christopher Simpson
* B.A. Philosophy/History, Southern Methodist University
* chrissimpson@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Free Will, Moral Psychology
Graham Smith
* B.S. Physics, B.S. Philosophy, Utah State University; M.S. Electrical Engineering, M.S. Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison; M.A. Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin; J.D., University of Texas Law School
*gps@grahampsmith.com
* Research interests: Legal Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Kevin Smith
*BA, NYU
*kwsmith@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind
Paul Smith
* BA, Middle Eastern Languages and Affairs, Brigham Young University; MS, Middle East Concentration, 1993, Defense Intelligence College
* phsmith@rviewer.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Mind (especially mental causation); consciousness; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Parapsychology
Jessalyn Starbuck
*BA, USC
* jstarbuck@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Science
Siwing (Ivy) Tsoi
* BA, PHL/BIO, Cornell; MA Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
* stsoi@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
Jonathan Vanderhoek
* B.A., Philosophy, Calvin College
* jlv@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaethics, Kant, 19th Century German Philosophy
Eric Vogelstein
* B.A. Brandeis University
* evogelstein@yahoo.com
* Research interests: Philosophy of Religion, Continental, varied
Glenavin White
* BA, PHL/History, Swarthmore
* glenavinwhite@gmail.com
* Research interests: Ethics
Malte Willer
* BA, MA, University of Munich
* willer@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic
Briggs Wright
* BA, U of Virginia; MA, Philosophy, University College,London
* briggswright@mail.utexas.edu
* Research interests: Metaphysics
