Graduate Students

Noel Alphonse joins us from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he received a BA in political science and philosophy and a Master of Public Administration.  His philosophical interests include meta-ethics, epistemology and philosophy of science.

Kristin Borgwald comes to the department from Webster University in St. Louis where she received her B.A. in philosophy and social science. She also completed a certificate in practical and interdisciplinary ethics and a certificate in leadership studies. Her philosophical interests include ethics, applied ethics (specifically bioethics), and feminist theory.

Ben Burgis comes to us from Western Michigan University, where he completed his M.A. in Philosophy in 2005. His philosophical interests include logic and the ontology of time.

Jane Casillo received her B.A. in Philosophy in 2006 from our own University of Miami. Her philosophical interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of literature as well as philosophical theories of language.

Dan Cohen has joined the department as the recipient of a prestigious University of Miami Fellowship. He received his B.A. from the College of Wooster in 2006, and he is especially interested in pursuing questions in ethics, philosophy of psychology and philosophy of mind.
 

Micah Dugas received his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2007. He has a particular interest in epistemology, among other areas of philosophy, and has just published a paper in Episteme.

Daniel Hampikian comes to us from Georgia State University, where he completed his B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Philosophy in 2006. He wrote an Honors Thesis on Confucius and Aristotle, and his current interests have moved to the contemporary scene, particularly to philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.

Fredrik Haraldsen arrives from Norway where he had been pursuing a dual career as a philosophy graduate student and a professional cross-country skiing coach. He received his masters degree from the University of Oslo in spring 2005, with a thesis concerned with questions arising at the intersection between theories of meaning and epistemology. His primary interests are the philosophy of language and philosophy of logic.
 

Kristjan Laasik joins us from the University of Tartu, Estonia, where he received his B.A. and M.A. in philosophy.  His philosophical interests include the philosophy of mind and phenomenology.

Mirlene Leyva received her B.A. in Philosophy in 2007 from our own University of Miami. She is passionate and curious about all areas of philosophy, from philosophy of language to aesthetics.

Wilson Man Wai Ho comes to us from the University of Hong Kong, where he completed his B.A. in Philosophy in 2008. He has many philosophical interests, but metaphysics has a special place in his heart.

Brian Mondy joins the department from Bethel College in St. Paul, MN, where he received his B.A. in philsosphy.  He is interested in a variety of philosophical areas including epistemology, and ethical theory.

Robin Neiman received her M.A. in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia in 2006. Her philosophical interests include causation, rationality, and practical reasoning. She has recently presented a paper on conceptual relativity at the Miami Forum.

Philipp Schwind arrives from Germany. In 2007, he received his M.A. from the University of St. Andrews in the UK. He has special interests in ethics and metaethics, and has recently presented a paper on moral particularism at the Miami Forum.

Mark Warren comes to us from Amarillo, Texas.  He received his B.A. in philosophy at Texas Tech University, where both Dr. Thomasson and Dr. Lewis were teaching at the time. After graduating, he spent several years teaching English in Japan and traveling around Asia. His current interests include the philosophy of mind and metaethics.
 

Jacob Wilkins received his B.A. in Philosophy and in History from Missouri Baptist College in 2008. Every area in philosophy interests him, but he is particularly intrigued by logic and its philosophy.

Aaron Wilson received his B.A. (magna cum laude) in philosophy from Boston University. His central interests are in the philosophies of American Pragmatists Charles S. Peirce and John Dewey. He is also interested in various questions concerning the relation between mind and world, from the epistemological to the metaphysical. He dabs a little into ethics as well.

Nick Wiltsher arrives from the UK, where in 2006 he concluded his M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. His main philosophical interest is on aesthetics, and in particular on the way in which theories of imagination can inform how we appreciate a painting, a piece of literature or a play. He is also interested in Sartre’s theory of imagination.

David Anderson
Richard Billings
Raul DeVelasco
Sarah Dundorf
David Hodge
Michael Hurlburt
Ryan Lake
Michael McCracken
Shelley Miller
Shane Oakley
Meggan Payne
Jonathan Quianzon
 

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