Graduate Students

Yunlong Cao he/him

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
B.A., Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests:  Metaphysics, Skepticism, Social Epistemology, Philosophy of A.I., Wittgenstein, Kant. 

Shelby Clipp

Degrees:

M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University
B.S., Philosophy & Electronic Media & Film, Towson University

Research Interests: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of cognitive science, and delusions and other atypical mental states. 

https://shelby-clipp.com  

Rajeev Dutta

Degrees:
B.S., Neuroscience and Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, and Philosophy of Medicine. 

Brett Goss

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics.

Justin E. Greenberg

Degrees:
B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

Research Interests: Perception and memory.

Adrian R. Jacobs

Degrees:
B.A., Philosophy and English, California Baptist University

Research Interests:  Aesthetic Experience, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy, Kierkegaard. 

Cherrish Hardy Jones

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University

Research Interests: Everyday Aesthetics, Environmental Ethics, Social Epistemology. 

 

Michael J. Lara

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, California State University, Long Beach
B.A., Philosophy, California State University, Long Beach

Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Music, Aesthetics, Know-How.

Amanda Lathrop

M.A., Political Economy, University of Sydney
B.A., Philosophy, University of New Hampshire

Research interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Political Economy. 

Andre LeBrun

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Epistemology, Perception, Philosophy of Mind, Early Modern Philosophy, Kant, Wittgenstein.                                        Andre Lebrun

Matthew Madruga   

Degrees:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      J.D., University of Pittsburgh
M.A., Philosophy, San Francisco State University
B.A., Philosophy, St. John's University

Research Interests: Philosophy of Law, Virtue Ethics, Philosophy of A.I., Philosophy of Education, and Chinese Philosophy.

Joshua P. Maffuccio

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Biola University
B.B.A in Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Research Interests: Social Epistemology, Intellectual Virtues, Metaethics.

G. Russell Ming

Degrees:
M.S., Philosophy, University of Glasgow
B.A., Philosophy, California State University, Bakersfield

Research Interests: Epistemology.                                                                                                                                                                             russellming.net

Natalia Nealon

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, San Francisco State University
B.A., Philosophy and Religion, San Francisco State University

Research Interests: Virtue Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics.

Alisha Nesslage she/her

Degrees:
A.A.T., Philosophy, Modesto Junior College
B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Merced                                                                                                                                                          M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Merced                                                                                    

Research Interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy.                                                                                                                                       Alisha Nesslage

Sean J. Park

Degrees:
B.A., Philosophy/Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Interests: Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Skepticism, Philosophy of Language, Wittgenstein.

Nikita Prokhorov

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine                                                                                                                                                                B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

Research Interests: Epistemology, Wittgenstein, Critical Theory, Environmental Philosophy.

Tanuj Raut

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine                                                                                                                                                            B.A., Philosophy and English Literature, University Of Edinburgh

Research Interests: Epistemology, Meta-epistemology, Ethics, History of Analytic Philosophy, Marxist and Feminist Philosophy, and Conceptual Engineering.

Isaac Saldivar

Degrees:
M.D., University of California, Irvine
B.A., Biology, Gonzaga University

Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Bioethics; Existentialism; Metaphysics; History of Philosophy.

Caitlin N. Sanchez

Degrees:
B.A., Sociology, University of California, Irvine

Research Interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of the Mind.

Carl M. Sohmer

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Biola University
B.S., Homiletics, Evangel College

Research Interests: Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Social Ethics, Virtue Theory, Intellectual Virtue.                   https://carlsohmer.academia.edu/

 Julia Stubbs

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Biola Univeristy
B.A., Church Ministries with a minor in Religion & Philosophy, Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Research Interests: Moral Encroachment, Epistemic Injustice, Standpoint Epistemology, Doxastic Wronging, Philosophy of Religion, and issues at the intersection of Epistemology and Ethics. 

Damon Sun he/him

Degrees: BA, Philosophy and Psychology, Kenyon College

Research Interests:  Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Social Ontology, and Philosophy of Law.

Annabelle Tada

Degrees:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    M.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
A.A., English, College of San Mateo

Research Interests: Epistemology, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, and Wittgenstein.

Rachel L. Torres she/her

Degrees:
M.A., Sociology  of Law, International Institute for the Sociology of Law
B.A., Philosophy and Law and Society, University of California at Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Critical Theory.

Roniya M. Yako

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, San Diego State University
B.A., Philosophy & Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego

Research Interests: Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion.

Gustavo Velazquez-Quintana

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY
B.A., Psychology, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Phenomenology.

Yan Zeng he/him

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Sun Yat-Sen University
B.A., Philosophy, Sichuan University

Research Interests: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Experimental Philosophy.

Eyob S. Zewdie

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Biola University - Talbot School of Theology
B.S., Philosophy, Northern Illinois University

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophical Methodology.

Tiffany Zhu

Degrees:
M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University
B.A., Communication Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests: Social Philosophy, AI ethics, Collective ethics, Epistemology.

Joost Ziff

Degrees:
M.Phil., Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
M.A., Philosophy, University of Leiden, Netherlands
B.A., Philosophy, Haverford College, Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Disjunctivism.