Kimberly Van Orman
Future Faculty Fellow
Kimberly Van Orman is ITLAL's Future Faculty Fellow, and is currently putting together a program to prepare graduate students for their future roles as faculty members. She is also developing workshops focused on the professional development of graduate students.
A PhD candidate in the Philosophy department she is finishing her dissertation on the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, in particular, pointing out on how assumptions about causation lead to the problem of the explanatory gap in discussions of conscious experience. She has taught at SUNY, Saint Rose, Siena College and most recently with RPI's First Year Studies program. She has also worked with younger students teaching a course on the Philosophy of Mind for John's Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth, and just finished a summer as an Academic Dean for that program.
