PhD Students
Denise Griffin
Research Interests
Bioethics, Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
Education
MA in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA in Philosophy, Brown University
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Richard F. Mosher
Research Interests
Animal Rights/Environmental Law
Education
DA in Philosophy/Political Theory, University at Albany
MSEL in Environmental Law, Vermont Law School
MA in Philosophy, Stony Brook University
BA in English Literature, Pace University
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Yulin Wu
Research Interests
Applied Ethics, AI Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Education
BA in Philosophy, Xiamen University
MA in Philosophy, National Central University
Caelan D. Knapp
Research Interests
Technology ethics, ethics, artificial intelligence, moral psychology
Education
BA in Psychology, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany
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Jack Jia
Research Interests
Political philosophy, philosophy of language
Education
BE in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
MA in Philosophy, Stony Brook University
Jennifer Eby
Research Interests
Feminist Philosophy, Political/Social Philosophy, Ethics
Education
BA in Philosophy
University at Albany
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany
Jonah Ford
Research Interests
Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Queer Theory, Critical Theory, Monster Theory/Philosophy of Horror
Education
Masters of Theological Studies
Boston University School of Theology
BA in Religious Studies, Eastern Nazarene College
Markae Johnson
Research Interests
Bioethics, clinical ethics, feminism, philosophy of science
Education
AS in Business Administration, Hudson Valley Community College
BS in Biology, University at Albany
MS in Bioethics, Clarkson University
Damian Masterson
Research Interests
Adam Smith’s moral theory and the moral psychology of empathy
Education
BA in Philosophy, SUNY New Paltz
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany
Brian Daly
Research Interests
Epistemology, Ethics, Poetics
Education
BAs in Philosophy and English, Quinnipiac University
Ling Zhang
Research Interests
Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics
Education
MA in Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis
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PhD Candidates
Nick Boles
Research Interests
Kantian Constitutivism, The Innate Right to Freedom, Responding to Moral Skeptics
Education
Central Michigan University, BS, Philosophy & Psychology
Christian Carrozzo
Research Interests
Philosophy of Mind, Neurophilosophy, Neuroethics
Education
George Mason University, BA Philosophy
George Mason University, MA Philosophy
Dissertation Title or Topic
Concepts & Experience
Bailey Cordell
Research Interests
Bioethics, Applied Ethics
Education
BA in Philosophy & Psychology, Pacific University
MS in Bioethics, Clarkson University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany
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Henry Curtis
Research Interests
Bioethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy
Education
University at Albany, MA, Philosophy
Columbia University, MS, Bioethics
Marist College, BA, Philosophy
[email protected]
Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/henry-curtis
Merve Erkal
Research Interests
Ancient Philosophy, Political & Social Philosophy
Education
Istanbul Bilgi University, MA, Human Rights Law
Koç University, BA, Psychology
Koç University, BA, Business Administration
[email protected]
Website: https://bilgi.academia.edu/MerveErkal
Andrew Gill
Research Interests
Moral Psychology / Philosophy of Emotion, Ethical Theory, Experimental Philosophy, Algorithmic Bias, Free Will
Education
University at Albany, MA, Philosophy
College at Brockport, SUNY, BA, Philosophy
College at Brockport, SUNY, BA, Spanish
College at Brockport, SUNY, BS, Psychology
Dissertation Title or Topic
Algorithmic Bias
Elizabeth Quinn Gray
Research Interests
Social & Political Philosophy, Ideal & Non-Ideal Justice Theory, Interpersonal Duties of Justice, Rawls
Education
University at Albany, MA, Philosophy
University at Albany, BA, Philosophy (Minor: Astronomy & Planetary Science)
Colby J. Harvish
Research Interests
Epistemology, Logic and Reasoning, Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Philosophy
Education
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany
BA in Philosophy (Minor: Spanish)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
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Marla Hasin
Research Interests
Animal Rights, Philosophy of Law
Education
BA in Philosophy, Fordham
MA in Philosophy
Thesis Title: Getting Justice for Animals Right: A Role-based Rights Theory
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George Kassimis
Research Interests
Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Action, Moral Psychology
Education
Marist College, BA, Philosophy
Washington State University, MA, Philosophy
Dissertation Title or Topic
Philosophy of Comedy
Kei Yan Leung
Research Interests
Ethics, Practical Ethics
Education
BSc in Physics with a Minor in Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MA in Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MA in Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY
Thesis Title: Wronging Future People
Ilva Llakmani
Research Interests
History of Early Modern Philosophy; Philosophy of science; Metaphysics and epistemology
Education
MS in Biology Neuroscience, University of Hartford
BS in Neuroscience (Minor: Philosophy), Trinity College
Thesis Title: Non-mechanical causation in early moderns
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phdcandidates
MA Students
Jonathyn Coughtry
Research Interests
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Emotions, Scholastic and Medieval Philosophy, the Thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Education
BA, University at Albany
Joel Kapapa
Research Interests
Ethics and Social Political Philosophy
Education
MA philosophy
Thesis Title or Topic
Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership philosophy and the political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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