People
Graduate Students
Name
| Contact Information | Area(s) of Specialization | Area(s) of Competence |
|---|---|---|---|
Cristina Carrillo Cañas | CristinaCarrillo2014@u.northwestern.edu | Ancient Philosophy (esp. Aristotle) | Moral and Political Philosophy |
![]() Ezra Cook |
ezra.cook@u.northwestern.edu Personal Site |
Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic |
Formal Semantics, Pragmatics |
Raff Donelson |
rcd@u.northwestern.edu | Ethics | Philosophy of Action, Jurisprudence, 20th Century French philosophy |
Ryan Doran |
Philosophy of Language | Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, History of Philosophy | |
| Chelsea Egbert | c6e3u6@u.northwestern.edu | Socio-political, ethics, Marx | |
| Guy Elgat |
Nietzsche and 19th Century German Philosophy, Continental Philosophy (esp. Existentialism) | Modern Philosophy (esp. British Empiricism), Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Pragmatism | |
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AmyFlowerree2011@u.northwestern.edu | Epistemology | Normativity, Metaethics, History of Philosophy |
Deborah Goldgaber |
goldd@u.northwestern.edu | Derrida, French Philosophy | Phenomenology, Husserl, Structuralism, History of Philosophy |
![]() Lee Goldsmith |
leegoldsmith2012@u.northwestern.edu Curriculum Vitae | Heidegger, Philosophy of Language | Kant, Habermas, and Ancient Philosophy |
Derek Green |
DerekGreen2014@u.northwestern.edu | Intentionality, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language | Metaphysics, Epistemology, Kant & German Idealism |
| Marcus Hines | marcushines2016@u.northwestern.edu | Ancient Philosophy | German Philosophy |
Ivan Ivanov |
ivanivanov2010@u.northwestern.edu | Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action | Ethics |
Haewon Jeon |
haewon@u.northwestern.edu | Plato | Political Philosophy, Modern Philosophy |
![]() David Johnson |
davidjohnson2013@u.northwestern.edu | Aesthetics, Critical Theory | 20th Century Continental Philosophy |
Eric Jonas |
EricJonas2016@u.northwestern.edu | French Philosophy (esp. Derrida and Deconstruction) | Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Feminist and Queer Theory, Critical Animal Studies |
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19th and 20th Century, Continental Philosophy | Kant, Ethics |
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NicholasLeonard2017@u.northwestern.edu | Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind | Metaphysics |
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lj.leydonhardy@u.northwestern.edu | Epistemology, Philosophy of Language | Philosophy of Logic, Metaethics |
Oksana Maksymchuk |
o-maksymchuk@northwestern.edu | Ancient Philosophy | Moral Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Ethics |
Rebecca Mason |
Philosophy of Language, Feminism | Epistemology | |
Seth Mayer |
sethmayer2014@u.northwestern.edu Curriculum Vitae | Personal Site |
Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy | History of German Philosophy, Metaethics, and Critical Theory |
| Kurt Mertel | kurtmertel2015@u.northwestern.edu | 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy |
Philosophy of Art |
Matthew Mullins |
m-mullins@u.northwestern.edu Curriculum Vitae | Personal Site |
Epistemology | Philosophy of Language, Cognitive Science, and Early Modern |
Hung Nguyen |
nguyentrh@u.northwestern.edu | Ancient Philosophy (Plato & Socrates) | Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Epistemology, and Ethics |
Carlos Pereira Di Salvo |
Social and Political Philosophy | German Philosophy, Critical Theory, Modern Philosophy, and Logic | |
Alison Peterman |
alisonpeterman@u.northwestern.edu | Early Modern Philosophy | Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Ethics |
![]() Jared Peterson |
JaredPeterson2015@u.northwestern.edu | Epistemology | Metaphysics, Ethics |
Emilie Prattico |
emilieprattico@u.northwestern.edu | Political Philosophy, Critical Theory | Ethics, Applied Ethics |
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Adam Ring |
a-ring@northwestern.edu | Heidegger, German Philosophy | History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Language |
| Daniel Skibra | Epistemology, Philosophy of Language | ||
Wolfhart Totschnig |
wolfhart.totschnig@u.northwestern.edu | Contemporary European Philosophy, Political Philosophy | Ancient Greek Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy |
Daniel Tovar |
danieltovar2008@u.northwestern.edu Personal Site |
Ancient (Aristotle & Plato) | Ethics |
| tyler.zimmer@u.northwestern.edu | Social and Political Philosophy | Philosophy of Social Science, Ethics, Aesthetics |
Affiliated Graduate Students
Name |
Contact Information | Department | Area(s) of Specialization | Area(s) of Competence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Virgil Brower |
Comparative Literary Studies | Kierkegaard, Derrida, Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, L'écriture féminine, Political Theology | Logic, Bioethics, Comparative Religions, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy of Religion, Literary Theory & Criticism | |
Ozge Kocak |
aysekocak2008@u.northwestern.edu | Comparative Literary Studies | German Idealism | Phenomenology, Romanticism, Literary Theory, History of Philosophy |
Visiting Pre-Doctoral Scholars
| Name | Contact Information | Home Institution | Area(s) of Specialization | Area(s) of Competence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber North | an328@cam.ac.uk | Department of Philosophy, Cambridge University | Ethics, Metaethics | Philosophy of Science |
| Aaron Segal | aaron.segal@gmail.com | University of Notre Dame | Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion | Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy, Jewish Philosophy |


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