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Andrés Abugattas

Andrés Abugattas

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Language; Metaethics

jaae@u.northwestern.edu

Hande Akyar

Hande Akyar

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Social and Political Philosophy; History of Philosophy; Ethics

HandeAkyar2025@u.northwestern.edu

Nathaly Ardelean Garcia

Nathaly Ardelean Garcia

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Language; Social Philosophy; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Ethics; Political Philosophy

NathalyArdeleanGarcia2024@u.northwestern.edu

Beth Barker

Beth Barker

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Language; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Ethics

BethBarker2024@u.northwestern.edu

Bernardo Barzana

Bernardo Barzana

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Critical Theory; German Idealism; Metaphilosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Aesthetics; Marx; Continental Philosophy

BernardoBarzana2025@u.northwestern.edu

Claire Becerra

Claire Becerra

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Education; Normative Theories of Inquiry; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Social Epistemology; Philosophy of Language

claire.becerra@u.northwestern.edu

Bella Braxton

Bella Braxton

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Mind; Metaphysics

IsabellaBraxton2027@u.northwestern.edu

Dani Breitling

Dani Breitling

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Race; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Political Philosophy; Phenomenology of Race

Dani.Breitling@northwestern.edu

April Chan

April Chan

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Education; Chinese Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy

aprilchan@u.northwestern.edu

Alan Chavoya

Alan Chavoya

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Race; Latin-American Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Social and Political Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy

AlanChavoya2024@u.northwestern.edu

Phedias Christodoulides

Phedias Christodoulides

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Frankfurt School Critical Theory; Kant; German Idealism

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of History; Aesthetics

V7J1P5@u.northwestern.edu

Dominique Codjia

Dominique Codjia

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Race; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Feminist Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Political Philosophy

DominiqueCodjia2025@u.northwestern.edu

Annie Corbitt

Annie Corbitt

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Religion; Early Modern

anncorbitt2020@u.northwestern.edu

Carlos Coronado

Carlos Coronado

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Critical Theory

Area(s) of Competence: Ancient Philosophy; 20th Century; 19th Century

CarlosCoronado2024@u.northwestern.edu

Eskil Elling

Eskil Elling

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Social Philosophy; German Idealism; Critical Theory; Aesthetics

Area(s) of Competence: Kant; Early Modern; 20th Century

EskilElling2023@u.northwestern.edu

Christiana Eltiste

Christiana Eltiste

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Normativity and Critique; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: Feminist Philosophy; Epistemology

ChristianaEltiste2023@u.northwestern.edu

Samuel Filby

Samuel Filby

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Literature; Ethics; Wittgenstein

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Religion; Epistemology

SamuelFilby2025@u.northwestern.edu

Drew Gonzales

Drew Gonzales

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Feminist Philosophy; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Critical Theory

DrewGonzales2027@u.northwestern.edu

Mark Gorthey

Mark Gorthey

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy; Critical Theory; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: German Idealism; Kant; Aesthetics; Hermeneutic Philosophy

MarkGorthey2025@u.northwestern.edu

Kasey Hettig-Rolfe

Kasey Hettig-Rolfe

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Nietzsche; Kant; Hegel

Area(s) of Competence: Ethics; 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy; Existentialism; History of Modern Philosophy

KaseyHettig-Rolfe2023@u.northwestern.edu

Regina Hurley

Regina Hurley

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Metaethics; Social Epistemology; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Feminist Philosophy; Applied Ethics; Early Modern

ReginaHurley2023@u.northwestern.edu

Abigail Iturra

Abigail Iturra

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: German Philosophy; 20th Century; Aesthetics

Area(s) of Competence: Critical Theory; Ancient Philosophy

abigail.iturra@u.northwestern.edu

Jasmine Khin

Jasmine Khin

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

Area(s) of Competence: German Idealism

KhinKhin2024@u.northwestern.edu

Nathan Lauffer

Nathan Lauffer

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Science; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Ethics; Philosophy of Religion; Political Philosophy; Logic

NathanLauffer2022@u.northwestern.edu

Hao Liang

Hao Liang

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: German Philosophy; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Action; Metaethics

haoliang2014@u.northwestern.edu

Whitney Lilly

Whitney Lilly

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Cognitive Science; Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Metaethics; Philosophy of Language

whitneylilly2021@u.northwestern.edu

Kaitlyn Marquis

Kaitlyn Marquis

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Logic

kaitlynmarquis2028@u.northwestern.edu

Mauricio Maluff Masi

Mauricio Maluff Masi

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Critical Theory; Social and Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Race; Latin-American Philosophy; Ethics

mmaluff@u.northwestern.edu

Sydney Maxwell

Sydney Maxwell

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Language; Metaphysics

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Law; Feminist Philosophy; Logic

sydney.maxwell@u.northwestern.edu

Spencer Nabors

Spencer Nabors

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Race; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Phenomenology; Social and Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

SpencerNabors2026@u.northwestern.edu

Alex Papulis

Alex Papulis

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Logic

alexpapulis1.2019@u.northwestern.edu

Spencer Paulson

Spencer Paulson

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology; Philosophy of Mind

Area(s) of Competence: History of Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Political Philosophy; Moral Philosophy

spencerpaulson2023@u.northwestern.edu

Amelia Perkins

Amelia Perkins

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Language; History of Philosophy

AmeliaPerkins2024@u.northwestern.edu

Kathryn Pogin

Kathryn Pogin

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology; Feminist Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Political Philosophy; Social Philosophy

Kathrynpogin2019@u.northwestern.edu

Gisela Reyes

Gisela Reyes

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Philosophy of Race

Area(s) of Competence: Latin-American Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy; Logic

GiselaReyes2024@u.northwestern.edu

Madeleine Roffey

Madeleine Roffey

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Meta-epistemology; Epistemology; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Art; Buddhist Philosophy; Political Philosophy

madeleineroffey2027@u.northwestern.edu

Mohammed Safi

Mohammed Safi

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Islamic Philosophy; Epistemology; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: History of Epistemology; Philosophy of Religion

mohammed.safi@northwestern.edu

Sooraj Saksena

Sooraj Saksena

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ethics; Epistemology; Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Critical Theory; Philosophy of Language

SoorajSaksena2027@u.northwestern.edu

Gabriel Schat

Gabriel Schat

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Marx; Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Aesthetics; German Philosophy; 20th Century; 19th Century

gabrielschat2028@u.northwestern.edu

Carlos Schoof

Carlos Schoof

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy; Modern Philosophy; German Idealism

Area(s) of Competence: Mystical Traditions; Political Philosophy; Epistemology

carlosschoof2028@u.northwestern.edu

Isaac Shur

Isaac Shur

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Ethics; Social Epistemology; Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: AI & Data Ethics; Philosophy of Law; History of Philosophy; Metaethics

isaacshur2027@u.northwestern.edu

Jessica Talamantez

Jessica Talamantez

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Feminist Philosophy; Ethics

Area(s) of Competence: Aesthetics; Critical Theory

JessicaTalamantez2018@u.northwestern.edu

Bijan Terani

Bijan Terani

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Political Philosophy

Area(s) of Competence: Moral Philosophy

bijanterani2028@u.northwestern.edu

Noam Weinreich

Noam Weinreich

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology; Social Epistemology

Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Religion; Aesthetics; Metaethics

noamweinreich2028@u.northwestern.edu

Ken-Terika Zellner

Ken-Terika Zellner

Graduate Student

Area(s) of Specialization: Social Philosophy; Critical Theory

Area(s) of Competence: Marx; Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Race; Feminist Philosophy

Ken-TerikaZellner2025@u.northwestern.edu