UIC Philosophy Graduate Students

Agarwal, Rashi. E-mail: ragarw3 (add @uic.edu)

Balcells, Maria. B.A., Philosophy, Rutgers University (2003). Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Science. E-mail: maribalc (add @uic.edu)

Baxter, Janella Email: jbaxte3 (add @uic.edu)

Betz, Adam Philosophical Interests: Ethics; political philosophy; epistemology; kicking rhymes. E-mail: abetz2 (add @uic.edu)

Brewer, Cameron. E-mail: cabrewer (add @uic.edu)

Casas, Brian. E-mail: acasas4 (add @uic.edu)

Crews-Anderson, Tim. B.A. in Russian Language from Florida State University (1995); M.A. in Philosophy from Georgia State University (2006). Philosophical Interests: Kant (especially the practical side), ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy (especially the Modern Period). E-mail: tcrews3 (add @uic.edu)

D'Alessandro, William B.A., philosophy, Canisius College (Buffalo), 2006; also attended Ph.D. program at University at Buffalo 2007-9. Main interests: Naturalism, philosophical method, logic, philosophy of mathematics (structuralism), philosophy of physics. Other interests: History of analytic philosophy (esp. Quine), poetry, philosophy of language, feminism.E-mail: wdales2 (add @uic.edu)

Dean, Brian. B.A. (1993) LaSalle University, M.A. (1998) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Primary interests: history of early modern philosophy, 17th and early-18th century natural philosophy and philosophy of science. Other interests: history of ethics, philosophy of religion. Dissertation topic: the mathematical and theological background to the Boyle-More debate on the metaphysical foundations of hydrostatics. E-mail: bdean1 (add @uic.edu)

Der, Keziban. E-mail: kder3 (add @uic.edu)

Dolnick, Alexander. E-mail: adolni1 (add @uic.edu)

Fallah, Kamran. E-mail: kfalla2 (add @uic.edu)

Farley, Robert. E-mail: rfarle2 (add @uic.edu)

Fischer, Robert. B.A. (2004) SUNY Geneseo, M.A. (2006) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Interests: Metaphysics, Modal Epistemology. E-mail: rfisch3 (add @uic.edu)

Gibson, Tina. B.A., Philosophy and Political Science, Aurora University (1997); M.A., Philosophy, Northern Illinois University (1999). Philosophical Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political philosophy. E-mail: tfende1 (add @uic.edu)

Gordon, Jessica. B.A., Philosophy, Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.) (2004); MA, Philosophy, UIC (2008). Philosophical Interests: Early Modern, Metaphysics, Personal Identity, Philosophy of mind. E-mail: jgordo6 (add @uic.edu)

Grigolo, Marcello. E-mail: mgrigo2 (add @uic.edu)

Günes, Itir. B.S., Philosophy, Middle East Technical University (1999); M.A., Philosophy, University of Alberta (2001). Philosophical Interests: History of Philosophy (esp. Ancient & Modern), 19th-20th Century European Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy in/and/of Literature. E-mail: igunes1 (add @uic.edu)

Hanna, Matt. E-mail: mhanna2 (add @uic.edu)

Hotoda, Kei. B.A., Philosophy, University of Chicago (2006). Interests: Aesthetics, political philosophy, ethics. E-mail: khotod2 (add @uic.edu)

Kozma-Paulos, Melissa. E-mail: mkozma (add @uic.edu)

Liou, Mae Lynn. BA, Philosophy, Boston University (2005). Philosophical interests: History of analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein and Quine), epistemology, the philosophy of logic, aesthetics/philosophy of art and literature, Plato. E-mail: mliou2 (add @uic.edu)

Martin, Barbara. Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy. E-mail: bmarti13 (add @uic.edu)

Martin, Ken. E-mail: kmarti4 (add @uic.edu)

Morris, Sean. B.A., History and Philosophy, Boston University (2001); M.A. History, Boston University (2001); M.Phil. Philosophy, University of St. Andrews (2005). Philosophical Interests: Logic and Foundations of Mathematics, Quine. Email: smorri7 (add @uic.edu).

Motoarca, Radu. E-mail: imotoa2 (add @uic.edu)

Nishimura, Seishu. M.A., Philosophy, Kyoto University (1998); Ph.D., Philosophy, Kyoto University (2004). Philosophical Interests: Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language. E-mail: snishi1 (add @uic.edu)

Norton, Joshua. B.A. Mathematics UCSD (2006). Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Physics and Science, and Epistemology. E-mail: jnorto5 (add @uic.edu)

Ozturk, Burkay. Philosophical Interests: Scientific Method, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mathematics, Logic. Non-Philosophical Interests: History of Technology and Warfare E-mail: boztur2 (add @uic.edu)

Padgett Walsh, Cullen. B.A., Philosophy, Classics, and History, Creighton University (2000). Philosophical Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern. E-mail: cpwalsh (add @uic.edu)

Piel, Isaac. E-mail: ipiel2 (add @uic.edu)

Potts, David. B.A., Univ. of Texas at Austin (1983); M.A., Philosophy, UIC (1986); M.A., Psychology, UIC (1989); Ph.D., Psychology, UIC (1992). Philosophical Interests: Practical Reasoning; Epistemology & Cognition; Philosophy of Psychology; Greek Philosophy. E-mail: dpotts1 (add @uic.edu)

David Schaffer. B.A.s, Philosophy and Religion at Berea College (2002), Ohio University (2005). Philosophy of Action and Practical Reasoning, Philosophy of Mind, Evolutionary Psychology and Dual Process Psychology, Metaethics, Religion. E-mail: dschaf2 (add @uic.edu)

Schmor, Kent. M.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania (2003), B.A., Philosophy, University of British Columbia (2000). Philosophical Interests: History of analytic philosophy (especially Fregean and Carnapian accounts of a priori knowledge, Quinean naturalism, and Quinean holism), Kant's philosophy of science. E-mail: kjschmor (add @uic.edu).

van Dyke, John. Philosphical Interests: Philosophy of Physics. E-mail: jvandy3 (add @uic.edu)

Vatansever Saniye. E-mail: svatan2 (add @uic.edu)

Vistarini, Tiziana. BA/MA in philosophy from University of Rome "La Sapienza" and BS/MS in Math from University Roma Tre. Philosophical Interests: philosophy of math, physics and mind. E-mail: tvista2 (add @uic.edu)

Zarnitsyn, Aleks. M.A., Philosophy, University of Arkansas (2004). Philosophical Interests: Personal Identity and Philosophy of Mind; History of Analytic Philosophy, Wittgenstein. Email: azarni2 (add @uic.edu)

Contact Information

Department of Philosophy, MC 267, 1423 University Hall, 601 South Morgan Street, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607-7114; Fax: (312) 413-2093; Phone: (312) 996-3022. For e-mail addresses for UIC Philosophy graduate students, see listing above.