Ariane Bakhtiar
PhD student in Philosophy
Ariane's main area of interest is mental health ethics with a focus on opioid addiction and more recently, the right to die for psychiatrized persons.
Michael Cust
PhD student in Philosophy
Michael is interested in political philosophy and philosophy and public-policy. He also plays for the York Lions Baseball Club.
Email: mcust@yorku.ca
Daniel Barron
PhD student in Philosophy
Daniel is interested in Pragmatism & American philosophy, epistemology, feminism & postcolonial philosophy. I am an international student, with BA & MA from University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Email: dbarron@yorku.ca
Jef Delvaux
PhD student in Philosophy
Email: jozefdelvaux@gmail.com
Lauren Edwards
PhD student in Philosophy
Lauren is interested in the question of what it is to live a good life and to be a good person. She thanks feminist philosophy, cognitive science, Buddhist philosophy, and quantum physics for help on this.
Email: laurenea@yorku.ca
Rand Hirmiz
PhD student in Philosophy
Email contact: hirmir@yorku.ca
Alex Leferman
PhD student in Philosophy
My research interests are in philosophy of action, ethics (normative ethics and welfare), and social and political philosophy. I am presently researching the relationship between group action and reasons.
Email contact: aleferma@yorku.ca
Dylan Ludwig
PhD student in Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Conscious and Unconscious Processes, Feminist Philosophy.
Email: dludwig@yorku.ca
Ali Karbalaei Mahdi
PhD student in Philosophy
Email: akmahdi@yorku.ca
Andrew Molas
PhD student in Philosophy
Website
I completed my Honours Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto, where I double-majored in English and Philosophy, and I completed my Masters at York University.
Research Interests: Ethics, Bioethics (particularly issues in mental health), Social and Political Philosophy.
Michael Montess
PhD student in Philosophy
My research interests are in applied ethics, bioethics, environmental philosophy, and social and political philosophy. My dissertation is on the social and political dimensions of the ethics of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM)
Email: mmontess@yorku.ca
Website: www.michaelmontess.com
William O’Shea
PhD student in Philosophy
Email: oshea2@yorku.ca
Rebecca Ring
PhD student in Philosophy
I work on ontological, epistemological and ethical questions of animal being. I am grateful to draw on feminist philosophy and critical theory, various domains of science, and situated knowledge. I am currently researching non-human animal culture, especially cetacean culture.
Email: ringr@yorku.ca
Christina Rothwell
PhD student in Philosophy
Legal Theory, Constitutionalism
Email: rothwecm@yorku.ca
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Fatima Sadek
PhD student in Philosophy
Email: sadek95@gmail.com
Olivia Schuman
PhD student in Philosophy
My research interests are in bioethics, social philosophy, rights theory, political philosophy, and reproduction. I am currently looking at issues related to gamete donation and the "right to know" one's gamete donor.
Email contact: okomoro@yorku.ca
Dylan Skurka
MA student in Philosophy
Dylan is interested in ethics and the meta-ethical concern of establishing a foundation from which we can discern between right and wrong. He has primarily been inspired by Existentialism, Mahayana Buddhism and Hellenistic Philosophy in this pursuit.
Email: dylanskurka@gmail.com
Stephanie Wai
PhD student in Philosophy
Ben Winokur
PhD student in Philosophy
Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind
Areas of Competence: philosophy of language, metaethics, logic
Website: benwinokur.com
Amanda Attar
MA student in Philosophy
I'm interested in Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, and Continental Philosophy. I particularly enjoy studying Heidegger, Spinoza, and Plato.
Email: aattar@yorku.ca
Robert Bakerdjian
MA student in Philosophy
Email: robbie27@my.yorku.ca
John Buchanan
MA student in Philosophy
I'm interested in metaethics, philosophy of action, philosophy of science (both general and physics), and philosophy of language. I also have historical interests in Plato, Francis Bacon, and Kant.
Email: buchanjb@my.yorku.ca
Collin Chepeka
MA student in Philosophy
Collin is an MA student interested in Feminist Ethics, Meta-Ethical Theory, Political Philosophy and Epistemology. Collin has his BA in Honours Philosophy from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
Email: collinc1@yorku.ca
Grace Coffman
MA student in Philosophy
I’m interested in philosophy of mind, applied ethics and morality, animal minds, and animal rights.
Email: coffmang@yorku.ca
Tyler Delmore
MA student in Philosophy
I’m interested in cognitive science, animal minds, child development, and the philosophy of science.
Email: tyler.delmore@gmail.com
Nathan Dyck
MA student in Philosophy
I am particularly interested in working on social epistemology, the philosophy of emotion and political solidarity, but I draw inspiration from many other philosophical areas such as pragmatism, the philosophy of language (especially the later Wittgenstein), continental philosophy and ancient philosophy.
Email: nddyck@gmail.com
Bryan Igreja
MA student in Philosophy
Ethics, metaethics, epistemology, feminist theory...and just about everything else under the philosophical sun.
Email: bryanigreja1@gmail.com
Corina Lee
MA student in Philosophy
I’m interested in practical and applied ethics, philosophy of law, pragmatism, existentialism, philosophy of psychiatry, psychology, and phenomenology; in particular, bioethics, mental health, and addictions. Lover of cats, notebooks, and lists. Executive of Philosophia, Golden Key International Honour Society, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics.
Email: corina01@my.yorku.ca
Nathan Malcolmson
MA student in Philosophy
I am interested in the philosophy of language and its relation to ethics. Anscombe and Wittgenstein stand as my morning and evening stars in this particular endeavour.
Email: nathanmalcomson88@gmail.com
Trung Ngo
MA student in Philosophy
Email: trngo223@gmail.com
Estelle Palao
JD/MA student in Philosophy
Social Epistemology and Forensic Evidence/Expert Testimony, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights, Moral Philosophy and Psychology (including non-human studies), Philosophy of Science, Logic.
Email: epalao@yorku.ca | estellepalao2016@osgoode.yorku.ca
Janice Perri
JD/MA student in Philosophy
Janice is part of the JD/MA in Philosophy joint program. Her interests lie primarily in legal, political, and moral philosophy.
Email: jperri@my.yorku.ca
Daniel Saunders
MA student in Philosophy
I'm interested in philosophy of science with a focus on social ontology, methodological individualism, emergence and evidence–based policy making.
Email: dsaunders406@gmail.com
Jennifer Shields
MA student in Philosophy
Jennifer Shields is passionate about her philosophical endeavors. She is particularly fascinated by the therapeutic nature of philosophy.
Email: jenshields18@gmail.com
Matti Thurlin
MA student in Philosophy
Email: mattithurlin2017@osgoode.yorku.ca
Aaron Weisz
MA student in Philosophy
My Research Interests are in Epistemology and Meta-Epistemology. I am particularly interested in the Epistemology of Disagreement. I would also like to learn more about the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories (and theorists).
Email: aarongluck.ag@gmail.com
Angela Zhao
MA student in Philosophy
I’m interested in feminist philosophy, in particular the social construction of gender. I’m also interested in social epistemology and philosophy of language.
Email: xyzangela@outlook.com