Current Students M.A. in Philosophy
Aziz Alfailakawi
He/him/they/them
Interests: Applied Ethics, Existentialism and Phenomenology, and Philosophy of Education
Education: B.S. Marquette University
Felix Breitbarth
He/him/his
Interests: Social and applied ethics, with a focus in the overlap between ethics-as-lived and ontology; propaganda ethics; the comparison of differential ethical approaches between socio-political groups; existentialism and religion and mythology; sex/gender/sexuality.
Education:
B.A. Eureka College, Philosophy and Religion, with a minor in Psychology
Associate of Arts, Illinois Central College, Philosophy
Roy Chamorro Pinel
They/them/theirs
Interests: Personhood, Personal Identity, Agency
Education:
B.A. in Philosophy from U.C. Riverside
Other: Current PGSA Representative
Ayala Edouard 
They/them/theirs
Interests: Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy, and Environmental Ethics
Education: B.A. in International Studies and Social Science from
Stetson University
Matthew Friesner
He/him
Interests: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics
Education:
B.A. Creighton University, Psychology
M.A. University of Bonn, Theology and Ecumenical Studie
Heidi Hildeman
She/her/hers
Interests: Existentialism, Ethics, Epistemology, and Metaphysics
Education:
B.A. University of Tennessee, Philosophy
Edi Kuhn 
They/them/theirs
Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Personal Identity, Ethics.
Education:
B.A. Marquette University, Philosophy and Psychology
B.S. Marquette University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Science
Fun Fact: I moved to Oregon and will complete the program remotely.
Jonathan Lang
Interests: Moral & Ethical Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Scholasticism
Education:
B.S. United States Coast Guard Academy, Government
M.A. Franciscan University of Steubenville, Theology & Christian Ministry
I am an active-duty Coast Guard Officer studying in preparation to teach Moral & Ethical Philosophy at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Damon Paffenroth
Interests: Ancient Greeks, Neoplatonism, Phenomenology
Education:
B.A. Cal State Long Beach
Gwendalynn Roebke
They/them/theirs
Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action, Social Epistemology, Decolonial Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Education:
B.A. CU Boulder, Distributed Studies Magna Cum Laude
Fun things: 1st full length poetry collection, A Bruxist Manifesto, published Fall of 2021
Andrew Spease
He/him/his
Interests: Absurdism, Atheist Existentialism, Western Marxism, Buddhist and Daoist Philosophy
Education:
B.A. High Point University, Philosophy,
Wynne Thom
They/them
Interests: Posthumanism and Semiotics
Education:
B.A. Marquette University, Philosophy, Classics,
Quote: Today, as our machines approach human competence across the board, our stone-age biology and our information age lives grow ever more mismatched. Hans Moravec, Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind.
John Tigatiga
Interests: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, and Ancient Philosophy.
Education:
B.A. Jordan University Collage- Tanzania East Africa, Philosophy
B.A. Jordan University Collage- Tanzania East Africa, Theology
Xuan Yang
Interests: Neoplatonism Philosophy and Metaphysics
Education: Gordon College, double-major, mathematics, and philosophy
Not pictured: Shannen Cashman, John Laufenberg, Eric Miller, and Marc Orjansen.