Dylan Andersen

He/Him/His
Interests: Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Hegel
Education: B.A. Aurora University, Philosophy

 

 

Camille Carlson

She/Her/Hers

Interests: Social and Political, Philosophy of Race, Feminist, Phenomenology, Philosophy with activism and justice, Aesthetics

Education:
Currently on the ADP track to receive my B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Marquette University

 

 

Levi Czernik

He/they/her
Interests: Metaphysics, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Marx, 19th century philosophy, Aesthetics
Education:
Associates Degree in Arts from College of DuPage
B.A in Philosophy, Lake Forest College

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 Studies

Heidi Hildeman

She/her/hers

Interests: Existentialism, Ethics, Epistemology, and Metaphysics

Education:
B.A. University of Tennessee, Philosophy

Arthur A. Jaworski

He/Him/His

Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology. What is consciousness? How can we explain it? Is it material, immaterial or possibly both? Can we model it? Most important, can we and should we control it? 
Education:
B.S. Specialized Honors Philosophy, York University (Toronto)
Honors BA English, York University (Toronto)

 

 

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.

Noah Levine

He/Him/His

Interests: Social and Applied Philosophy (SOAP)
Education: B.A.  Furman University (Greenville, SC), Philosophy

 

 

Damon Paffenroth 

Interests: Ancient Greeks, Neoplatonism, Phenomenology

Education:
B.A. Cal State Long Beach

 

 

 

 

Corena Smith

She/her/hers

Interests: Phenomenology, Critical Race and Ethnicity, Black Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality, and Prison Abolition Studies.

Education: ADP track for a B.A. in Philosophy with minors in Social Welfare and Justice & Criminology and Law Studies in May of 2023. Also on track to receive her M.A. in Social and Applied Philosophy in May of 2024.

 

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   

 

 

Xander Vaughn

He/Him/His

Interests: Phenomenology (French & Critical), Husserl, Kant, & German Idealism
Education: B.A. Boise State University

Bret Zagar

Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Education: B.S. Liberty University

 

 

 

 

 

Not pictured: Shannen Cashman, John Laufenberg, and Marc Orjansen.