Current Students M.A. in Philosophy
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.