Biography Laura Dickey graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2022 with a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.S. in Biology. She specializes in applied ethics, focusing on the use of predictive machine learning in morally relevant decision-making, particularly in the criminal justice system. Laura is dedicated to fostering kindness and intellectual curiosity in higher …
Biography Anton entered the PhD program in 2025. Before coming to UW–Madison, he did graduate work in philosophy at Rice University in Houston and at CEU in Vienna. His interests lie in ethics and political philosophy, especially the ethics of migration. In his free time, he enjoys watching old movies and listening to classical music.
Biography I received my Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and Physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2024. I especially enjoyed ethics, both normative and meta, quantum mechanics, and an independent study on the philosophy of physics, focused on general relativity. My philosophical interests are diverse, but they include examining moral theories, particularly consequentialist ones, …
Biography Eleanor received her BA in philosophy from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her primary philosophical interests are currently in ethics, but she also enjoys working on questions in philosophy of AI, philosophy of mind, and social/political philosophy. Outside of philosophy, Eleanor is an aerialist and dancer.
Biography Thomas received his BA in philosophy from Colorado State University. He is primarily interested in Early Modern philosophy, especially Leibniz, Descartes, and Spinoza. In addition to philosophy, Thomas also enjoys listening to music, reading, and playing tennis.
Biography Liz has as MA in philosophy from Brandeis University and a BA in philosophy and government from the College of William and Mary. She is interested in meta-ethics, practical reasoning, social epistemology, normative ethics, philosophy of education, and animal rights.
Biography Paul received a BS in Philosophy at Towson University in 2009, an MA in Philosophy at Tufts University in 2013, and an MA in History & Philosophy of Science from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2017. Immediately prior to arriving in Madison, Paul was pursuing a joint-PhD in History & Philosophy of Science and Cognitive …
Ivan received a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Houston. His main interest is in early modern philosophy, especially Spinoza. Outside of philosophy, Ivan enjoys swimming and reading.
Biography Wenwen received her BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Renmin University of China, and her MA in Philosophy from both Renmin University of China and the University of Western Ontario. Her primary research interests lie in ethics and political philosophy, especially collective responsibility, social justice and political epistemology. Outside of philosophy, Wenwen enjoys …
Biography Kate received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Iowa in 2020. Her primary area of specialization is metaphysics. She has a doctoral minor in philosophy of mind. She is primarily interested in the intersection between ontology and modal metaphysics. Her dissertation is on material plenitude—the view that (loosely) every possible modal profile is instantiated. …