People Type: Graduate Students

Orme, Callum

Biography Callum received a B.A. in philosophy and English from Temple University. He is interested in early modern philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of mind.

Orr, Avery

Biography Avery’s primary interests are in epistemology, both formal and informal; he is also interested in the philosophy of science and logic. Before coming to Wisconsin, Avery earned his BA in philosophy at Idaho State University. Outside of the classroom, you might catch Avery running, reading, or playing video games with his wife.

Pai, Varsha

Biography Varsha holds Masters’ degrees in Philosophy from the University of Hyderabad and Simon Fraser University. Her primary areas of interest are pragmatics, and social and normative epistemology.

Pelletier, Julia

Biography Julia received her BS in biology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and her MA in philosophy at UW-Milwaukee. Academically, she is interested in philosophy of biology, New England Transcendentalism, Buddhist metaphysics, and American pragmatics. Outside of academics, she loves skiing, movies, and hanging out with friends!

Qadri, Riza

Biography Riza has an advanced bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Ashoka University. Her interests lie in aesthetics and the history of philosophy.

Quek, Kenneth

Biography Kenneth received a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His philosophical interests lie in metaethics (especially moral psychology), Chinese philosophy, and metaphysical explanation, as well as their intersections. Currently, he is working on questions surrounding moral self-improvement and redemption. When he is not doing philosophy, Kenneth is often either doing archery, …

Rufener , Casey

Rydzewski, Monika

Biography Monika received her BA in philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Her primary research interests are within the philosophy of language, social and feminist philosophy, social epistemology, as well as logic. Monika’s greatest wish is to expand on the areas she’s looked into as part of her undergrad thesis: modes of conversation, social dialogue, …

Sabera, Tashmia

Tashmia Sabera studied law at the University of Dhaka and then joined academia in Bangladesh. She has a deep passion for teaching Jurisprudence and researching distributive justice and freedom of expression. She earned an LLM in Human Rights from Central European University and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her current …

Schultze, Xavier

Biography Xavier graduated from UW Madison in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in both biology and philosophy and has since returned to further study the latter. Though broadly interested in ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of science, his recent focus combines his love of creative arts with an emphasis on fairness to explore the ethics of …