People Type: Graduate Students

Seet, Crystal

Biography Crystal received her B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2023. She is primarily interested in metaethics, action, and epistemology.

Siegmund, William

Biography Will completed his bachelor of arts in philosophy at William and Mary in 2019 and a master’s in philosophy at Brandeis in 2022. His primary interests are in political philosophy (at the moment focusing on issues around democracy and criticisms of the Enlightenment), meta-ethical questions about moral epistemology and the authoritative status of moral …

Stahl, Andrew

Biography Andrew received his BA in philosophy from the University of Chicago. He is primarily interested in the history of philosophy, especially Early Modern and Kant, and philosophy of mind

Vessel, David

Biography David got his B.A. in philosophy and his B.S. and M.S. in mathematics at New Mexico State University. His main interests are in ethics, logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of law. In addition to philosophy, he is also studying law at Madison. Outside of academia, he’s probably injuring himself through athletics.

Vulpe, Cristian

Biography Before coming to UW–Madison, Cristian studied in Bucharest, Barcelona, and Milwaukee. He is primarily interested in questions regarding nature of normativity, rationality, and rational agency. Outside of philosophy, he enjoys playing guitar, watching movies, and hitting the tennis court from time to time.

Wang, Jingyi

Biography Jingyi received a BA in philosophy, politics, and economics from Renmin University of China, and an MA in philosophy from Simon Fraser University. Jingyi used to enjoy studying Marxist Political Economy, reading sociology, and Kant. Now Jingyi is broadly interested in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of law. In particular, she wants to explore how …

Yumbe Neri, Patricia

I hold a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from CIDE (Mexico), a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, and a Philosophy MA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. My philosophical interests emerged from fieldwork in immigration and education policy, and from years of feminist activism. My work centers on political philosophy, …

Zeng, Yujie

Biography Yujie is interested in Kant and post-Kantian German Idealism. He also has interests in early modern philosophy and epistemology. Outside philosophy, Yujie enjoys not doing philosophy.

Zeppa, Andrew

Biography Andrew works primarily in philosophy of science. His interests span the philosophy of data and measurement, scientific modeling and representation, causation and explanation, values in science, and issues in moral, political, and social philosophy that pertain to science (e.g., scientific communication, public trust in scientific institutions, and science & technology policy). He also has …