Current PhD Students

Interests: Medieval/Ancient philosophy, Augustine, Philosophy of Martin Luther, Reformation Christological Debates, Semantics; 

Other interests: running, lifting, cryptocurrency

Education:
B.A. Concordia University, Philosophy
M.A. Biola University, Christian Apologetics  

Jonmarc Bennett

He/Him/His

Interests: Japanese Marxist Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy

Education:
B.A. from California Baptist University
M.A. Loyola Marymount University  

Karolyn Burns

They/them/theirs/Mx.

Interests: Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist Thought, Disability Studies 

Education:
B.A. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Philosophy
Certificate as Pharmacy Technician, Central Piedmont Community College; Certificate as a Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technician Certification Board

Facts: PIKSI Alum and MAP Representative

Marc Choufany

Interests: Epistemology in the analytic tradition, epistemology in German Philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, and Marx), Marxism and Critical Theory, and Philosophy of Mathematics.

Education:
B.S. in Mathematics at the Lebanese University
B.A. in Philosophy at the Lebanese University
M.A. in Philosophy at the American University of Beirut

Alex Dong

She/Her/Hers

Interests: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Theories of Perception, race as a philosophical subject in the context of Asian Experience, Aristotle, ancient Chinese philosophy.

Education:
B.A. University of Oregon
M.A. University of Oregon

Melady Elifritz

She/her or They/them

Interests: Social/Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Phenomenology Topics: economies of power, blame, social responsibility, pregnancy and birth

Education:
B.A. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Philosophy and Gender & Women’s Studies

Elizabeth Flamm

She/her/hers

Interests: Interested in the intersection of social questions of responsibility and political ethics, with individual responsibilities, concepts of subjectivity, and epistemic virtues, especially when considered alongside questions and ideas of moral psychology.

Education: B.A. University of Maryland, College Park Political Science, M.A. Marquette University, Social and Applied Philosophy

Other: Alumni of the Marquette Trinity Fellowship Program (2017)

Matthew Friesner

He/him

Interests:  Philosophy of Religion, Ethics.

Education:
B.A. Creighton University, Psychology
M.A. University of Bonn, Theology and Ecumenical Studies

Trevor Gullion 

Interests: Pragmatism, Marx/Engels, Philosophy of Science, solidarity, political economy, democracy, the State.

Education:
B.A. San Jose State University, Philosophy
M.A. San Jose State University, Philosophy

Ethelane Hepburn

Interests: Queer Theory, Existentialism & Phenomenology, Film and Media Theory, Neurodiversity Studies, Aesthetics, Religious Syncretism.

Education:
M.A. Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University
M.A. Ethics and Applied Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.A. Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Ian Hosbach

They/Them

Interests: 20th Century Continental, Social and Political, Post-structuralism, Phenomenology, Affect Theory, Queer Theory, Marxism.

Education:
B.A. in Philosophy from Appalachian State University
B.S. in Anthropology from Appalachian State University
M.A. in Ethics and Applied Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Sterling Knox

Interests: Agency, Responsibility, Decolonial, Philosophy of Culture. Currently working for MISKWAAGAMIIWI – ZAAGAIGANING (Red lake Nation) for Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog as Recidivism Reduction Coordinator in partnership with the BIA’s DIVISION OF DIVERSION AND RE-ENTRY.

Education:
Bemidji State University

Nicholas Korchowsky

Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Subjectivity/Personhood, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics.

Education:
B.A. Eastern University near Philadelphia, Philosophy
M.A. Marquette University, Philosophy

Seth Kreeger

He/him/his

Interests: Medieval philosophy, Aquinas, Neoplatonism, pseudo-Dionysius, Arabic Philosophy, Avicenna.

Education:
Associate, Grand Rapids Community College
B.A. Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI
M.A. the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA. 

Emily Lange

She/her/hers

Interests: Social and Critical Epistemology, Philosophy and Literature, Critical Race and Critical Whiteness Studies, Disability Theory, Philosophy Pedagogy.

Education:
B.A. Elon University
M.A. Miami University of Ohio

Ben Lugo

Interests: My philosophic interests, as of late, include Normative and Meta-Ethics, Moral Psychology, Aristotle's Virtue Ethics, Value Theory, Personal Identity, and Philosophy of Friendship and Love. My general interests include fitness, movies, and live music.

Education:
B.A. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
M.A. University of Arkansas

Kevin P. McKevitt

He/him/his

Interests: Metaethics, Ethics, Ethics of Belief, Moral Theology, Ethics and Kierkegaard.  Also, Philosophy of Action, 19th and 20th century existential thought in Sartre, Jaspers, and Kierkegaard.

Education:
M.A. California State University - San Jose

Website: Kevin McKevitt 

Rachel McNealis

She/her/hers

Interests: Feminist philosophy, philosophy of sex and love, decolonial philosophy.

Education:
B.A. of Philosophy Miami University 
M.A. of Philosophy Miami University 

Mehrzad A. Moin

He/him/his

Interests: 19^th and 20^th Century German Philosophy; Continental Philosophy (Historical and Contemporary); Ethics; Philosophy of Death and Dying.

Education:
B.A. in Philosophy from Oklahoma State University
M.A. in Philosophy from Marquette University 

Website: Mehrzad A. Moin

Patrick Monogue

He/Him/His

Interests: Social Ontology, Decolonial Theory, Epistemic Justice, Meaning-Making, Embodied Cognition.

Education: B.A. Vassar College, Philosophy and Anthropology

Jeremiah Noonan

Interests: History of Philosophy and Science, Classics/Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Education:
B.A. Seattle University, Philosophy, History
M.A. Duquesne University, Philosophy

Rory O'Donnell

Interests: Plato, Neoplatonism, Metaphysics, Aquinas.

Education:
B.A.  Christendom College, Philosophy and Theology
M.A. Loyola Marymount University, Philosophy 

Caden Page

Interests: Social and political philosophy, (critical) phenomenology and hermeneutics, the philosophy of animals, and environmental philosophy; comparative between the history of (continental) philosophy and Indigenous philosophies.

Education:
B.A. Philosophy, Utah Valley University

Joshua Paruch

He/Him/His

Interests: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Film and Literature.

Education:
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy
M.A. Duquesne University, Philosophy

Amanda Pinto

They/Them/Theirs or She/Her/Hers

Interests: Social political philosophy, phenomenology, feminist theory, Latina/x feminist phenomenology, queer theory, philosophy of race.

Education:
B.A. Philosophy, Appalachian State University
B.A. Psychology, Appalachian State University
M.A. Ethics and Applied Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Mariamni Plested

She/her

Interests: Phenomenology, philosophy of pregnancy and birth, philosophy of the body, philosophy of health, Byzantine philosophy.

Education:
M.A. University of Oxford, Theology 
Oxford Brookes University, Midwifery

Paul-Herve Quesnel

Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Early to High Medieval philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophical Psychology, Epistemology, Philosophy of Education, Plato, Aristotle, Neoplatonism, and Aquinas.

Education:
B.A. The Catholic University of America, Philosophy

Cameron Roman

He/him/his

Interests: Social and Political Thought, Phenomenology, Native American Philosophy, Feminist Theory. Additional Info: Proud PIKSI alum, MAP Representative, Part-time Scholar, Full-time Indigenous.

Education:
B.A. American University, Philosophy
M.A. American University, Philosophy and Social Policy

Andrew Roushdy

Interests: exercise, spirituality, reading, writing, prayer.

Education:

B.A. Seton Hall University
M.A. Holy Apostles Seminar
Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology, Holy Cross Orthodox Christian School of Theology

Philip Sutherland, S.J.

He/him/his

Interests: Ancient philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Consciousness.

Education:
B.A. Gonzaga University, Chemistry and Religious Studies
M.A. Loyola University Chicago, Philosophy
Boston College, Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Master of Divinity

Mehran Torabi

Interests: Ancient metaphysics and epistemology, Plato, Neoplatonism, Greek philosophy in the Middle East during the Late antiquity and Early Medieval period, School of Baghdad (9th-12th century). 

Education:
B.A. Univeristy of Colorado Colorado Springs
M.A. Boston College

Dustin Trampe

He/him/his

Philosophical Interests: Metaethics, Collective Responsibility, Phenomenology, Kant
Less philosophical interests: spending time with my family, running, learning about history, playing guitar.

Education:
M.A. Marquette University, Theology
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Philosophy

Domonique Turnipseed

 He/him/his

Interests: Liberation Philosophy, Philosophy of Race and Racism, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Applied Ethics.

Education:
B.A. Columbia International University, Humanities
M.A. Columbia International University, Theological Studies
M.A. Biola University , Theological Studies
M.A. Biola University, Philosophy

Website: Domonique Turnipseed

Fun fact:: I spent 6 years living in California and I still don't like avocados

Shaila Wadhwani-Greenhalgh

She/her

Interests: Post and Decolonial Philosophy, Critical Theory, Continental Philosophy, Marxism and Environmental Philosophy.

Education:
B.A. University of San Francisco  
MA: SUNY Stony Brook

Website: Shaila Wadhwani-Greenhalgh

John Westbrook

Interests: Wittgenstein, Ancient Philosophy, Christian Metaphysics, Ethics, History of Philosophy, the boundaries between philosophy and other academic disciplines particularly history, economics, and psychology.

Education:
A.A. West Hills Community College, Social Science,
A.G.S. Columbia College of Missouri
B.S. University of Nebraska – Kearney: Business Administration, minors in Economics, Philosophy
B.A. Columbia College of Missouri, History, minor in Psychology
M.A. Marquette University, Philosophy

E.R. Meeks

She/her

Interests: Forgiveness, Suffering, Moral Philosophy, and Applied Ethics.

Education:
B. A. Western Carolina University,  Philosophy and Religion
M.Phil. Trinity College Dublin, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation

Not pictured:

Bentley Kennedy-Stone, Kiesha Martin, and Robert Powers