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Current Graduate Students

Joseph Adams
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy (esp. retributivism, desert, democracy, and liberalism), Ancient Philosophy, Feminism.
Email: ja6.at.rice.edu
 
Jonathan Abdalla
Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, and Logic
Thesis: "Perfection and Limitation in Leibniz"
Email: abdalla.at.rice.edu 
 

Michael Barkasi
Interests:
Email: mtb2.at.rice.edu  
 

Jennifer Bulcock
Interests: Bioethics, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Email: jennifer.bulcock.at.rice.edu
  

Anthony Carreras
Interests: Ancient Philosophy (especially Aristotle), Ethics (Normative and Meta)
Thesis: Aristotle on Selfhood and Moral Motivation
Advisor: Don Morrison
Email: aec2.at.rice.edu
 http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~aec2/

  

Shohei Edamura
Interests: Early Modern Philosophy, Normative Ethics and Moral Psychology, Metaethics.
Email: se2.at.rice.edu
  

Lisa Eddleman
Interests: Ethics, Bioethics, Social and Political, Philosophy of Law
Email: lme.at.rice.edu 

 

Carl Feierabend
Interests:
Email: Carl.T.Feierabend@rice.edu  


 
Moti Gorin
Interests: Moral, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: mg8.rice.edu 

 

Derrick Gray
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nterests: Political & social philosophy (esp. democracy and justice), Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, History of analytic philosophy
Email: dg3@rice.edu 
 


Jeff Heikkinen
Interests: Ethics and Logic
Email: jwh2.at.rice.edu
 

Summer Henderson
Interests: German Idealism, Existentialism, Phenomenology (Kierkegaard, Heidegger)
Email: summer.henderson.at.rice.edu
  

Aaron Hinkley
Interests: Existentialism (esp. Kierkegaard), Phenomenology (esp. Heidegger, Levinas, and Marion), Philosophy of Religion, and Ethics.
Thesis:  Revelation, Obligation, and Love: Kierkegaard's Divine Command Ethics
Advisor:  H.T. Engelhardt
Email: hinkley.at.rice.edu
 
Samuel Huang
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Stan Husi
Interests: Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Practical Reasons, Logic, Early Modern, Philosopy of mind.
Thesis: Building Reasons
Advisor: George Sher
Email: sh4332@rice.edu

www.stanhusi.com

  

Jacob Kolman
Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Language, Mind, Medieval Philosophy
Email: jmk2.at.rice.edu
 
Vinod Lakshmipathy
Interests: Continental Philosophy, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida Thesis: Nietzsche's Existential Method
Advisor: Steven Crowell
Email: vinod.at.rice.edu
 
Leslie McNolty
Interests: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
Thesis: Integrity and the Limits of Impartial Morality
Advisor:  George Sher
Email: lmcnolty.at.rice.edu 

  

Jacob Mills
Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy (Spinoza and Leibniz), Metaphysics, Logic
Email: electrictension@hotmail.com 

  

Braden Mugg
Interests: Ethics (particularly Metaethics) and Moral Responsibility
Email: bm5@rice.edu 

  

Brandon Mulvey
Interests: Classical and Hellenistic Philosophy
Email: bmulvey.at.rice.edu 

  

Martha Perez
Interests:
Email: Martha.R.Perez@rice.edu 

  

Heather Phillips
Interests: Normative Ethics, Bioethics, Metaethics and Practical rationality.
Email: hp2.at.rice.edu
 

Maria Picone
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Brian Prince
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Early Modern Philosophy, and Ethics.
Thesis: Motion and the Soul in Late Plato
Advisor: Donald Morrison
Email: bprince.at.rice.edu

  

David Ralston
Interests: Ethics, Bioethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Thesis: The Concept of Disability: A Philosophical Analysis
Advisor: H. T. Engelhardt
Email: ralston.at.rice.edu 

  

Philip Robichaud
Interests: Bioethics
Thesis: Moral Error, Moral Ignorance and Moral Responsibility
Advisor: Baruch Brody
Email: probich.at.rice.edu
 

  

Jesse Slavens
Interests: Normative, theory, especially Kant and kantianism; social and political philosohy, especially questions about distributive justice; moral psychology; naturalism and its critics (mostly its critics); phenomenology; Heidegger, hermeutics.
Email: jds8.at.rice.edu

  

Dustin Tune
Interests: Ethics (meta- and normative), Political Philosophy, and Kant
Email: dt1.at.rice.edu

  

Danielle Wenner
Interests: Social & Political Philosophy, normative ethics, and biomedical and research ethics
Thesis:  Breakdowns in the Justification of Democracy
Advisor: George Sher
Email: Danielle.Wenner.at.rice.edu