Graduate Students

Galley Committee
Graduate Student Daniel Galley earns PhD!
February 17, 2026
Barker Dissertation Defense
Graduate Student Aaron Barker earns PhD!
December 18, 2025
Sofia Huerter dissertation defending comittee
Graduate Student Sofia Huerter earns PhD!
September 9, 2025
O'Dwyer Comittee
Graduate Student Kyle O'Dwyer earns PhD!
August 27, 2025
Sara Goering
From the Chair
June 16, 2025
Kai
Kai Milanovich awarded the 2025 Nancy Hartsock Endowed Graduate Student Award
June 16, 2025
PHIL AWARDS 25
Department Awards Ceremony 2025
June 12, 2025
College of Arts & Sciences Students Recognized in the 2025 Husky 100
June 12, 2025
Erica Bigelow
Erica Bigelow awarded 2025 Philosophy in Media fellowship
March 24, 2025
Aaron Barker
Aaron Barker receives Fulbright fellowship
August 14, 2024
Sara Goering
From the Chair
June 28, 2024
Arthur Obst in Seattle's Ravenna Park
A Philosopher Goes Wild
February 7, 2023
Arthur looking slick, and away from the camera
Arthur Obst featured on the Common Caws for Sustainability podcast
November 10, 2022
Headshot of a person wearing a plaid green and black shirt looking into the camera
Linds Whittaker featured in The Daily Nous
November 10, 2022
Stephen Gardiner
New book on climate justice by Stephen Gardiner and Arthur Obst
November 10, 2022
Andrea Woody UW Divisional Dean of the social Sciences
Letter from the Chair
July 1, 2022
Group photo of all the graduates
Graduation Celebration 2022
June 29, 2022
Undergraduate Award Winners
Department Awards Ceremony 2022
May 26, 2022
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APA interviews Cody C. Dout
May 9, 2022
Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World? book cover
New book by Timothy. Brown explores philosophy in Black Panther
March 23, 2022
Headshot in front of bookcase.
Nic Jones wins department Graduate Student Teaching Award
February 14, 2022
Paul Tubig
Engaged Philosophy interviews Paul Tubig
September 14, 2021
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Aaron Barker awarded 2021-22 Joff Hanauer for Excellence in Western Civilization Graduate Fellowship
June 25, 2021
Zoom gallery screen capture of the 2021 graduates
Graduation Celebration 2021
June 14, 2021
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award: Aaron Rosser
Awards Ceremony 2021
June 2, 2021
Painting of feudal peasant working in field in front of castle
PhD candidate Michael Ball-Blakely Makes a Case for Open Borders
June 2, 2021
Cover of Neuroethics Journal- image of brain with light up areas
UW neuroethics team co-authored paper in Neuroethics journal
May 6, 2021
Erika Versalovic, Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Reaching New Publics in Community Colleges
Anna Bates and Erika Versalovic awarded Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Reaching New Publics in Community Colleges
June 19, 2020
Fareed A. Awan, Doctorate in Philosophy
Graduation Celebration 2020
June 19, 2020
Anna Bates - UW Simpson Center Mellon Graduate Student Fellowship
Graduate Students Anna Bates and Paul Tubig awarded Mellon Summer Fellowships for Public Projects in the Humanities
June 18, 2020
Graduate Student Michael Ball-Blakely chosen for Joff Hanauer Graduate Fellows for Excellence in Western Civilization
June 17, 2020
Melissa Diamond - Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Awards Ceremony 2020
June 4, 2020
Paul Tubig - Graduate School Medal
2020 Graduate Medalist Paul Tubig helps others utilize philosophy's liberatory potential
June 3, 2020
Image of Plant covered scales
Ben Rabinowitz Workshop on Environmental Ethics: Climate Justice & Responsibility
February 13, 2020
Alex Lenferna
How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
January 30, 2020
Julio Covarrubias
Julio Covarrubias in residence at Marquette as Mitchem Dissertation Fellow
November 5, 2019
Blake Hereth
Blake Hereth (PhD 2019) joins University of Arkansas as Visiting Assistant Professor
September 16, 2019
Neuroethics group sitting around table at Agua Verde restaurant
Neuroethics group celebrates summer 2019 undergraduate research program
August 23, 2019
Blake Hereth
Blake Hereth Awarded the APA's 2019 Frank Chapman Sharp Prize
August 12, 2019
Melanie Tate
PhD Candidate Melanie Tate Awarded Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
July 5, 2019
Undergraduate Award Winners
2019 Department of Philosophy Awards Reception 
June 7, 2019
Alex Lenferna speaking into a megaphone
Alum Profile: Alex Lenferna Works for Climate Justice in South Africa
May 28, 2019
Paul Tubig and faculty mentor Anthony Ferrucci in conversation
What about Two-Year Colleges?
May 22, 2019
Blake Hereth
Doctoral Candidate Blake Hereth interviewed by the APA
May 13, 2019
Ethics Bowl participants at the WCCW
Doctoral candidate Paul Tubig organized the first ever Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl at the Washington Corrections Center for Women
May 13, 2019
Julio Covarrubias
Julio Covarrubias speaks at TEDxUofW 2018-2019
May 3, 2019
Paul Tubig
Paul Tubig on "Transfer Students and the Problem of Being 'Outliers' at Universities"
April 17, 2019
Sam Sumpter portrait labeled "Husky 100"
Sam Sumpter Named to 2019 Husky 100
April 16, 2019
Julio Covarrubias
Julio Covarrubias Wins APA 2018 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought
January 8, 2019
Paul Tubig
Doctoral Candidate Paul Tubig Explores the Value of Community Colleges as a Mellon Fellow for Reaching New Publics
November 29, 2018