Honors and Awards

Erica Bigelow
Erica Bigelow awarded 2025 Philosophy in Media fellowship
March 24, 2025
Dan Gerler
UW Department of Philosophy receives large bequest from the late Dan Gerler, Philosophy Advisory Board member
February 25, 2025
Carole Lee
Carole Lee Awarded Philosophy of Science Association Prize
December 13, 2024
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Carina Fourie receives NIH grant
September 16, 2024
2024 Awards Ceremony
Department Awards Ceremony 2024
July 1, 2024
Sara Goering
From the Chair
June 28, 2024
Rhea Shinde speech
Congratulations to all our 2024 graduates!
June 28, 2024
Wendi Zhou
Four Dean's Medalists, Working Toward Change
June 26, 2023
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UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
August 21, 2022
Group photo of all the graduates
Graduation Celebration 2022
June 29, 2022
Wendy Zhou
Philosophy major Wendi Zhou chosen for the Husky 100
May 3, 2022
Headshot in front of bookcase.
Nic Jones wins department Graduate Student Teaching Award
February 14, 2022
Carole Lee
Carole Lee chosen for Simpson Center’s Society of Scholars
January 7, 2022
Tim Brown
Tim Brown wins David Roscoe essay award
October 13, 2021
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner gives the Alan Saunders Lecture
October 1, 2021
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Husky 100
June 15, 2021
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Husky 100
June 14, 2021
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award: Aaron Rosser
Awards Ceremony 2021
June 2, 2021
Jack Lucas Chang and his dog Izzie
Philosophy major Jack Lucas Chang chosen for Husky 100
June 1, 2021
Benjamin Feintzeig
Benjamin Feintzeig Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
May 25, 2021
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner gave the Annual Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Lecture
May 5, 2021
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Justice, Migration, & Mercy is one of the Best of 2020 Philosophy from Oxford University Press
January 27, 2021
Dustyn Stone Addington
Dustyn Stone Addington and Humanities Washington win Schwartz Prize for Outstanding Humanities Public Programming
December 9, 2020
Ian Schnee addressing the new student convocation
Ian Schnee addresses the New Student Convocation
September 29, 2020
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
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
Colin Marshall - UW Simpson Center Mellon Faculty Fellowship
Colin Marshall and Ian Schnee awarded Mellon Summer Fellowship for New Graduate Seminars 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
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Screen Gems
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
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Awards of Excellence
June 1, 2020
Ian Schnee
Philosophy Senior Lecturer Ian Schnee chosen for the prestigious 2020 UW Distinguished Teaching Award!
May 14, 2020
Evelyn Hyde
Philosophy major Evelyn Hyde chosen for the 2020 Husky 100
May 4, 2020
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2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced
April 27, 2020
Professor Potter receiving his Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Professor Emeritus Karl Potter Completes 25th Volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
December 11, 2019
Hannah Martens
Graduating senior Hannah Martens awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal
July 18, 2019
Dean Robert Stacey with 2019 Dean's Medalists and Graduate Medalists
Students & Superlatives
July 15, 2019
Angelia Miranda
Interview with Bonderman Fellow Angelia Miranda
July 14, 2019
Melanie Tate
PhD Candidate Melanie Tate Awarded Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
July 5, 2019
David Owens
Alumnus David Owens’ Address at the 2019 Philosophy Graduation Reception (video)
June 27, 2019
Undergraduate Award Winners
2019 Department of Philosophy Awards Reception 
June 7, 2019
Paul Franco and UW Regent Rogelio Riojas
Paul Franco honored at UW Latinx Faculty Recognition Event
April 23, 2019
Angelia Miranda
 Angelia Miranda selected as 2019 Bonderman Travel Fellow
April 22, 2019
Awards Reception
Awards Reception 2018
June 7, 2018
Melanie Tate
Melanie Tate awarded Arlene Hunter Scholarship for 2018-2019
April 23, 2018
Sam Sumpter
Sam Sumpter selected as Alvord Fellow in the Humanities for 2018-2019
April 23, 2018
Carole Lee
Carole Lee (co-PI) awarded NSF grant with Elena Erosheva (PI; Statistics, Social Work) to study bias detection in grant application peer review
April 9, 2018
Natalia Montes
Philosophy Student Natalia Montes Wins Neuroethics Essay Prize
September 29, 2017
Award Winners: Phoenix Youngman, Paul Tubig, Alex Lenferna, Ben Feintzeig, Julio Covarrubias Cabeza, Michelle Pham, and Jonathan Pry
Awards Reception 2017
June 21, 2017