People - All

Name

Field of Interest

D. Stone Addington

Lecturer

Office Hours: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm and by appointment

SAV M282

Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Psychology, Public Philosophy, Public Scholarship

D. Stone Addington

Lecturer

stoneadd@uw.edu

Office Hours: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm and by appointment

SAV M282

Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Psychology, Public Philosophy, Public Scholarship

Sosseh Assaturian

Assistant Professor

sosseh@uw.edu

Office Hours: See syllabus

SAV M380

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

Michael Ball-Blakely

Ph.D. 2022

mbblake1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Spring Quarter: Fridays from 10:20-11:20 and 1:20-2:20 (SAV 3rd floor, Big Table)

SAV 378

Applied Ethics, Climate Change, Global Justice, Immigration, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Aaron Barker

PhD 2025

aarobark@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursday 11:30a - 1:30p, Big Table, 3rd Floor Savery Hall

German Idealism, Kant, Modern Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Schopenhauer

Erica Bigelow

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

ebigelow@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment (email)

SAV384

Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Disability, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Medical Ethics, Philosophy for Children, Public Scholarship, Science and Technology, Social Philosophy

Michael Blake

Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance

miblake@uw.edu / 206-221-7859

Office Hours: Tuesday morning, 10-12, via Zoom

388 Savery Hall

Ethics, Immigration, Political Philosophy, Public Policy

Liam Blakey

Program Coordinator

liamb20@uw.edu / 206-543-5855

Savery 361

Nicholas Bratt

Graduate Student

brattn@uw.edu

Bioethics, Kant, Moral Philosophy

Andrew Brown

Postdoctoral Scholar

aibrown@uw.edu / 206-543-6895

Office Hours: By appointment

SAV M283

ADHD, Critical Theory, Disability, Ethnography, Mental Health, Neuroethics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, Political Theory, Science and Technology, Social Theory, Sociology

Kade Cicchella

Graduate Student

kadec@uw.edu

Office Hours: F 12:30-2:30

SAV 384

Logic, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science

Gabbi Courtenay

Graduate Student

gcourt5@uw.edu

Epistemology, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science

Chris Dawson-Ripley

Administrator

cdrgonzo@uw.edu / 206-616-7953

365 Savery Hall

Natalie Dorfman

Graduate Student

ndorfman@uw.edu

Cody Dout

Ph.D. 2023

ccdout@uw.edu

African American, Ancient, Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy, Race and Ethnicity, Social Justice, Social Philosophy

Joshua Eisenthal

Assistant Professor

jtce@uw.edu

Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tu 1:30-3:30 PM - SAV M396

M396 Savery Hall

19th Century, 20th Century, Analytic Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy, History of Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science

Benjamin H. Feintzeig

Associate Professor

bfeintze@uw.edu

Office Hours: WIN26: Mon 1:30-2:30pm & Wed 12-1pm

M397

History of Science, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Probability, Philosophy of Science

Asia Ferrin

Ph.D. 2016

aferrin@uw.edu

Office Hours: N/A

Applied Ethics, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Moral Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Writing Pedagogy

Risa Flores

Graduate Student

risaf@uw.edu

Carina Fourie

Associate Professor, Benjamin Rabinowitz Chair in Medical Ethics

fourie@uw.edu

Office Hours: WIN 2025: Wed 2-3pm (Zoom); Thu 9.20-10.20am (SAV 389)

389 Savery Hall

Bioethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Health, Political Philosophy, Social Justice

Paul Franco

Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

pfranco@uw.edu / 206-543-6497

Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 - 11 a.m.

M381 Savery Hall

Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, History of Analytic Philosophy, History of Philosophy of Science, Kant, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science

Daniel Galley

Graduate Student, Research Assistant

galleyd@uw.edu

Office Hours: Autumn 2025: Monday 9-11am (Zoom)

Business Ethics, Ethics, Ethics of Persuasion, Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Stephen Gardiner

Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment/Director, Program on Ethics

smgard@uw.edu / 206-221-6459

Office Hours: Winter 2026: Thursdays, 3.30-5.30 pm

390 Savery Hall

Applied Ethics, Climate Change, Environment, Ethics, Greek (Classical), Human Rights, Political Philosophy

Sara Goering

Professor & Department Chair

sgoering@uw.edu / 206-685-0755

Office Hours: by zoom and by appointment; email me to set up a time

364 Savery Hall

Bioethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Neuroethics, Philosophy for Children, Science and Technology, Values

Gina Gould

Undergraduate Adviser

gsgould@uw.edu / 206-543-5855

Office Hours: See "Advising" under "Resources" tab for details and link to appointment calendar

SAV 361

Blake Hereth

Ph.D. 2019

sbhereth@uark.edu

Animal Rights, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroethics

Brittney High

Graduate Student, Research Assistant

bhigh424@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00pm-2:00pm at the Big Table; by appointment

SAV 384

20th Century, Analytic Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Religion

Ben Hole

Ph.D. 2016

bvhole@uw.edu

Ancient, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Cognitive Science, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Values, Virtue Ethics, Writing Pedagogy

Sofia Huerter

Doctoral Candidate, Teaching Assistant

huerts@uw.edu

SAV 361

Animal Rights, Disability, Epistemology, Ethics, Existentialism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Marxism, Philosophy of Language, Politics of Representation, Queer Studies

Charles Ives

Lecturer Part-Time

cfives@uw.edu / 206-543-5384

Office Hours: 1:30 - 2:30 TTH and by appointment

M280 Savery Hall

Ancient, Education, Greek (Classical)

Nic Jones

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

nrjones9@uw.edu

Office Hours: On leave

SAV 378

Applied Ethics, Buddhist Philosophy, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy for Children, Social Philosophy, Transgender Studies

Mitchell Kaufman

Ph.D. 2014

mtk5@uw.edu

Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Social Science

John Ketema

Graduate Student

lketema@uw.edu

Office Hours: T Th 11:30-12:30 PM at Big Table (3rd floor of Savery Hall) or Tyler R. Mears Memorial Library (next to Big Table)

Ancient, Medieval, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Religion

Justin Lawson

Ph.D. 2022

jlaw87@uw.edu

Office Hours: 12:30 to 1:30 T/Th

Philosophy of Science

Carole Lee

Professor

c3@uw.edu

Office Hours: Winter 2026: M and Th 4-5 p.m. online

Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Science and Technology, Social Structure of Science

L. Ramona Márquez

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

Office Hours: SPR25: Big Table, Savery Hall, Tuesdays 9am-10am, Friday 10.25-11.25 Friday or by appointment

UW e-mail: lmarquez at uw

Decision Theory, Fiction, Formal Epistemology

Colin Marshall

Professor

crmarsh@uw.edu / (206) 543-5086

Office Hours: Autumn 2025: By appointment

382 Savery Hall

18th Century, 19th Century, Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Ethics of Persuasion, German Idealism, Kant, Metaethics, Modern Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Public Scholarship, Schopenhauer, Spinoza

Conor Mayo-Wilson

Associate Professor

conormw@uw.edu / 206-543-6496

Office Hours: Win. 2026: Mon. 3:30-5:30 and by appointment

M399 Savery Hall

Analytic Philosophy, Decision and Game Theory, Epistemology, Formal Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Social Epistemology, Statistics

Darcy McCusker

Ph.D. 2021

demcc@uw.edu / 206-543-5916

Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 12pm-1pm

378 Savery Hall

Bioethics, Epistemology, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Science, Women

Kayla Mehl

Ph.D. 2023

krmehl@uw.edu

Bioethics, Critical Theory, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Medicine, Minority and Race Politics, Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Social Justice, Values

José Jorge Mendoza

Associate Professor

josejm@uw.edu / (206) 616-2103

Office Hours: Autumn 25: Mon & Wed 3:30pm-4:30pm

385 Savery Hall

Chicana/o, Immigration, Latin American, Latino/a Studies, Political Philosophy, Race and Ethnicity

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Kai Milanovich

Graduate Student

kaimilo1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursday, 2:30p-4:30p; SAV 3rd Floor, Big Table

SAV 384

Epistemology, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Philosophy of Social Science, Political Theory, Social Philosophy

Jonathan Milgrim

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

jmilgrim@uw.edu

SAV 378

Climate Change, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy

Joseph Len Miller

Ph.D. 2021

joeylm@uw.edu / 206-685-3231

Office Hours: 2020: On Leave

American Indian/Native American, Ethics

Janice Moskalik

Ph.D. 2016

jemosk@uw.edu

Ethics, Moral Psychology, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Law

Rose Novick

Associate Professor

rmnovick@uw.edu / (206) 616-6093

Office Hours: WI26: Tu 9:30-11:30am

SAV M-392

Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science

Kyle O'Dwyer

Ph.D 2025

kodwyer@uw.edu

SAV 378

Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

Arthur looking slick, and away from the camera

Arthur Obst

Ph.D. 2023

aobst@uw.edu / (608) 957-9675

Animal Rights, Applied Ethics, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Geoengineering, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Sustainability

Julia Pelger

Graduate Student

jpelger@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday, 12 pm - 2 pm, Tyrel R. Mears Library (Savery Hall 372)

18th Century, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Climate Change, Ethics, Gender Studies, Kant, Metaethics, Political Philosophy, Sustainability

Michelle Pham

Ph.D. 2020; Managing Editor, Philosophy of Science

mpham5@uw.edu / 206-543-5916

384 Savery Hall

Epistemology, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Science

Jesus Raya

Graduate Student

rjesus@uw.edu

Office Hours: MW 1:00PM - 2:00PM

SAV 3rd floor Big Table

Ethics, Immigration, Latino/a Studies, Law and Society, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Joseph Ricci

Ph.D. 2015

joericci@uw.edu

Environment, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Science

Olin Robus

Ph.D. 2018

olinr@uw.edu

20th Century, Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Technology, Logic, Metaphysics, Ontology, Perception and Cognition, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science

Randall Rodriguez

Graduate Student

rrodri14@uw.edu

Office Hours: Noon till 2:00pm Wednesday at the big table on the third floor of Savery Hall

SAV 378

Animal Rights, Environment, Gender Studies, Latin American, Minority and Race Politics, Sexuality, Women

Tobias Romein

Graduate Student

tobiaslr@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday 12 - 2 at the Big Table

SAV 378

Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Immigration, Metaethics, Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social Justice, Values

Matthew Sample

Ph.D. 2016

sample@uw.edu

Applied Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology

Rose Sanchez

Graduate Student

roses22@uw.edu

SAV378

Applied Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Carla Saulter

Graduate Program Adviser

philgpa@uw.edu / (206) 543-5863

Office Hours: M-Th

Elizabeth Scarbrough

Ph.D. 2015

lizscar@uw.edu

Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Archaeology, Art, Cultural Heritage, Ethics, Kant

Dustin Schmidt

Doctoral Candidate

dus@uw.edu / 206-685-3231

Office Hours: On leave

Climate Change, Environment, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Geoengineering, Medical Ethics, Philosophy for Children

Ian Schnee

Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies

ischnee@uw.edu

Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tues. 1:20-2:00 p.m. and Thurs. 1:00-2:00 (in SAV 383).

383 Savery Hall

Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Film/Cinema, Logic, Online Learning, Perception and Cognition, Philosophy of Mind, Science and Technology, Writing Pedagogy

Maria Sourdi

Graduate Student

msourdi@uw.edu

Sam Sumpter

Ph.D. 2020

Office Hours: By appointment/email

Applied Ethics, Epistemic Injustice, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, Implicit Bias, Political Philosophy, Queer Studies, Social Philosophy

Melanie Tate

Ph.D. 2020

met26@uw.edu / 206-685-3231

17th Century, 18th Century, Early Modern Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Moral Philosophy

Marmar Tavasol

Graduate Student

marmart@uw.edu

Office Hours: Spring 23: By appointment or Tuesdays 11:30-1:30pm at Big Table, 3rd Floor of Savery Hall/Zoom

Activism, Applied Ethics, Cognitive Science, Critical Pedagogy, Ethics, Immigration, Implicit Bias, Punishment, Race and Ethnicity

Norman Trushaev

Graduate Student

trushaev@uw.edu

Natalia Vasquez Villegas

Graduate Student

natalv3@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursday 1:00 - 3:00 pm Tyrel Mears Library (SAV 372)

Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Environment, Ethics, Moral Philosophy

Erika Versalovic

Ph.D. 2023

versa@uw.edu

Office Hours: W 1:15-3:15p and by appointment

Shawn Tinghao Wang

Assistant Professor

shawntw@uw.edu

Office Hours: Winter '26: Th 1.30pm-3.30pm (or by appointment)

387 Savery Hall

Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Values

Lindsay Whittaker

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

lmwhitta@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Activism, Applied Ethics, Critical Pedagogy, Epistemology, Food Ethics, Philosophy of Liberation, Public Policy

Amelia Wirts

Assistant Professor

amwirts@uw.edu

Office Hours: WIN 2026 Wednesdays 3:30-5:30pm in Sav 381 (except Feb 18)

SAV 381

Feminism and Feminist Theory, Philosophy of Criminal Law, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Punishment, Race and Ethnicity, Social Philosophy

Nicolai Wohns

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30 - 3:00pm, Department of Philosophy at the big table, 3rd floor Savery Hall

Analytic Philosophy, Medical Ethics, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science

Andrea Woody

Professor & Divisional Dean of the Social Sciences

awoody@uw.edu / (206) 685-2663

Office Hours: By appointment

CAS Deans Office, CMU building

Aesthetics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, History of Science, Philosophy of Chemistry, Philosophy of Science

Emeriti Faculty

Philosophy of Science

Ronald Moore

Professor Emeritus

ronmoore@uw.edu

M282 Savery Hall

Aesthetics, Philosophy of Law

Jean Roberts

Professor Emerita

jroberts@uw.edu / 206-543-6497

Ancient, Classics, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, Values

Michael A. Rosenthal

Professor Emeritus

rosentha@uw.edu

17th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Intellectual History, Jewish Studies, Modern Philosophy, Political Theory, Religion, Spinoza

Cass Weller

Associate Professor Emeritus

cjwr@uw.edu

Ancient, Epistemology, Modern Philosophy

Alison Wylie

Professor Emerita

aw26@uw.edu

Philosophy of history, Research ethics