People - Alumni

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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
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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
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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
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Cody Dout

Ph.D. 2023
ccdout@uw.edu
African American, Ancient, Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy, Race and Ethnicity, Social Justice, Social Philosophy
Asia Ferrin

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

Blake Hereth

Ph.D. 2019
sbhereth@uark.edu
Animal Rights, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroethics
Benjamin Hole

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
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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

Mitchell Kaufman

Ph.D. 2014
mtk5@uw.edu
Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Social Science

Justin Lawson

Ph.D. 2022
jlaw87@uw.edu
Office Hours: 12:30 to 1:30 T/Th
Philosophy of Science
Darcy McCusker

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
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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
Joey Miller

Joseph Len Miller

Ph.D. 2021
joeylm@uw.edu / 206-685-3231
Office Hours: 2020: On Leave
American Indian/Native American, Ethics
Janice Moskalik

Janice Moskalik

Ph.D. 2016
jemosk@uw.edu
Ethics, Moral Psychology, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Law
Kyle O'Dwyer

Kyle O'Dwyer

Ph.D 2025
kodwyer@uw.edu
SAV 378
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
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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
Michelle-Pham

Michelle Pham

Ph.D. 2020; Managing Editor, Philosophy of Science
mpham5@uw.edu / 206-543-5916
384 Savery Hall
Epistemology, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Science

Joseph Ricci

Ph.D. 2015
joericci@uw.edu
Environment, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Science
Olin Robus

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

Matthew Sample

Ph.D. 2016
sample@uw.edu
Applied Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology
Elizabeth Scarbrough

Elizabeth Scarbrough

Ph.D. 2015
lizscar@uw.edu
Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Archaeology, Art, Cultural Heritage, Ethics, Kant
Sam Sumpter

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
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Melanie Tate

Ph.D. 2020
met26@uw.edu / 206-685-3231
17th Century, 18th Century, Early Modern Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
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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
Erika Versalovic

Erika Versalovic

Ph.D. 2023
versa@uw.edu
Office Hours: W 1:15-3:15p and by appointment

Emeriti Faculty

Ann M. Baker

Ann M. Baker

Teaching Professor Emerita
annbaker@uw.edu