People | Department of Philosophy | University of Washington

Aaron Barker

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

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

Nicholas Bratt

Graduate Student

brattn@uw.edu

Bioethics, Kant, Moral Philosophy

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

Natalie Dorfman

Graduate Student

ndorfman@uw.edu

Risa Flores

Graduate Student

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

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

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

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

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

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Kai Milanovich

Graduate Student

kaimilo1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wed. & Fri., 10:30a - 11:30a; 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

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

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

Randall Rodriguez

Graduate Student

rrodri14@uw.edu

Office Hours: Noon till 2:00pm Monday at the big table in 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: Wednesday 10AM - 12 at the Big Table

SAV 378

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

Rose Sanchez

Graduate Student

roses22@uw.edu

SAV378

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

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

Maria Sourdi

Graduate Student

Norman Trushaev

Graduate Student

Natalia Vasquez Villegas

Graduate Student

natalv3@uw.edu

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

Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Environment, Ethics, Moral Philosophy

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

Nicolai Wohns

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

Office Hours: By appointment

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

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