People - Graduate Student

Erica Bigelow

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

Nicholas Bratt

Graduate Student
brattn@uw.edu
Bioethics, Kant, Moral Philosophy
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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

Gabbi Courtenay

Graduate Student
gcourt5@uw.edu
Epistemology, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science
Natalie Dorfman

Natalie Dorfman

Graduate Student
ndorfman@uw.edu

Risa Flores

Graduate Student
risaf@uw.edu
Daniel Galley

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
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Brittney High

Graduate Student, Research Assistant
bhigh424@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:00am-1:00pm at the Big Table; by appointment
SAV 384
20th Century, Analytic Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Religion
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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: Tu/Th 1:00-2:00 PM at Big Table (3rd floor of Savery Hall) or Tyler R. Mears Memorial Library (next to Big Table); Winter Quarter 2026
Ancient, Medieval, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Religion

L. Ramona Márquez

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant
Office Hours: On leave
Decision Theory, Fiction, Formal Epistemology
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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

Jonathan Milgrim

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant
jmilgrim@uw.edu
SAV 378
Climate Change, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy
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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
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Jesus Raya

Graduate Student
rjesus@uw.edu
Office Hours: W 11:30PM - 1:30PM
SAV 3rd floor Big Table
Ethics, Immigration, Latino/a Studies, Law and Society, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
R. Rodriguez

Randall Rodriguez

Graduate Student
rrodri14@uw.edu
Office Hours: 9:00am till 11:am Mondays 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
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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
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Rose Sanchez

Graduate Student
roses22@uw.edu
Office Hours: WF 2:30pm-3:30pm - W @ Big Table SAV 3rd Floor; F on Zoom
SAV384
Applied Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Dustin Schmidt

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
msourdi@uw.edu

Norman Trushaev

Graduate Student
trushaev@uw.edu
Natalia Vasquez Villegas

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
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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: 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