Graduate Students

Graduate Students

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Lorenzo Alamillo

  • Degrees: BA in Computer Science, University of California Riverside (2019)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Philosophy of Language (esp. Wittgenstein), Philosophy of Technology (esp. Artificial Intelligence), Applied Metaphysics (esp. Personhood)
  • E-mail: lorenzo.alamillo@student.csulb.edu

Angel Alaniz

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Irvine (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Moral Psychology (esp. Well-being)
  • E-mail: angel00alaniz@gmail.com

Travis Barnett

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Huntington University (2013); MA in Pastoral Leadership, Olivet Nazarene University (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Metaethics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Religion, History of Modern Philosophy, Epistemology
  • E-mail: travis.barnett.01@student.csulb.edu

Brandon Beller

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Sonoma State University (2019)
  • Philosophical Interests: Social and Political Philosophy (esp. Marxist Theory), Philosophy of Law, Phenomenology, Ethics
  • E-mail: brandon.beller01@student.csulb.edu

Andrew Cabrero

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Riverside (2019)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mathematics, Logic, Applied Metaphysics (esp. Personhood), Political Philosophy
  • E-mail: andrew.cabrero01@student.csulb.edu

Henry Chen

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics
  • E-mail: henryjinghe.chen01@student.csulb.edu

Yahui Chen

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Renmin University (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Normative Ethics (esp. Deontology), History of Philosophy (esp. Aristotle, Kant), Epistemology, Moral Psychology
  • E-mail: yahui.chen01@student.csulb.edu

Victoria Cinquegrani

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA in Public Health Policy, University of California Irvine (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Metaphysics
  • E-mail: victoria.cinquegrani01@student.csulb.edu

Christina Crain

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino (2023)
  • Philosophical Interests: Existentialism, Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Law (esp. Jurisprudence)
  • E-mail: christina.crain01@student.csulb.edu

Lissa Dechakul

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Riverside (2018)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Love, Gender, and Sexuality, Feminist Philosophy, Ethics
  • E-mail: lidechakul@gmail.com

Toko Dougherty

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
  • E-mail: toko.dougherty01@student.csulb.edu

Angel Enriquez

  • Degrees: BA in Electrical Engineering, California State University of Los Angeles (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Philosophical Psychology
  • E-mail: angel.enriquez01@student.csulb.edu

Joseph Gordon

  • Degrees: BA in Political Science, University of California Berkeley (2018)
  • Philosophical Interests: Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy (esp. Frankfurt School), History of Late Modern Philosophy (esp. Nietzsche)
  • E-mail: joe.gordon01@student.csulb.edu

Grant Gutierrez

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
  • E-mail: grantngutierrez@gmail.com

Sanam Hassani

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of Tehran (2018)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy
  • E-mail: sani1080@yahoo.com

Tracie Hoops

  • Degrees: BA and MA in Linguistics, California State University Fullerton (2017, 2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Pragmatism (esp. Peirce), Philosophy of Language (esp. Wittgenstein), Analytic Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Phenomenology, Epistemology, Existentialism, Social Philosophy
  • E-mail: tracie.hoops@gmail.com

Omar Hussein

  • Degrees: BA in English and MA in Teaching, University of Southern California (2007, 2008); MA in English Literature, California State University Long Beach (2016)
  • Philosophical Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
  • E-mail: omar.hussein@csulb.edu

Dillon Kennedy

  • Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Axiology, Political Philosophy (esp. Marxism), Normative Ethics
  • E-mail: dillon.kennedy@student.csulb.edu

Meghan Kuhl

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Wittgenstein, Descartes, Soft Feminism, Technological Ethics, Social Philosophy, Aesthetics (esp. Functional Beauty)
  • E-mail: meghan.kuhl@student.csulb.edu
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Jeffrey Lee

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2017)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
  • E-mail: jefflee9810@yahoo.com

Daniel Luna

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA in International Business, University of California San Diego (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes), Epistemology
  • E-mail: dgluna11@gmail.com

Nikita Mandrychenko

  • Degrees: BS in Mathematics & BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2017)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
  • E-mail: nikitamand@yahoo.com

Frank Mendoza

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Spinoza) Applied Metaphysics (esp. Social Ontology), Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy
  • E-mail: frank.mendoza01@student.csulb.edu

Amanda Moore

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Aesthetics, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics (esp. Animal Ethics, Environmental Ethics), Existentialism, Ancient Greek philosophy, Philosophy of Law
  • E-mail: amanda.moore01@student.csulb.edu

Joel Murphy

  • Degrees: BA in philosophy, Reed College (); MA in English, Eastern Michigan University ()
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Moral Philosophy (esp. MacIntyre, Williams), Philosophy of Mind (esp. Panpsychism), Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics
  • E-mail: joel.murphy01@student.csulb.edu

Yunong Niu

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Beijing Normal University (2023)
  • Philosophical Interests: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy (esp. Gender), Philosophy of Mind (esp. Perception)
  • E-mail: yunong.niu01@student.csulb.edu

Sarah Nolte

  • Degrees: BA in English Literature, San Jose State University (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy (esp. Marxism), Existentialism (esp. Nietzsche), Philosophy of Language
  • E-mail: sarah.nolte01@student.csulb.edu

Chavva Olander

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Fullerton (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Existentialism (esp. Nietzsche, Nihilism), Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Queer Theory, Ecocriticism and Animal Philosophy, Critical Theory
  • E-mail: chavva.olander@student.csulb.edu

Abel Peña

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA in English, University of California Irvine (2003)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Physics (esp. Quantum Mechanics), Philosophy of Technology (esp. Artificial Intelligence), Epistemology, Metaphysics, Applied Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Language
  • E-mail: abel.pena01@student.csulb.edu

Anna Rikshpun

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Social Philosophy, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy
  • E-mail: anna.rikshpun01@student.csulb.edu

Manuel Rojas

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Aristotle, Medieval Philosophy (esp. Anselm, Aquinas, Bonaventure), Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes, Leibniz)
  • E-mail: manuel.rojas02@student.csulb.edu

Jason Rosencrantz

  • Degrees: BA in Interdisciplinary/Medieval Studies, Bard College (1994)
  • Philosophical Interests: History of Philosophy, Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy
  • E-mail: jason.rosencrantz01@student.csulb.edu

Peden Fitzhugh Sager

  • Degrees: BA in English, Wake Forest University (2000); JD Southern Methodist University School of Law (2005)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law
  • E-mail: peden.sager01@student.csulb.edu

Alex Salvador

  • Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Existentialism
  • E-mail: alex.salvador@student.csulb.edu

Ryan Schmidt

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University Humboldt (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind (esp. Mental Imagery), Pragmatism, Stoicism, Taoism, Political Philosophy (esp. Rawls)
  • E-mail: ryan.schmidt01@student.csulb.edu

Ning Shao

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Shandong University (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Psychiatry (esp. Psychopathology), Epistemology
  • E-mail: ningshao199981@outlook.com

Daniel Sierra

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Los Angeles (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Logic, History of Analytic Philosophy (esp. Frege), Epistemology, Metaphysics
  • E-mail: daniel.sierra01@student.csulb.edu

Esther Sims

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California San Diego (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophical Anthropology, Metaphysics (esp. Philosophy of Nature), Philosophy of Science
  • E-mail: esther.sims01@student.csulb.edu

Cody Spjut

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy (esp. Plato), History of Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Wittgenstein
  • E-mail: cody.spjut01@student.csulb.edu

Delmy Ventura

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes), Metaethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
  • E-mail: delmy.ventura@student.csulb.edu

Tanner Whitlow

  • Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Social Philosophy (esp. Gender, Sexuality, Disability), Applied Ethics, Epistemology (esp. Epistemic Injustice, Self-Knowledge), Philosophy of Psychiatry, Cognitive Science
  • E-mail: tanner.whitlow@student.csulb.edu

Camille Wold

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Chapman University (2023)
  • Philosophical Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Technology
  • E-mail: camille.wold01@student.csulb.edu

Allen Yang

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA in Economics, University of California Irvine (2020)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Applied Metaphysics (esp. Philosophy of Action)
  • E-mail: allen.yang01@student.csulb.edu