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, Applied Metaphysics
  • 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: angel.alaniz01@student.csulb.edu

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: Political Philosophy (esp. Marxism), Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Phenomenology, Ethics
  • E-mail: brandon.beller01@student.csulb.edu

Akaysha Brunker

  • Degrees: BA in Film and Media Studies, University of California Santa Barbara (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Axiology, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion
  • E-mail: akaysha.brunker@gmail.com

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

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
  • E-mail: christina.crain01@student.csulb.edu

Lissa Dechakul

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

Madison Dornellas

  • Degrees: BA in Journalism, California State University Long Beach (2016)
  • Philosophical Interests: Political Philosophy, History of Political Philosophy (esp. Marx), Social Philosophy (esp. Edward Carpenter), Ethics
  • E-mail: madison.dornellas01@student.csulb.edu

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

Lexi Drumonde

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy from University of California Santa Cruz (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Moral Philosophy, Critical Theory, Metaphysics, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion, Media Theory
  • E-mail: lexi.drumonde01@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

Daniel Mangandi Escobar

  • Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy & BA in Psychology, University of Northern Colorado (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Applied Metaphysics (esp. Free Will), Philosophy of Mind (esp. Consciousness), Epistemology, Ethics, Moral Psychology (esp. Moral Responsibility & Well-being), Social Philosophy (esp. Feminist & Queer Theory)
  • E-mail: daniel.mangandi-escobar01@student.csulb.edu

Beau Garcia

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Existentialism, Axiology, Ethics
  • E-mail: beau.garcia01@student.csulb.edu

Joseph Gordon

  • Degrees: BA in Political Science, University of California Berkeley (2018)
  • Philosophical Interests: Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy, 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

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, History of Political Philosophy (esp. Marx), Normative Ethics
  • E-mail: dillon.kennedy@student.csulb.edu

Paige Kim

  • Degrees: BA in Liberal Studies, California State University Fullerton (2023)
  • Philosophical Interests: Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, Social Philosophy (esp. Feminist Theory), Existentialism
  • E-mail: paige.kim01@student.csulb.edu

Meghan Kuhl

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Wittgenstein, Descartes, 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

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, Normative Ethics, Animal/Environmental Ethics, Existentialism, Ancient 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 Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics
  • E-mail: joel.murphy01@student.csulb.edu

El Nicklin

  • Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Locke), Philosophy of Language, History of Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, Logic
  • E-mail: el.nicklin01@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

Miguel Contreras Ocaranza

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, San Jose State University (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Social Philosophy (esp. Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Theory) Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Language
  • E-mail: miguel.contreras-ocaranza01@student.csulb.edu

Abel Peña

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA in English Literature, University of California Irvine (2003)
  • Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Physics (esp. Quantum Mechanics), Philosophy of Technology, 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

Declan McBride Roach

Manuel Rojas

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2021)
  • Philosophical Interests: Aristotle, Medieval Philosophy (esp. 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

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

Liz Sato

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy and Religion, International Christian University (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Hume), Philosophy of Mind (esp. Consciousness)
  • E-mail: Liz.Sato01@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
 

Trevor Speranske

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of Illinois Chicago (2022)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ancient Philosophy (esp. Plato), Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy
  • E-mail: trevor.speranske01@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

Margaret Welch

  • Degrees: BA in Philosophy & BA International Studies, Baylor University (2024)
  • Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
  • E-mail: margaret.welch01@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