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

Giancarlo Almerco

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Fullerton (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Existentialism, Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy
• E-mail: giancarlo.almerco01@student.csulb.edu

Eliseo Banda

• Degrees: BS in Computer Engineering Technology, DeVry University (2008)
• Philosophical Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Ethics
• E-mail: eliseo.banda01@student.csulb.edu

Aubrey Beller

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

Gabriel Bess

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Long Beach (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Late Modern Philosophy, Pragmatism
• E-mail: gabriel.bess@student.csulb.edu

Emilie Browning

• Degrees: BA in Peace Studies & BA in Music, Whitworth University (2026)
• Philosophical Interests: Epistemology (esp. Testimony), Philosophy of Language, Social Philosophy (esp. Critical Social Theory), Ethics
• E-mail: emilie.browning01@student.csulb.edu

Augustine Cali

• Degrees: 
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• E-mail: augustine.cali01@student.csulb.edu

Nikolas Canellos

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Fullerton (2026) 
• Philosophical Interests: Late Modern Philosophy (esp. Schopenhauer), Metaphysics, Phenomenology (esp. Heidegger), Ancient Philosophy
• E-mail: nikolas.canellos01@student.csulb.edu

James Carmichael

• Degrees: BA in Literature, Harvard University (2001); MBA and Honors MA in International Relations, University of Chicago (2010)
• Philosophical Interests: Metaethics, Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Cognitive Science (esp. Embodied Cognition)
• E-mail: jamie.carmichael01@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

Dylan Christoffers

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2024)
• Philosophical Interests: History of Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics
• E-mail: dylan.christoffers01@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

Oliver Di Martino

• Degrees: BS in Biology, Concordia University (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics
• E-mail: oliver.dimartino01@student.csulb.edu

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

Daniel Mangandi Escobar

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

Jackie Fennessy

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Chapman University (2026) 
• Philosophical Interests: Social Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics (esp. Virtue Ethics), Political Philosophy (esp. Democratic Theory)
• E-mail: jackie.fennessy01@student.csulb.edu

Mimi Fleischman

• Degrees: BA in Sociology, Columbia University (1975)
• Philosophical Interests: Phenomenology, Philosophy of the Mind, Existentialism, Early Modern Philosophy (esp. Locke)
• E-mail: mimi.fleischman01@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: Ancient Philosophy, Late Modern Philosophy (esp. Nietzsche), Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy
• E-mail: joe.gordon01@student.csulb.edu

Tracie Hoops

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

Sung-tae Lee

• Degrees: BS in Mathematics & BS in Industrial Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech (2011); MS in Computer Science, California State University Long Beach (2022)
• Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Logic, Metaphysics, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Existentialism
• E-mail: Sung-tae.Lee01@student.csulb.edu

Lancy Lopez

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, Columbia University (2023)
• Philosophical Interests: Epistemology, Metaethics, Philosophy of Language, Logic, Social Philosophy
• E-mail: lancy.lopez01@student.csulb.edu

Stella Krueger-Trapp

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• E-mail: stella.krueger-trapp01@student.csulb.edu

Aidan Mcguire

• Degrees: BA in English, Central Washington University (2019); MEd in Education, Kolej Universiti Fairview (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Continental Philosophy (esp. Hermeneutics, Critical Theory), Philosophy of Religion, Political Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
• E-mail: aidan.mcguire01@student.csulb.edu

Hayley Mervini

• Degrees: BA in French & BA in Cinema and Television Arts, California State University Fullerton (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Film, Philosophy of Language, Semiotics, Phenomenology, Metaphysics, Social Philosophy (esp. Feminist & Queer Theory)
• E-mail: hayley.mervini01@student.csulb.edu

Vincent Miller

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Existentialism, Early Modern Philosophy
• E-mail: vincent.miller01@student.csulb.edu

Nathaniel Mines

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2024)
• Philosophical Interests: Epistemology (esp. Wittgenstein), Phenomenology (esp. Husserl), Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy
• E-mail: nathaniel.mines01@student.csulb.edu

Isaiah Navarro

• Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Phenomenology, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Language
• E-mail: isaiah.navarro01@student.csulb.edu

Ricardo Nieves

• Degrees: Honors BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2023)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Language (esp. Wittgenstein), Philosophy of Science, Jurisprudence, Logic, Philosophy of Physics
• E-mail: ricardo.nieves01@student.csulb.edu

Abigail Nolan

• Degrees: BA in Psychology, Loyola Marymount University (2026)
• Philosophical Interests: Biomedical Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Applied Metaphysics
• E-mail: abigail.nolan01@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

Gregory Ohmer

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2017); MA in Spanish and Latin American Studies, New York University Madrid (2018)
• Philosophical Interests: Existentialism, Phenomenology, Epistemology (esp. Empiricism), Aesthetics, Philosophy of Fiction
• E-mail: gregory.ohmer01@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

Ian Pollok

• Degrees: BA in Psychology, California State University Long Beach (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Political Philosophy, Ethics, Existentialism, Social Philosophy, Metaphysics
• E-mail: ian.pollok01@student.csulb.edu

Marcellus Richie

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• E-mail: marcellus.richie01@student.csulb.edu

Emily Richmond

• Degrees: BA in Psychology, University of California Riverside (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Cognition, Metaphysics
• E-mail: emily.richmond01@student.csulb.edu

Declan McBride Roach

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Davis (2023)
• Philosophical Interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Logic
• E-mail: declan.mcbrideroach01@student.csulb.edu

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

Esther Sims

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

Trevor Speranske

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

Christian Spradlin

• Degrees: BA in Christian Studies, California Baptist University (2021)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Ethics, Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Mind
• E-mail: christian.spradlin01@student.csulb.edu

Elijah Stone

• Degrees: 
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• E-mail: elijah.stone01@student.csulb.edu

Delmy Ventura

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California State University Long Beach (2021)
• Philosophical Interests: 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

Nathan Wagester

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo (2022)
• Philosophical Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Phenomenology
• E-mail: nathan.wagester01@student.csulb.edu

Evan Wallis

• Degrees: BA in Political Science, University of California Davis (2026)
• Philosophical Interests: Political Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Medieval Philosophy (esp. Aquinas), Philosophy of Religion
• E-mail: evan.wallis01@student.csulb.edu

Gabrielle Weissman

• Degrees: BA in Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles (2025)
• Philosophical Interests: Philosophy of Mind (esp. Consciousness), Metaphysics, Existentialism, Social Philosophy (esp. Feminist and Trans Theory)
• E-mail: gabrielle.weissman01@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

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