Allen, Cody (MA 2011-)
• Areas of interest: Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language.
• cody.allen@colorado.edu

Aragon, Corwin (PhD 2005-)
• B.A. (2004), M.A. (2008), and Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies (2008), University of Colorado at Boulder.
• Areas of interest: social and political philosophy with an emphasis on issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Currently, Cory is beginning to work on his dissertation which will examine various models of political responsibility and their adequacy for conceptualizing issues of social justice.
• Stahl Prize 2006, awarded by the Philosophy Department for service to the community; Lead Graduate Teacher, GPTI, active member of the Diversity Committee, and of the Student Academic Services Center.
• Invited talk: "The Challenges of Male Feminism: Constructing a Male Feminist Standpoint," 1st International Conference on Politics and Feminism, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Bello Horizonte, Brazil, June 10-12, 2008.
• "The Politics of Racial Humor," at the 28th International Social Philosophy Conference, July 21-23, 2011 at Marquette University.
• The Graduate School Teaching Excellence Award (2010-11).
• James R., Anne M., and R. Jane Emerson (McCall) Student Support Fund in the Humanities Dissertation Fellowship (2011-12).
• corwin.aragon@colorado.edu

Bailey, Jeanine (MA 2011-)
• BA in Philosophy, University of Southern Mississippi
• Areas of interest: ethics and political philosophy
• jeannine.bailey@colorado.edu

Bowman, Paul (PhD 2010-)
• MA in Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 2010
• Research interests: moral and political philosophy
• pauljbowman@gmail.com

Brockman, Amanda (PhD 2011-)
• BA, Colgate University
• Areas of interest: ethics, especially medical ethics and metaethics
• amanda.brockman@colorado.edu

Casalbore, Nick (MA 2011-)
• BA, Depauw University
• Areas of interest: metaphysics and epistemology, quite generally
• nicholas.casalbore@colorado.edu

Case, Spencer (MA 2009-)
• BA in Philosophy, Idaho State University
• spencer.case@colorado.edu

Chamorro, Martín (PhD 2005-)
• https://webfiles.colorado.edu/chamorro/www/
• chamorro@colorado.edu

Chan, Rebecca (PhD 2011-)
• BA, Boston University 2007
• JD, University of Colorado at Boulder 2010
• MA in Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2011
• Areas of interest: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
• rebecca.chan@colorado.edu

Chapman, Andrew (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Ithaca College, 2007; BM, Ithaca College, 2007; MA, Northern Illinois University, 2009.
• Areas of Interest: Justification, Truth, Idealism, Methodology, Kant, Hegel, History of the Analytic/Continental Pseudo-Divide.
• andrew.chapman@colorado.edu

Curtis, Annaleigh (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Washburn University, 2008.
• Interests: ethics, social/political, feminism.
• http://colorado.academia.edu/AnnaleighCurtis
• annaleigh.curtis@colorado.edu

Dang, Jonathan (MA 2009-)
• BA, Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2009.
• Interests: normative ethics, bioethics (especially clinical ethics, pediatric ethics, reproductive ethics, palliative care, end-of-life care, issues dealing with autonomy), applied ethics.
• jonathan.dang@colorado.edu

Demetriou, Kristin (PhD 2006-)
• BA, Philosophy (with emphasis on Biological Sciences), University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2001; MA, Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006.
• AOS: Philosophy of Mind, Free Will; AOC: Ancient Greek Philosophy
• Dissertation: Metaphysics for a Meaningful Life. Some Highlights: a new theory of autonomy that exposes the diminishing returns of alternative possibilities and the conceptual limits of free choice and moral responsibility; a new theory of mind that is consistent with neurological research and provides a role for conscious experience without violating the causal closure of the physical world (Phenomenal Ephiphenomenalism).
• Publications: "The Soft-line Solution to Pereboom's Four-Case Argument," Australasian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming).
• Professional Talks & Commentaries: Invited commentator for Ishtiyaque Haji, "The Manipulation Argument", The Garden Of Forking Paths Weblog, 2008; "The Soft-Line Solution to Pereboom's Four-Case Argument," Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, March 2006; Invited commentator for Robert F. Allen, "Autonomy and Transcendence," Northwest Philosophy Conference, October 2007.
• Honors & Awards: Jentzsch Prize (for Best Essay by a Philosophy Graduate Student, AY 2007-2008), Department Dissertation Fellowship (2008), Eaton Graduate Student Travel Grant, Center for Humanities and the Arts (2007), Invited Contributor to The Garden of Forking Paths Weblog (2006-).
• Service & Outreach: Assistant, Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy (2008); Head Organizer and Fundraiser for the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference (2007); Instructor, Summer Philosophy Institute of Colorado (2005); Instructor, Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado (2001-2005).
• Kristin.Demetriou@colorado.edu

Ellis, Addison (MA 2009-)
• BA, Philosophy and Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
• Areas of interest: Philosophy of Mind (particularly the nature of mental representation, cognitivism, embodiment), Epistemology (truth, justification, philosophical intuitions), Methodology.
• addison.ellis@colorado.edu

Eyestone, Martin (PhD 2005-)
• BS, management information systems and computer information systems, 2003; BA, philosophy 2003; MA, philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008
• TA 2005-2008: Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1000) (twice), Philosophy and Religion (PHIL 1600) (twice), Historical Introduction to Philosophy: Ancient (PHIL 1010/CLAS 1030), Philosophy and Society (PHIL 1200)
• GPTI 2008- : Historical Introduction to Philosophy: Ancient (PHIL 1010/CLAS 1030)
• Private tutor, 2007- (in philosophy, especially symbolic logic)
• Areas of interest (philosophical): philosophy of religion, ancient philosophy, logic, early modern philosophy
• Areas of interest (other): religion, mythology, the classics, Web design, fiction writing, geek culture
• http://spot.colorado.edu/~eyestone/
• martin.eyestone@colorado.edu

Faircloth, William (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Philosophy, University of North Florida, 2008.
• Areas of Interest: Ancient Greek philosophy, Skepticism, philosophy of Mind, history of philosophy
• william.faircloth@colorado.edu

Fowler, Hannah (MA 2011-)
• BA, Colorado State University, 2011.
• Areas of interest: applied ethics, political philosophy, and business ethics.
• hannah.fowler@colorado.edu

Garcia, Joseph (MA 2008-)
• BA, Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006.
• Interests: moral and political philosophy.
• josephgarcia25@gmail.com

Geyer, Jay (MA 2010-)
• BA, University of Illinois, 2010.
• Areas of interest:  Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion.
• jay.geyer@colorado.edu

Gibson, Julia (MA 2011-)
• BA
• Areas of interest: Interspecies justice, environmental ethics, ecofeminism, feminist epistemology, queer theory.
• julia.gibson@colorado.edu

Gronholz, Shane (PhD 2010-)
• BA, Whitworth University, 2005, Philosophy and Religion; MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008, Thesis: Reasons, Morality and God
• Areas of Interest: Metaethics, Philosophy of Religion.
• smgronholz@gmail.com

Growden, Michael (PhD 2011-)
• MA in Philosophy, University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign
• Areas of interest: just war theory
• michael.growden@colorado.edu

Hanschmann, Jason (MA 2009-)
• BA, University of Delaware, 2008.
• Interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophy of Time.
• jason.hanschmann@colorado.edu

Haramia, Chelsea (PhD 2010-)
• BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005; MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010.
• Areas of interest: Non-Identity Problem, Environmental Policy, Animal Welfare, Feminist Philosophy.
• haramia@gmail.com

Helsel, John (PhD 2011-)
• BS Physics (2011), Furman University
• Interests: History of Philosophy, Ethics (particularly metaethics), Epistemology, Philosophy of Physics.
• john.helsel@colorado.edu

Jenkins, Ryan (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Florida State University, summa cum laude, 2008.
• Publications: "Moral Imperialism," "Consumer Society," and "Oxfam" for the Springer Encyclopedia of Global Justice, D. Chatterjee, ed. (2011).
• Presentations: "‘Knockout Animals'? Knock it off: Vegetarian reasons besides suffering," 2011 Animal Ethics Graduate Student Conference: Ignored Perspectives in Animal Ethics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, April, 2011.
• Service: assistant organizer, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) IV; co-managing editor, Ethics, Policy & Environment; department representative, United Government of Graduate Students.
• Interests: normative ethics (consequentialism), desert and social justice, political philosophy.
• http://spot.colorado.edu/~jenkinrr
• ryan.r.jenkins@colorado.edu

Keydel, Keith (MA 2009-)
• keith.keydel@colorado.edu

Kultgen, Benjamin (PhD 2011-)
• BA, Harvard University, 2008.
• Areas of interest: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action, Philosophical Methodology--especially Experimental Philosophy.
• benjamin.kultgen@colorado.edu

LeBel, Ronald (MA)
• B.A. in Biology, College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara; BA UCSB, triple major in Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy.
• AOS: philosophy of mind, cognitive science, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of science; AOC: philosophy of biology, language and cognition, naturalized epistemology, philosophy of religion, and religion and science. MA thesis title, "Embodied Cognition and the Mind-Body Problem"
• Awards: Catalyst Grant award from the Institute of Cognitive Science at CU, for "The Role of Action-related Words on the Mirror Neuron System (MNS) in Children with Cochlear Implants"; several travel grants to present research work.
• Completed the Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Science at CU Boulder
• ronald.lebel@colorado.edu

Lee, Christian (PhD 2004-)
• BA, Philosophy and English, Western Washington University, 2003.
• Areas of Specialization: Ethics, Metaphysics.
• Areas of Competence: Value Theory, Normative and Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology.
• Presentations:
"Vague Intuitions and Knowledge" University of Colorado, Boulder, Invited Colloquium Talk, Fall, 2011
"Are There States of Affairs" 9th Annual Northwest Student Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2011
"Vague Intuitions and Knowledge" 2nd Annual Notre Dame/Northwestern Epistemology Conference, Spring, 2011
"Dissolving Indeterminacy and Incommensurability in Value" University of Colorado, Boulder, Invited Center Talk, Spring, 2011
"Dissolving Indeterminacy and Incommensurability in Value" Western Washington University, Invited Colloquium Talk, Spring, 2011
"Intrinsic and Conditional Final Value" University of Wyoming, Laramie, Invited Colloquium Talk, Fall, 2010
"The Grounding Relation and the Addition of Intrinsic Goods" Syracuse Graduate Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2010
"A Trivial Organic Unity?" University of Colorado, Boulder, Invited Center Talk, Spring, 2010
"Grounding Evaluative Properties" Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference, Summer, 2009
"A Suppositional Solution to a Problem for 'Might' Counterfactuals" Northwest Student Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2009
"Basic Evaluative Properties" University of Colorado, Boulder, Invited Center Talk, Spring, 2009
Comments for Dan Speaks' "On an Advantage of Open Theism" Society of Christian Philosophers, Fall, 2009
Comments for Phil Corkum's "An Aristotelian Theory of Universals" Rocky Mountain Dependence Conference, Spring, 2009
Comments for Josh Shepard's "The Import of Reasons Holism for Moral Theory" Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2009
Comments for James Lee's "Disagreeing about Modal Disagreement: A Partial Defense of the Contextualist Treatment of Epistemic Modals" Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2008
"Consequentialism and Self-Defense" University of Colorado, Boulder, Invited Center Talk, Spring, 2007
Comments for David Liebesman's "The Concept Horse Rides Again" Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2007
Comments for Dennis Whitcomb's "Factivity Without Safety" Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Spring, 2005
• Awards:
Nominated for Graduate School GPTI Teaching Excellence Award, 2011 (competitive)
Jentzsch Prize, Spring, 2011 (competitive)
Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Spring, 2011 (competitive)
Philosophy Department Excellence in Philosophy Award, Spring, 2009 (competitive)
Philosophy Department Semester Dissertation Fellowship, Fall, 2008
• Service:
Research Associate, Western Washington University, Spring, 2011.
• http://www.christianryanlee.com/
• christian.lee@colorado.edu

Lee, Eric (PhD 2010-)
• BA, Philosophy, University of Colorado, 2004.
• eric.lee@colorado.edu

Lowe, Dan (PhD 2011-)
• BA, Evergreen State University; MA, Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2011.
• Areas of interest: ethics (metaethics, axiology), political philosophy (distributive justice, self-ownership, freedom), feminist philosophy (standpoint epistemology, feminist ethics).
• daniel.lowe@colorado.edu

Meens, David (MA 2008-)
• BA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006; MA, Educational Psychology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 2007.
• Areas of interest: moral and political philosophy.
• d_meens@hotmail.com

Moore, Robert (MA 2009-)
• BA, Philosophy, University of Nevada Reno, 2005.
• Areas of interest: metaphysics (laws of nature), philosophy of science.
• rgmoore04@yahoo.com

Nelsen, Chris (MA 2010-)
• BA, philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008.
• cnelsen84@gmail.com

Nieblas, Erica (MA 2011-)
• BA
• erica.nieblas@colorado.edu

Parks, Micheal (MA 2011-)
• BA
• Areas of interest: history of philosophy, ethics, just war theory, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science.
• micheal.parks@colorado.edu

Pechon, Lance (MA)
• lancepechon@comcast.net

Pike, Matthew (PhD 2008-)
• BA, University of Colorado, Denver, 2001; MA, University of Colorado at Boulder (enrolled 2007-8).
• Research interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Logic, Philosophy of Science and Mathematics.
• Personal webpage: http://matt-pike.com/philosophy.php
• Business webpage: http://www.ethicsedge.com
• matthew.pike@colorado.edu

Purves, Duncan (PhD 2007-)
• BA, University of Missouri-Columbia.
• Areas of interest: normative and applied ethics, especially theories of harm, theories of welfare, consequentialism, and intergenerational ethics; philosophy of language.
• Publications: "Still in Hot Water: Doing, Allowing, and Rachels' Bathtub Cases," Southwest Philosophy Review (forthcoming).
• Service: Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress graduate organizer: 2008-present; Co-organizer of the Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference: 2011.
• http://duncanpurves.wordpress.com/
• duncan.purves@colorado.edu

Renninger, Rebecca (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Davidson College, 2008.
• Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Action Theory.
• rebecca.renninger@colorado.edu

Rohrs, Benjamin (PhD 2010-)
• MA, Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 2010; BA, Biola University, 2008.
• Interests: metaphysics, epistemology.
• benjamin.rohrs@gmail.com

Saenz, Noel (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Biola University.
• MA in Philosophy, Western Michigan University.
• noel.saenz@colorado.edu

Seacord, Beth (PhD 2005-)
• BA, University of Southern California, 1998; MA, Philosophy, Biola University 2003.
• Areas of interest: epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of religion.
• Recipient, Templeton Dissertation Fellowship in Evil, Pain, and Contemporary Philosophy of Mind, the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame (2011-12).
• bethseacord@yahoo.com

Sechman, Michael (PhD 2011-)
• BA, Cal State Northridge.
• Areas of interest: Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy.
• michael.sechman@colorado.edu

Spelman, Jonathan (PhD 2010-)
• BA, Philosophy and Political Science, Ashland University 2008; MA, Philosophy, University of Missouri--Saint Louis, 2010.
• Areas of interest: Ethics (particularly Normative Ethics), Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion.
• Presentation: "Moral Luck and Moral Counterfactual Assessment," Stephen L. Weber Graduate Conference in Ethics (San Diego State University).
• jonathan.spelman@colorado.edu

Stenberg, Joseph (PhD 2011-)
• MA, Philosophy (2011), University of Colorado at Boulder.
• BA, History (2006), Liberal Arts (2007), Colorado Christian University.
• Lumen Christi Institute participant, Summer 2011, "Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory."
• Presentations: "Aristotle, the common good, and τὸ καλόν," presented at the Pacific APA Conference, April, 2011; "Atomism and Irreducibly Social Goods," presented at the North Carolina Philosophical Society annual conference, February, 2011; "Rule Consequentialism, Inconsistency, and the Right," presented at the Michigan State Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, March, 2010.
• Areas of interest: history of philosophy (especially medieval philosophy), philosophy of religion, ethics.
• joseph.stenberg@colorado.edu

Taylor, Ashley (MA 2011-)
• BA in Philosophy, in Economics, and in Philosophy, Politics, and the Public (honors program), Xavier University, 2011.
• Areas of interest: history of philosophy (ancient and medieval).
• ashley.taylor@colorado.edu

Tu, Van (MA 2011-)
• BA, University of Florida.
• Areas of interest: ancient Greek philosophy, medieval philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics.
• van.tu@colorado.edu

Tully, Ian (MA 2010-)
• BA, Philosophy, George Washington University, 2009.
• Areas of interest: Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion.
• ianmtully@gmail.com

Vance, Chad (PhD 2008-)
• BS Astrophysics, University of Florida 1999; MA Philosophical Theology, Southern Evangelical Seminary 2006; MA Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder 2008.
• Areas of interest: metaphysics (particularly modality and truthmaking), normative ethics, philosophy of religion, 17th century rationalism, medieval philosophy.
• https://webfiles.colorado.edu/vancecd/home.html
• chad.vance@colorado.edu

Vincent, Kelly (PhD 2009-)
• BA, Philosophy and English, Whitworth University, 2009.
• Awards: Thomas Edwin Devaney Fellowship (AY 2009-2011), Lilly Graduate Fellowship Program (AY 2009-2012), Katherine Lamont Scholarship (2011).
• Areas of Interest: metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion
• Presentations: "Backwards Explanation: What's Wrong with Weak Ground" at the Rutgers-Princeton Graduate Philosophy Conference, Rutgers University (March 2011); "The Paradox of Commitments" at the Stephen L. Weber Graduate Conference in Ethics, San Diego State University (April 2011).
• Participated in the three-week St. Thomas Summer Seminar in Philosophy of Religion at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN (June-July 2011).
• Areas of Interest: philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, free will, modality, philosophy of religion.
• kelly.vincent@colorado.edu

Warren, Kacey (PhD 2005-)
• BA California State University Sacramento 2005.
• Research interests: Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy.
• Kacey.Warren@colorado.edu

White, Kevin (MA 2010-)
• BA in Philosophy, BS in Mathematics, Amherst College 2010.
• kevinjameswhite@gmail.com



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