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Graduate Students


Graduate Students - Masters Program

Emily Asplund, Moral Epistemology, Meta-ethics.

Daniel Bokovoy, Husserlian Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy.

Matt Mosdell, Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy.

Warrren Pettey, Bioethics, Skepticism, Political and Social Philosophy.

Carmine Vincenzo, Feminist Thought, Philosophy of History, Political Thought, African-American Thought.

David Wentworth, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Language, specifically Linguistic Analysis of how we justify our claims of knowledge.

Jeff Wood, Philosophy of Psychology, Ethics.


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Graduate Students - Ph.D. Program

Troy Booher, Metaphysics, Freedom and Responsibility, and Hume. (Attorney at Snell & Wilmer, L.L.C.)

Meg Bowman, Philosophy of Language.

Michael Brown, Political Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Language.

Diana Buccafurni, Applied Ethics (Bioethics), Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy.

Pepe Lee Chang, Business Ethics, Social Issues In Business, Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Moral Philosophy, and Nietzsche.

Dale Clark, Moral Theory, Personal Identity, Practical Reasoning, and Existentialism.

Luke Glowacki, Environmental Ethics, Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics.

Angie Harris, Nietzsche's Ethics, Epistemology (especially skepticism, philosophy of mind, and ontological status of qualia).

Michael Hermon, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Pedagogy.

Tom Herrnstein, Ancient Greek Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Aesthetics, The American Pragmatists.

Charles Hudgins, Applied Ethics (Computer Ethics), American Pragmatism, and Philosophy of Technology.

David Jackson, Social & Political Philosophy, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Mind.

David Laraway, Epistemology, Aesthetics, and Ethics.

Marissa Lelanuja, Metaphysic and Philosophy of Religion.

Chriss Meecham, Applied Ethics, Business and Bioethics, Political Philosophy.

Gordon Mower, Political Philosophy, Conservatism, Liberalism, History of Philosophy, Machiavelli, Montaigne.

Mark Olsen, Ethics of Psychiatry, psychology, and social work; Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Biology.

Xianduan Shi, Philosophy of Language.

Rob Sivulka, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics.

Ian Smith, Ethics (especially Environmental Ethics), Epistemology, Philosophy of Science.

Shawn Trauntvein,

Ruzena Tulkova, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics.

Joseph Ulatowski, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Science, Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics; Common Origins of 20th Century Analytical and Continental Traditions, The Lvov-Warsaw School, Alexius Meinong, Ernst Mally, Friedrich Nietzsche.

Shelley VerSteeg, Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy, Meta Ethics, Kant.

Stephen Vorkoper, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy (early modern period), and Foundations of Math and Logic.

John Daniel Ward, Theoretical and Applied Ethics, John Stuart Mill, British Empiricists, Practical Reason, Ancient Philosophy.


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Recent Alumni & Placement


Ph.D. Graduates:

Phyllis Vandenberg, Ph.D., 2005. Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Michigan.

Aaron Holland, Ph.D., 2005. Instructor, Estrella Mountain Community College, Arizona.

Janice Van Riper, Ph.D., 2004. Assistant Professor, Central Connecticut State University.

Joe Loree Klein, Ph.D., 2003. Currently teaching High School in Takotna, Alaska.

James Sage, Ph.D., 2003. Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

David Guevara, Ph.D., 2003. Is now pursuing a Law Degree at Notre Dame University.

Jason Goltz, Ph.D., 2002.

Ryan Spellecy, Ph.D, 2002. Assistant Professor, The Medical College of Wisconsin.

David Williams, Ph.D. 2000. Assistant Professor, Bethel College, Minnesota.

Jarrod Elleman, Ph.D. 2000. Assistant Professor, Prairie View A & M University, Texas.

Chhanda Chakraborti, Ph.D. 1995. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

MS & MA Graduates:

Susan Downs, M.S. 2005. Is now teaching at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Anna Vaughn, M.A. 2005.

Britta Berkey, M.A. 2005.

Shimpei Higuchi, M.A. 2004.

Austin Booth, M.S. 2004.

Shannon Atkinson, M.A. 2004.

Mark Phelan, MS 2003. Is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina.

David Dick, MA 2002. Is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Michigan.

Matt Katz, MA 2002. Is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ian A. Smith, MA 2002. Is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at University of Utah.

Rebekah Miner, MA. 2001.

Teresa Welch, MA 2001. Received her J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in the spring of 2002, and is practicing law in Salt Lake City.

Amy Barnes, MS. 2000. Currently enrolled in Law School at Temple University.

Jeremy Kirby, MA. 2000. Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Philosophy at Florida State University.

Margaret Plane, MA, 2000. Currently finishing her J.D., University of Utah College of Law. 

Rico Vitz, MA. 2000. Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.


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