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Current Graduate Students

Philosophy graduate students at the 2024 department holiday party

PhD in Philosophy
Job Market Candidates
MA in Philosophy
MA in Social Philosophy
BA/MA

PhD in Philosophy

Simon Babbs
Program: PhD
 
Benjamin Crispell
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-Kantian German Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
 
Cheryl Fok
Program PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Alterity
Email: hfok@luc.edu 
 
Rutger Hakkenberg
Program: PhD
Interests: German Idealism, Philosophy of Mind, Meta-ethics and Personal Identity
 
Patrick Hall
Program: PhD
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Platonism and Neoplatonism, German Idealism, Metaphysics of normativity and axiology
 
Pooya Heybatollahi
Program: PhD
Interests: Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Theology (Kalam)
 
Rhea Ienni
Program: PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Disability, Social and Political Philosophy
AOC: Ethics (including bioethics); Philosophy of Gender; Social Epistemology
Email: rienni@luc.edu 
 
David Inczauskis, SJ
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Latin American Philosophy
 
Lillianne John
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory / Phenomenologies / Hermeneutics, Social & Political Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Email: ljohn2@luc.edu 
 
Omar Khali
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Marx, Arendt
Email: okhali@luc.edu 
 
Kevin Mager
Program: PhD
Interests: Kant, German Idealism, Phenomenology
Email: kmager@luc.edu
 
Kiku Mizuno
Program: PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: kmizuno@luc.edu
 
Daphne Pons
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-structuralism, French Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: dpons@luc.edu 
 
Rene Ramirez
Program: PhD
Interests: Social-Political Philosophy, Decolonial Thought, Indigenous Critical Theory, Critical Philosophy of Race
 
Kit Rempala
Program: PhD
Interests: Bioethics, Phenomenology, Illness and Disabilities Studies
  
Isabella Sheldon
Program: PhD
Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race,  Philosophy of Gender, and Phenomenology
 
Naomi Simmons-Thorne
Program: PhD
Interests: Hegel, Africana Thought, Black Feminism, Marxist Humanism, Critical Theory, Value Theory
 
Jason Stephens
Program: PhD
Interests: Black Studies and Afropessimism, Ancient Philosophy, the History of Slavery
 
Santiago Uresti
Program: PhD
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Existentialism
Email: suresti@luc.edu
 
Marissa Venturi
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Continental Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy (esp. Plato), Social and Political Philosophy
Email: mventuri@luc.edu
 
Dahlia Young
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ontology, Social and Political Philosophy

MA in Philosophy

Todd Alexander
Program: MA
 
Austin Bissell
Program: MA
Interests: Existentialism, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of technology.
 
Mason Bowes
Program: MA
 
Mitchell-Lee Graham
Program: MA
 
Lars Johnson
Program: MA
 
Joshua Mei
Program: MA
Interests: Kant’s theoretical philosophy and critical theory (Frankfurt School)
 
David Miller
Program: MA
 
MaKenzie Munson
Program: MA
Interests: Psychoanalysis, 20th Century Continental Philosophy/Deconstruction, and Philosophy and Literature
 
Christopher Skinner
Program: MA
 
Zach Svabek
Program: MA
Interests: Ancient Metaphysical and Epistemological Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Classical Languages, and early Christian Theology
 
Kerry Synowiez
Program: MA
 
Vasilisa Valiyeva
Program: MA
  

MA in Social Philosophy

Scotty Hendricks
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Jonathan Jue-Wong, SJ
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Morgan Ransom
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Benjamin Rogers, S.J.
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Patrick D. Shaffer
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Interests: Liberation philosophy, Political Philosophy
 
Abigail Tovar
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Pablo Velasquez
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
  

BA/MA

Hanadie Tulemat
Program: BA/MA

For more information regarding any graduate students, please contact a member of the Graduate Program administration team at philgrad@luc.edu.

Philosophy graduate students at the 2024 department holiday party

PhD in Philosophy
Job Market Candidates
MA in Philosophy
MA in Social Philosophy
BA/MA

PhD in Philosophy

Simon Babbs
Program: PhD
 
Benjamin Crispell
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-Kantian German Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
 
Cheryl Fok
Program PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Alterity
Email: hfok@luc.edu 
 
Rutger Hakkenberg
Program: PhD
Interests: German Idealism, Philosophy of Mind, Meta-ethics and Personal Identity
 
Patrick Hall
Program: PhD
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Platonism and Neoplatonism, German Idealism, Metaphysics of normativity and axiology
 
Pooya Heybatollahi
Program: PhD
Interests: Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Theology (Kalam)
 
Rhea Ienni
Program: PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Disability, Social and Political Philosophy
AOC: Ethics (including bioethics); Philosophy of Gender; Social Epistemology
Email: rienni@luc.edu 
 
David Inczauskis, SJ
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Latin American Philosophy
 
Lillianne John
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory / Phenomenologies / Hermeneutics, Social & Political Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Email: ljohn2@luc.edu 
 
Omar Khali
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Marx, Arendt
Email: okhali@luc.edu 
 
Kevin Mager
Program: PhD
Interests: Kant, German Idealism, Phenomenology
Email: kmager@luc.edu
 
Kiku Mizuno
Program: PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: kmizuno@luc.edu
 
Daphne Pons
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-structuralism, French Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: dpons@luc.edu 
 
Rene Ramirez
Program: PhD
Interests: Social-Political Philosophy, Decolonial Thought, Indigenous Critical Theory, Critical Philosophy of Race
 
Kit Rempala
Program: PhD
Interests: Bioethics, Phenomenology, Illness and Disabilities Studies
  
Isabella Sheldon
Program: PhD
Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race,  Philosophy of Gender, and Phenomenology
 
Naomi Simmons-Thorne
Program: PhD
Interests: Hegel, Africana Thought, Black Feminism, Marxist Humanism, Critical Theory, Value Theory
 
Jason Stephens
Program: PhD
Interests: Black Studies and Afropessimism, Ancient Philosophy, the History of Slavery
 
Santiago Uresti
Program: PhD
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Existentialism
Email: suresti@luc.edu
 
Marissa Venturi
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Continental Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy (esp. Plato), Social and Political Philosophy
Email: mventuri@luc.edu
 
Dahlia Young
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ontology, Social and Political Philosophy

MA in Philosophy

Todd Alexander
Program: MA
 
Austin Bissell
Program: MA
Interests: Existentialism, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of technology.
 
Mason Bowes
Program: MA
 
Mitchell-Lee Graham
Program: MA
 
Lars Johnson
Program: MA
 
Joshua Mei
Program: MA
Interests: Kant’s theoretical philosophy and critical theory (Frankfurt School)
 
David Miller
Program: MA
 
MaKenzie Munson
Program: MA
Interests: Psychoanalysis, 20th Century Continental Philosophy/Deconstruction, and Philosophy and Literature
 
Christopher Skinner
Program: MA
 
Zach Svabek
Program: MA
Interests: Ancient Metaphysical and Epistemological Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Classical Languages, and early Christian Theology
 
Kerry Synowiez
Program: MA
 
Vasilisa Valiyeva
Program: MA
  

MA in Social Philosophy

Scotty Hendricks
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Jonathan Jue-Wong, SJ
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Morgan Ransom
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Benjamin Rogers, S.J.
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Patrick D. Shaffer
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Interests: Liberation philosophy, Political Philosophy
 
Abigail Tovar
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
 
Pablo Velasquez
Jesuit Scholastic
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
  

BA/MA

Hanadie Tulemat
Program: BA/MA

For more information regarding any graduate students, please contact a member of the Graduate Program administration team at philgrad@luc.edu.