Current Graduate Students
PhD in Philosophy
Job Market Candidates
MA in Philosophy
MA in Social Philosophy
BA/MA
PhD in Philosophy
Benjamin Crispell
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-Kantian German Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
Email: bcrispell@luc.edu
Rutger Hakkenberg
Program: PhD
Interests: German Idealism, Philosophy of Mind, Meta-ethics and Personal Identity
Email: rhakkenberg@luc.edu
Patrick Hall
Program: PhD
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Platonism and Neoplatonism, German Idealism, Metaphysics of normativity and axiology
Email: phall6@luc.edu
Pooya Heybatollahi
Rhea Ienni
Program: PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Disability, Social and Political Philosophy
AOC: Ethics (including bioethics); Philosophy of Gender; Social Epistemology
CV: Rhea Ienni CV
Email: rienni@luc.edu
David Inczauskis, SJ
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Latin American Philosophy
Email: dinczauskis@luc.edu
Lillianne John
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory / Phenomenologies / Hermeneutics, Social & Political Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Website: https://lilliannej.carrd.co/
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
Email: kmager@luc.edu
Kiku Mizuno
Program: PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: kmizuno@luc.edu
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
Email: rramirez12@luc.edu
Kit Rempala
Program: PhD
Program: PhD
Interests: Bioethics, Phenomenology, Illness and Disabilities Studies
Email: krempala@luc.edu
Isabella Sheldon
Program: PhD
Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Gender, and Phenomenology
Email: isheldon@luc.edu
Naomi Simmons-Thorne
Program: PhD
Interests: Hegel, Africana Thought, Black Feminism, Marxist Humanism, Critical Theory, Value Theory
Email: nsimmonsthorne@luc.edu
Jason Stephens
Program: PhD
Interests: Black Studies and Afropessimism, Ancient Philosophy, the History of Slavery
Email: jstephens10@luc.edu
Santiago Uresti
Program: PhD
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Existentialism
Email: suresti@luc.edu
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
Email: mventuri@luc.edu
Dahlia Young
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ontology, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: dyoung14@luc.edu
MA in Philosophy
Todd Alexander
Program: MA
Email: talexander4@luc.edu
Austin Bissell
Program: MA
Interests: Existentialism, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of technology.
Email: abissell@luc.edu
Mason Bowes
Program: MA
Email: mbowes@luc.edu
Mitchell-Lee Graham
Program: MA
Email: mgraham21@luc.edu
Lars Johnson
Program: MA
Email: ljohnson41@luc.edu
Joshua Mei
Program: MA
Interests: Kant’s theoretical philosophy and critical theory (Frankfurt School)
Email: jmei1@luc.edu
David Miller
Program: MA
Email: dmiller9@luc.edu
MaKenzie Munson
Program: MA
Interests: Psychoanalysis, 20th Century Continental Philosophy/Deconstruction, and Philosophy and Literature
Email: mmunson1@luc.edu
Christopher Skinner
Program: MA
Email: cskinner1@luc.edu
Zach Svabek
Program: MA
Interests: Ancient Metaphysical and Epistemological Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Classical Languages, and early Christian Theology
Email: zsvabek@luc.edu
Kerry Synowiez
MA in Social Philosophy
Scotty Hendricks
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Email: shendricks2@luc.edu
Jonathan Jue-Wong, SJ
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Interests: Liberation philosophy, Political Philosophy
Email: pshaffer1@luc.edu
Abigail Tovar
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Email: atovar5@luc.edu
Pablo Velasquez
BA/MA
Hanadie Tulemat
Program: BA/MA
Email: htulemat@luc.edu
For more information regarding any graduate students, please contact a member of the Graduate Program administration team at philgrad@luc.edu.
PhD in Philosophy
Job Market Candidates
MA in Philosophy
MA in Social Philosophy
BA/MA
PhD in Philosophy
Benjamin Crispell
Program: PhD
Interests: Post-Kantian German Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
Email: bcrispell@luc.edu
Rutger Hakkenberg
Program: PhD
Interests: German Idealism, Philosophy of Mind, Meta-ethics and Personal Identity
Email: rhakkenberg@luc.edu
Patrick Hall
Program: PhD
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Platonism and Neoplatonism, German Idealism, Metaphysics of normativity and axiology
Email: phall6@luc.edu
Pooya Heybatollahi
Rhea Ienni
Program: PhD
AOS: Philosophy of Disability, Social and Political Philosophy
AOC: Ethics (including bioethics); Philosophy of Gender; Social Epistemology
CV: Rhea Ienni CV
Email: rienni@luc.edu
David Inczauskis, SJ
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Latin American Philosophy
Email: dinczauskis@luc.edu
Lillianne John
Program: PhD
Interests: Critical Theory / Phenomenologies / Hermeneutics, Social & Political Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Website: https://lilliannej.carrd.co/
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
Email: kmager@luc.edu
Kiku Mizuno
Program: PhD
Interests: Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: kmizuno@luc.edu
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
Email: rramirez12@luc.edu
Kit Rempala
Program: PhD
Program: PhD
Interests: Bioethics, Phenomenology, Illness and Disabilities Studies
Email: krempala@luc.edu
Isabella Sheldon
Program: PhD
Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Gender, and Phenomenology
Email: isheldon@luc.edu
Naomi Simmons-Thorne
Program: PhD
Interests: Hegel, Africana Thought, Black Feminism, Marxist Humanism, Critical Theory, Value Theory
Email: nsimmonsthorne@luc.edu
Jason Stephens
Program: PhD
Interests: Black Studies and Afropessimism, Ancient Philosophy, the History of Slavery
Email: jstephens10@luc.edu
Santiago Uresti
Program: PhD
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Existentialism
Email: suresti@luc.edu
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
Email: mventuri@luc.edu
Dahlia Young
Program: PhD
Interests: 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ontology, Social and Political Philosophy
Email: dyoung14@luc.edu
MA in Philosophy
Todd Alexander
Program: MA
Email: talexander4@luc.edu
Austin Bissell
Program: MA
Interests: Existentialism, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of technology.
Email: abissell@luc.edu
Mason Bowes
Program: MA
Email: mbowes@luc.edu
Mitchell-Lee Graham
Program: MA
Email: mgraham21@luc.edu
Lars Johnson
Program: MA
Email: ljohnson41@luc.edu
Joshua Mei
Program: MA
Interests: Kant’s theoretical philosophy and critical theory (Frankfurt School)
Email: jmei1@luc.edu
David Miller
Program: MA
Email: dmiller9@luc.edu
MaKenzie Munson
Program: MA
Interests: Psychoanalysis, 20th Century Continental Philosophy/Deconstruction, and Philosophy and Literature
Email: mmunson1@luc.edu
Christopher Skinner
Program: MA
Email: cskinner1@luc.edu
Zach Svabek
Program: MA
Interests: Ancient Metaphysical and Epistemological Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Classical Languages, and early Christian Theology
Email: zsvabek@luc.edu
Kerry Synowiez
MA in Social Philosophy
Scotty Hendricks
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Email: shendricks2@luc.edu
Jonathan Jue-Wong, SJ
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Interests: Liberation philosophy, Political Philosophy
Email: pshaffer1@luc.edu
Abigail Tovar
Program: MA in Social Philosophy
Email: atovar5@luc.edu
Pablo Velasquez
BA/MA
Hanadie Tulemat
Program: BA/MA
Email: htulemat@luc.edu
For more information regarding any graduate students, please contact a member of the Graduate Program administration team at philgrad@luc.edu.