Graduate Students
Angela Bischof
Student
I am a third-year PhD student in the Philosophy department. I hold a BA in Philosophy and a BA in Psychology from New Mexico State University. My research concerns the moral standing of nonhuman...
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Caleb Hazelwood
Student
I work on conceptual problems in biology. I am especially concerned with issues in evolution and development, as well as the intersection of these domains. Some questions that have motivated my...
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Ewan Kingston
Student
Ewan's current research concerns the challenge posed to traditional political theory, especially democratic theory, by the increasing environmental and economic interconnections between people...
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Qiu Lin
Student
I am a second-year Ph.D student at Duke Philosophy. My areas of strength are early modern philosophy and philosophy of space and time. My areas of interests are Newton, 18th century mechanics, and...
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Joseph Nelson
Student
My main area of interest is in ethics, and I'm writing a dissertation on pleasure, pain, and well-being.
Songyao Ren
Student
I am a fourth-year PhD student in philosophy, working on ethics and non-western philosophy. My current research project draws insights from Stoicism and Daoism to study whether a good life is one...
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Erick Sam
Student
I am a Ph.D student in the Department of Philosophy. I hold a B.A. in philosophy and in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Prior to arriving at Duke, I worked as a...
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Ben Sarbey
Student
I am a 2nd year PhD student specializing in bioethics and moral psychology. I am interested in the philosophy of death, in particular issues related to how we experience the processes of dying and...
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Valerie Soon
Student
I work in philosophy of social science and political philosophy. My dissertation is on the relationship between individuals and structures. In general, I'm interested in the connection between...
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Heather Wallace
Student
Heather is writing a dissertation about Simone de Beauvoir & the problem of other minds, under the direction of Toril Moi and ...
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Tara Weese
Student
My research interests are primarily in political and legal philosophy. More specifically, I am interested in victims' issues and victims' rights, the role of the adversarial system in determining...
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