Department of Philosophy

Graduate Students

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Sharon Berry

Sharon Berry double majored in philosophy and mathematics at Columbia. She's interested in philosophy of mathematics and logic, the epistemology of the a priori, and related issues in philosophy of language (e.g. analyticity and indeterminacy arguments). Her thesis proposes a naturalistic solution to the access problem. For fun, she collects Nabokov trivia, writes incredibly boring computer games, dabbles in recursion theory, and gets into arguments in areas of philosophy where she doesn't know the literature.

James Bondarchuk

James received his B.A. in mathematics from Columbia University in 2005. After a brief sojourn into the world of criminal defense law, he decided on a more lucrative career, enrolling in the M.A. program in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he finished his degree in 2009. His primary interests outside of philosophy include free food, thrash metal, and caffeine.

Nicolas Cornell

Originally from Maine, Nico graduated from Harvard College in 2004.  His research interests include normative ethics, rights theory, philosophy and law, and political philosophy.  He is concurrently pursuing a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Ryan Doerfler

(B.A., Wake Forest University, 2004) Ryan is interested in question about truth and realism generally speaking, though he is particularly interested in those questions as they pop up in discussions of evaluative discourse.  Additionally/relatedly, Ryan spends a lot of time thinking about the nature of indeterminacy and issues having to do with rule-following.  In his spare time, Ryan loves to cook (alas, his career as a professional line cook seems to have come to an end) and spends a fair amount of time at indie rock shows.

Jeremy Fix

Jeremy David Fix is most prominently known for his seminal contributions to underground hip-hop and R&B culture under the pseudonym Boyoncé, although, at different times during his performance career, he has referred to himself in song as J-Fi, JDF, J. Fixxy, and Fixxy. A highly erratic and idiosyncratic man, he plays his enemies like a game of chess.

Paul Julian

Paul grew up in Nashville and threw down in Knoxville, earning a B.A. from the University of Tennessee. He is most interested in questions about normativity and the nature of the self. Outside of philosophy, he enjoys climbing rocks and making obnoxiously large salads.

Michael Kenneally

Michael Kenneally joined Harvard's Graduate Program in Philosophy in 2006, having received his A.B. in philosophy from Princeton University earlier that year.  His primary interests are in the history of philosophy, the philosophy of law, ethics and the philosophy of action.

Céline Leboeuf

Céline Leboeuf, true to her French heritage, is involved in a passionate and tumultuous relationship. With Philosophy. She was first swept off her feet in Paris, a mere innocent adolescent. And the affair has continued on and off on the other side of the Atlantic for seven years. She has at times tried to leave Philosophy for Mathematics, Astronomy, even Organic Farming. But she cannot resist Philosophy’s advances. Philosophy lures her in, tempts her with such enticing concepts as substance, cause, body, mind, perfection, etc. etc. Philosophy’s latest trick to seduce her has been to acquaint her with a certain Martin Heidegger. She blushes at the thought of the Fourfold.

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Ronni Sadovsky

Ronni Sadovsky graduated from Swarthmore College in 2008, where she double-majored in philosophy and linguistics. In her spare time, she enjoys a variety of activities that afford opportunities to make tangible progress. Her bicycle is older than the polio vaccine, and her first name rhymes with "bologna."

Wendy Salkin

Wendy Salkin received her B.A. from New York University in 2007, where she studied philosophy and Africana studies. She is certain she has philosophical interests, and has sometimes claimed that they primarily concern the history of philosophy, political philosophy, and moral philosophy. Outside of philosophy, Wendy enjoys cooking, film-going, biking, practicing yoga, and playing Scrabble (provided that she wins).

Paul Schofield

Paul Schofield took his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame Program of Liberal Studies, and his M.A. from Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests are moral and political philosophy, action theory, and personal identity.

Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc

Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc hails from around Chicago. In 2008, he received his BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then worked for a year before coming to Harvard. His philosophical interests are mostly concentrated in ethics (both normative and meta-), the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of action (including free will). Outside of philosophy, Aleksy has personal interests as well.