Graduate Students

Research Interests: Moral and Political Philosophy

The central aim of my dissertation is to present and defend an account of the right of return for forcibly displaced persons which does not rely on territorial claims. In pursuing this project, I have...

Research Interests: Greek philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy, Phenomenology

Research interests: Political philosophy, normative ethics, metaethics, applied ethics, and Kant

Ben received his undergraduate degree in philosophy and politics from Oxford University in 2023, where he was awarded the Gibbs Prize for outstanding...

Research interests: 19th and 20th century philosophy, Latin American philosophy, sexual ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics

My research focuses on questions arising from considering our erotic lives philosophically. Some of these questions...

Research Interests: Legal and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Meta-Ethics

I received my B.S. in Physics from MIT in 2019. I work primarily in political philosophy, and am especially interested in the philosophy of race, democratic theory, and their...

Research Interests: Ethics & Moral Psychology (especially Kantian); Philosophy of Mind; History of Modern Philosophy (Early Modern, Kantian, and Post-Kantian)

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy of Action

Snowball joined the department in fall 2023 following an MA in Philosophy from Brandeis University and a BA in Philosophy from Beijing Normal University.

Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Logic

Ben received his BA from Cornell University in 2024. Before joining the department in 2025, he taught English in Slovakia through a Fulbright award.

Research Interests: Indian and Tibetan philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics

I currently study Indian Philosophy, having arrived at Harvard by way of an eclectic academic background. My primary focus is on Indian and Tibetan epistemology (Skt. pramāṇa)...

Research Interests: Moral Philosophy 

Clary received her BA in philosophy and comparative literature from Northwestern University in 2025. She joined the department the following fall. 

Research Interests: Early modern philosophy

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Epistemology

Veronika (she/her) received her BA in philosophy in 2022 from Montclair State University. Right now, she's primarily concerned with problems in consciousness studies and in the...

Research Interests: Ethics, Moral psychology, Feminist philosophy, Philosophy of education

My primary interests lie at the intersection of ethics and epistemology. At present, I am particularly fascinated by how individuals and communities develop their...

Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Feminist Philosophy, Emotions

Denish joined the department in the fall of 2018, after completing her BA in Philosophy and BS in Neuroscience at Saint Louis University.

She is primarily interested in the...

Research Interests: Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Jing Hwan (he/him) joined the department in fall 2022 following an MA in Philosophy from Simon Fraser University and a BA in Philosophy and Computer Science from New York University.

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Moral Psychology/Metaethics

Research Interests: Moral Psychology, Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science

I completed my undergraduate work in philosophy at Ashoka University, India, in 2022 and an MA in philosophy at Simon Fraser University, Canada, in 2025...

Research Interests: Kant; Philosophy of Space and Time; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Perception; Early Modern Philosophy   

My academic villain origin story began with a note by Kant discovered in 1986 at the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library in...

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Language

Research Interests: Early Modern European Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology

Evelyn Rose joined the department in 2024. She completed her BA in philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Research Interests: Ethics (especially Metaethics and Moral Psychology); Existentialism; Political Philosophy; and the History of Ethics and Political Philosophy.

My dissertation develops a theory of what the question of "the meaning of life" is a question...

Research Interests: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Early Modern Philosophy

Lucy received her BA in Philosophy with a minor in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton in 2026.

Research interests: Early modern philosophy, applied ethics, normative ethics, logic

Aisling joined the department in the fall of 2024. She received her B.S. in mathematics from Saint Michael’s College and her M.A. in philosophy from Virginia Tech. She is...

Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Africana Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Law

Reuben was an undergraduate at the Australian National University, where he received his LLB and BPPE. He joined the department in the fall of 2023.

Research Interests: Political Philosophy, Logic, Comparative Politics

Research interests: Legal and political philosophy, social philosophy, ethics

Ashwin is interested in approaching U.S. courts and legal institutions from the perspective of democratic theory. Before joining the department in 2024, Ashwin received his B.A...

Research interests: Epistemology, Ethics

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science