People

Ellie Lasater-Guttmann

elasaterguttmann@fas.harvard.edu

PhD candidate

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Bioethics If you are puzzled about how neurons generate the beautiful, unified, and elaborate experience we have in the world, get in touch! We can try and find some answers...

Eilam Lavy

eilamlavy@g.harvard.edu

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: Political and moral philosophy, epistemology, moral psychology, philosophy of education

I’m married to Alma, and when I’m not doing philosophy I love basketball, running, and reading (fiction, that is). Philosophically, I’m especially...

Christopher Lewis

clewis@law.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

My research is about how the law (especially the criminal law) can be more fairly and efficiently administered in response to social and economic inequality. Before joining the law school faculty, I was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. I...

Frank Li

fli1@fas.harvard.edu

PhD candidate

Research Interests: History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Kant

Jenna Lyn-Adsit Donohue

jdonohue@fas.harvard.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow in Embedded EthiCS

Research Interests: Moral and Political Philosophy, Moral Complicity, Ethics and Technology, Feminist Epistemology Jenna Lyn-Adsit Donohue is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Embedded EthiCS. Her current research focuses on moral complicity and the obligations...

Mukund Maithani

mukundmaithani@g.harvard.edu

PhD Candidate

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...

Lorenzo Manuali

Fellow in Philosophy

Harvard Appointment Dates: September 14, 2026 - June 1, 2027

Research Interests: Social and political philosophy, cognitive science (esp. addiction), and philosophy of technology/AI

Lorenzo (he/him) is interested in how changing social conditions arising from the Information Age are negatively affecting our agency –...

Ian J. Martel

imartel@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests: Metaphilosophy, History of Philosophy

Ian is primarily interested in 'critical metaphilosophy,' the view that traditional philosophy violates the conditions for its own intelligibility, especially as articulated by Kant, Heidegger, and...

Sabela Martínez-González

smartinezgonzalez@g.harvard.edu

PhD Candidate

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...

Samantha Matherne

smatherne@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Philosophy

Research Interests: Kant, Phenomenology, Neo-Kantianism, Aesthetics, Perception

Samantha Matherne’s primary research interests lie in exploring the reciprocal relationship between perception and aesthetics. She approaches these issues largely through a...