Visitors

Marzieh Asgari-Targhi

Associate of the Department of Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: September 25, 2023- September 24, 2026
Research Interests: Philosophy of Causation; Causal Inference in Scientific Practices; History and Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics and Epistemology. Purpose of Harvard Visit: My appointment is intended to facilitate work with faculty in philosophy.
Marzieh Asgari Targhi portrait

Geoffroy Boulai

Fellow in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: October 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Research Interests: Moral philosophy, Political philosophy, Normative philosophy, Theories of Justice, Contractualism, Ethics, Metaethics

Geoffroy is interested in the contemporary theories of justice and especially in John Rawls’ theory of justice as...

Boulai

Clara Carus

Visiting Scholar in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026

Research Interests: I am specialized in Early Modern Philosophy with a particular focus on Émilie Du Châtelet, Leibniz, Wolff and Kant. I work on metaphysics, in particular on the principles of knowledge (PC and PSR) and the concepts of time and space.

Rea...

Clara Carus

Leonard D. Katz

Associate of the Department of Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: August 16, 2024 - August 15, 2026

Research: This centers on pleasure/happiness and its place in mind and value. It involves engaging with relevant sciences and studies of mind and value and their histories, from Buddhist meditation literature and Plato to contemporary neuroscience. I...

Leonard Katz

Noa Lahav Ayalon

Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: September 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026
Research Interests: I specialize in Early Modern philosophy, particularly Spinoza, and explore the intersection between Early Modern philosophy and science to enrich contemporary interdisciplinary research. I also work on philosophy of emotions, religion...
Noa

Anne Sanderson

Associate of the Department Of Philosopy
Co-Director & Co-Founder of ThinkerAnalytix
Harvard Appointment Dates: October 20, 2023 - October 19, 2026

Statement of Research: Our research focuses on developing the most effective training materials and resources to help educators implement argument visualization into their classrooms. This work builds on the research underway in other philosophy...

Anne Sanderson

Priten Soundar-Shah

Associate of the Department of Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026

Research Interests: Educational Ethics, Philosophy of Family, Philosophy of Education

Reason for Visit: Developing philosophically grounded yet practical approaches to teaching ethical reasoning at scale for educators and students.

Priten Shah

Kathrin von Allmen

Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2026

Research interests: Political philosophy, Moral philosophy, Feminist philosophy, Ethics

Kathrin’s work lies at the intersection of political, moral, and social philosophy with a particular emphasis on climate justice and feminist philosophy. She also...

Kathrin Von Allmen

Shang Wang

Fellow in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: February 15, 2026 - August 14, 2026

Research Interests: My research lies at the intersection of the history of philosophy and the philosophy of science, with particular attention to the role of metaphysical frameworks in shaping our understanding of nature. 

Shang Wang

Gabby (Xin) Zhang

Fellow in Philosophy
Harvard Appointment Dates: September 1, 2025 - May 31, 2027