# Visitors [### Marzieh Asgari-Targhi ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/masgari.jpg?itok=zjGOPrlT) [### Geoffroy Boulai ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-10/Boulai.jpg?h=940a45ea&itok=sBX6oUZa) [### Clara Carus ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/PXL_20250212_200405227.PORTRAIT~20.jpg?itok=T-i3W-o5) [### Yan Chen ](/people/yan-chen) Fellow in Philosophy Harvard Appointment Dates: September 15, 2025 - December 31, 2026 person [### Will Davies ](/people/will-davies) Visiting Scholar in Philosophy Harvard Appointment Dates: August 15, 2024 - August 14, 2026 ![Will Davies](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/will_davies_staff_photo.jpg?itok=VUPtdnUZ) [### Leonard D. Katz ](/people/leonard-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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/katz.jpg?itok=a1ss8z5R) [### Noa Lahav Ayalon ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/20211207_094320.jpg?itok=wCBXliX1) [### Anne Sanderson ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/anne_sanderson.jpg?itok=AW0uxzE1) [### Priten Soundar-Shah ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/1120.jpeg?itok=PNXRiALD) [### Kathrin von Allmen ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/phildept/files/thumbnail_img_3948_2.jpg?itok=Q0yjHD2w) [### Shang Wang ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum4436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-02/Shang%20Wang.jpg?itok=_LlDZRap) [### Gabby (Xin) Zhang ](/people/gabby-xin-zhang)Fellow in Philosophy Harvard Appointment Dates: September 1, 2025 - May 31, 2027 person