FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

Philosophy

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Current and recent graduate students

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  • MA in Philosophy
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Aaron Jeffrey Coletti
MA in Philosophy
Current Students
Department of Philosophy

Contact Info

Research Area(s)

Philosophy of Law

Previous Education

Bachelor of Arts(Hons) Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law
McMaster University - June 2020

Aaron Roberts
PhD in Philosophy
Current Students
Faculty of Humanities
Expected Completion April 2022

Research Area(s)

Applied ethics

Bioethics

Metaethics

Global health policy

Philosophy of mind

Scholarships

SSHRC-CGSD (2019)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2017, 2018)

IEPI Graduate Scholarship in Applied Ethics (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Brocher Foundation Research Residency (2020 *postponed to summer 2022 due to COVID-19)

Supervisor

Dr. Claudia Emerson

Research Summary

Bioethics

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Global Health

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Emerging technologies

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Previous Education

Master of Arts, Philosophy
Wilfred Laurier University - August 2012

Bachelor of Arts [Hons], Philosophy
Wilfred Laurier University - June 2011

Alana Jolly
PhD in Philosophy
Current Students
Department of Philosophy
Expected Completion 2024

Contact Info

Research Area(s)

Political Philosophy

Social Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

Supervisor

Dr. Violetta Igneski

Previous Education

BA (Honours) Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law
McMaster University - June 2019

Alex Loehndorf
MA in Philosophy
Recent Graduates
Department of Philosophy
Graduated September 2021

Contact Info

Placement

TBA.

Supervisor

Dr. Wil Waluchow

Research Summary

In Originalism’s Stead: Old Constitutions and Originalism’s Normative Foundations.

Alexia Cipriani
MA in Philosophy
She/her
Current Students
Department of Philosophy

Contact Info

Research Area(s)

Social and Political Philosophy

History of Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

Philosophy of Law

Normative Jurispurdence

Ethics

Scholarships

SSHRC-CGSM (2021)

Previous Education

Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law
McMaster University Summa Cum Laude - June 2021

Amir Ganjavie
PhD in Philosophy
Current Students
Department of Philosophy

Contact Info

Supervisor

Dr. Stefan Sciaraffa

Andrew Yang
MA in Philosophy
Recent Graduates
Department of Philosophy
Graduated August 2020

Contact Info

Placement

MD Candidate, McMaster University.

Supervisor

Dr. Barry Allen

Research Summary

The Concept of Mental Health.

Ann Heesters
PhD in Philosophy
Recent Graduates
Department of Philosophy
Graduated November 2019

Contact Info

Placement

Director of Bioethics, University Health Network; Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Member, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto.

Supervisor

Dr. Elisabeth Gedge

Research Summary

Thesis: How Legal Theory Could Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics.

Antonio Dos Santos
PhD in Philosophy
Recent Graduates
Department of Philosophy
Graduated September 2018

Contact Info

Placement

Editorial Manager, IJSaP journal, McMaster University.

Supervisor

Dr. Elisabeth Gedge

Research Summary

Psychopaths and Moral Responsibility.

Ashlynn Whalley
MA in Philosophy
She/her
Current Students
Faculty of Humanities
Expected Completion July 2022

Contact Info

Research Area(s)

Epistemic Injustice

Emotions

Communications

Scholarships

SSHRC-CGSM (2020)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021)

Supervisor

Dr. Allauren Forbes

Previous Education

BA (Honours) Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law
McMaster University - November 2015