Philosophy Department
People—Graduate Students
The Department has about a dozen faculty members and 25 graduate students in residence. The faculty is in close contact with graduate students not only in small seminars, but also in individual reading courses. Students and faculty often participate in small study groups. The size and nature of the program facilitate close interaction among faculty and students.
Current Graduate Students
Arellano, Adrian
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Phone: (585) 275-4387
Email: adrian.arellano@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Metaethics
Baddorf, Matthew
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: mbaddorf@z.rochester.edu
Research Interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, and Medieval Philosophy
Barnett, Brian C.
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: b.barnett@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion
Carey, Brandon
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Phone: (585) 275-4387
Email: brandon.carey@rochester.edu
Elliott, James
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: jellio10@z.rochester.edu
Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
Greenlee, Andrew
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: agreenl2@z.rochester.edu
Research Interests: Metaphysics and Epistemology
Hodson, Sommer
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Phone: (585) 275-4387
Email: sommer.hodson@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Metaphysics and Epistemology
Komdat, John W.
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: john.komdat@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy
Olson, Dustin
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: dustin.olson@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Bertrand Russell, History of Analytic Philosophy
Philips, Robinson
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore
Email: robinson.phillips@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Ethics
Phillips, Kathryn
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Phone: (585) 275-4387
Email: kathryphillips@gmail.com
Research Interests: Metaethics, Ethics
Rowley, William D.
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Phone: (585) 275-4387
Email: william.rowley@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Applied Ethics
Shields, Jannai
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: jannai.shields@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Sickler, Jarod
PhD Program
Office: 534 Lattimore Hall
Email: jarodsickler@rochester.edu
Research Interests: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Metaethics
