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PhD Logic, Computation & Methodology
MS Logic & Computation
MA Philosophy
BS Logic & Computation
BA Philosophy
BA Ethics, History, and Public Policy
BS Ethics, History, and Public Policy
BA Linguistics
Additional BS Logic & Computation
Additional BA Philosophy
Additional BA Ethics, History, and Public Policy
Additional BA Linguistics
Additional BS Environmental Policy

PhD Logic, Computation & Methodology

Spencer Breiner Baker Hall 138
412.268.9669
sbreiner[at]andrew.cmu.edu

  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Foundations of Geometry
Hometown: Boone, NC
BS Mathematics
University of California at Berkeley

Edward Dean Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
edean[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Personal Homepage

 

  • Proof Theory
  • History and philosophy of mathematics
  • Computability, algorithmic randomness
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
BS Mathematics,
BA Philosophy:
Harvard University
Favorite Philosopher: Buffy Anne Summers
Stephen Fancsali Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
sfancsal[at]andrew.cmu.edu

  • Causal Inference (esp. in the social sciences)
  • Methodology and Philosophy of Science
  • American Pragmatism
Hometown: Pleasant Hills, PA
BA Philosophy
BS Economics
University of Pittsburgh
Favorite Photographer: Shawn Standefer
Sicun Gao Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
sicung[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Personal Homepage
Advisor
Edmund Clarke
Jeremy Avigad
  • Decision Procedures and Model Checking
  • Computational Algebraic Geometry
  • Finite Model Theory
Hometown: Tianjin, China
BS Logic
BS Mathematics
Peking University

Favorite Wiki Item: Alternative Rock
Dave Gray Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
bigdaddy[at]cmu.edu
Personal Homepage
Advisor
Alex London
Teddy Seidenfeld
  • Deliberative Democracy
  • Social Choice and Decision Theory
  • Nature of Rationality
Hometown: Helena, MT
BS Computer Science
BA Philosophy:
University of Montana
Favorite Neglected Philosopher: José Ortega y Gasset
Favorite Cheese: Gouda
Hainlin Liu Baker Hall 138
412.268.9669
hailinl[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Decision Theory
  • Reasoning about belief and probability
  • Belief revision
Hometown: Jiangxi, China
BA Philosophy
Sun Yat-sen University

Benjamin Jantzen Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
bjantzen[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Personal Homepage

  • Philosophy and foundations of biophysics
  • Concepts and theories of coding
    in molecular biology
  • Philosophy of physics
  • Identity and individuality in microphysics

BS Physics, BS Biology
Penn State University
MS Physics
Cornell University
MA Philosophy
Carnegie Mellon Univeristy

Conor Mayo-Wilson Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
conormw[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Logic and Foundations of Mathematics
  • History and Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Philosophy of Science
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
BA Philosophy
BS Mathematics
Stanford University

Favorite Vineyard: Conn Creek
Rebecca Morris Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
rebeccam[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Hilbert and Frege
  • History of Mathematics
Hometown: Deal, Kent, England
Master of Mathematics/Philosophy
University of Oxford

Arthur Paul Pedersen Baker Hall 138
412.268.9669
apaulpedersen[at]cmu.edu
Personal Homepage
Advisor
Horacio Arló Costa
  • Formal Epistemology
  • Philosophical Logic
  • Rational Choice
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
BA Mathematics
BA Philosophy
University of Wisconsin

Ruth Poproski Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
rpoprosk[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Advisor
Horacio Arló Costa
  • Epistemology
  • Belief Dynamics
  • Rational Choice
  • Language and Meaning
Hometown: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
B Religious Education
Tyndale University College
BA Philosophy
University of Waterloo
MA Philosophy
University of Western Ontario

Favourite Lisa Simpson Quote: "I can see through time!"
Patricia Rich Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
prich[at]andrew.cmu.edu

  • Modal Logic
  • Game Theory
Hometown: Orchard Park, NY
BA Philosophy
Niagara University

Robert Tillman Baker Hall 139B
412.268.1168
rtillman[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Personal Homepage

  • Causal Modeling
  • Machine Learning
  • Computational Psychology and Cognitive Science
  • Highly Structured Stochastic Systems
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
BA Philosophy
BS Psychology
Tulane University

Sarah Wellen Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
swellen[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Moral Psychology
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
BA&Sc, Cognitive Science


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MS Logic & Computation

Patrick Beukema Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
pbeukema[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Intuitionistic logic
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Game Theory
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
BA Philosophy
McGill University

David Carper Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
dcarper[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Etc
Hometown: West Chester, OH
BA Mathematics
BA Classics
Case Western Reserve University

Karin Howe Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
karinh[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Advisor
Mandy Simons
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Nonviolence
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Capital Punishment
  • Philosophy for Children
Hometown: Syracuse, NY
BA Social Philosophy
SUNY Cortland

Hans-Christoph Kotzsch Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
hkotzsch[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics
  • History of Analytic Philosophy
Hometown: Dresden, Germany
MA Philosophy
Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Erich Kummerfeld Baker Hall 139B
412.268.1168
ekummerf[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Machine Learning
  • Cognition
  • Real-Time Analysis of Data
  • Nonlinearity
Hometown: Ridgefield, CT
BA Logic and Computation
Hampshire College

Hanti Lin Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
hantil[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Metaphysics
Hometown: Tainan, Taiwan
BS Physics
National Taiwan University

Einam Livnat Baker Hall 143
412.268.8148
elivnat[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
  • Philosophy of Language
Hometown: Tel Aviv, Israel
BA Philosophy
Tel Aviv University

David Rose Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
davidros[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Moral Psychology
  • Experimental Philosophy
Hometown: Sugar Grove, OH
BA Philosophy
BA Psychology
Ohio University

Alex Smith Baker Hall 139B
412.268.1168
ams1[at]andrew.cmu.edu
Personal Homepage

  • Formal Epistemology
  • Proof Theory
  • Philosophical Logic
Hometown: Clinton, NY
BS Mathematical Sciences
BS Logic & Computation
Carnegie Mellon University

James Tremblay Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8537
jtrembla[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Political Philosophy
  • Clinical Psychology
Hometown: Flushing, MI
BA Philosophy
BA History
University of Michigan-Flint

Favorite quote: "A man cannot live intensely except at the cost of the self." -Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

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MA Philosophy

Jayna Bonfini Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
jbonfini[at]andrew.cmu.edu<

  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Mind
Hometown: Beaver Falls, PA
American University
Political Science
Georgetown University

Lexi Drozd Baker Hall 139F
412.268.9486
ldrozd[at]andrew.cmu.edu<

  • Causation and education
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
BA Philosophy
Carnegie Mellon University

Ben Ganzfried Baker Hall 135F
412.268.9486
bganzfri[at]andrew.cmu.edu<




Ashley James Baker Hall 161A
412.268.8573
ashleyja[at]andrew.cmu.edu


  • Nietzsche
  • Equity
BA Linguistics
University of Texas at Austin
JD, New York University School of Law

Robin Levine Stoller Baker Hall 135F
412.2268.9486
rstoller[at]andrew.cmu.edu

  • Ethics
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Juvenile Justice
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Juris Doctorate
Cleveland Marshall College of Law
MS Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University

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BS Logic & Computation

Chase Brownell
Matthew Grame
Augustus Mayo
Eugene Millerman
Matthew Rowe
Sebastian Stranahan
Alexander Veerhoff

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BA Philosophy

Diego Bauza
Clara Bittner-Rossmiller
Corey Ginsberg
Gillian Goldberg
Tarun Hansen
Bruch Irish
Sum Tsit Lam
Enoma Oviasu
Lauren Rubenstein
Matt Thompson
Gabriela Uribe
Jessica Virdo
Adam Walker
Michael Whiston
Victoria Wong

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BA Ethics, History, and Public Policy

Aimee Bedoy
Susan Adegboyega-Panox
Susan Anderson
Mena Assad
Joe Bernarding
Nancy Brown
Amy Chi
Lydia Chiro
Jessica Dickinson Goodman
Elizabeth Genatowski
Anna Goddard
Julia Hanby
Christina Leffard
Christine Peters
Tomasz Skowronski
Andrea Solomon
Margaret Sonderholm
Katie Zemel

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BS Ethics, History, and Public Policy

Sterling Berliant
Francesco Coco
Anna Keller
Rachel Perovich
Andrew Robb
Carl Spindler
Ashish Thakrar

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BA Linguistics

Joe Degolia
Emily Forney
Jasmine Friedrich
Emily James
Miriam Kenton
Alexandra Kronstein
Ateret Reisner
Guy Alexander Russo
Todd Snider
Courtney Sutter

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Additional BS Logic & Computation

Mikhail Druv
Johnathan Spiegel

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Additional BA Philosophy

Doug Bernstein
Oliver Chen
Adam Conkey
Elizabeth Cutrone
Elizabeth Decker
Terry Garove
Joseph Gruber
Donald Haase
Jie Jin
Cihan Kadipasaoglu
Patrick Kane
Jacob Kaufman
Alexander Keinath
Jonathan Kilgallin
Walter King
Evan Korol
Nicholas Lamp
Christine Lee
Alex Martinez
Edgar Martinez
Brian Pollack
David Rizwan
Matthew Rowe
Alexander Stommen
Jessica Virdo
Calvin Chee Jun Wong
Wendy Yim

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Additional BA Ethics, History, and Public Policy

Huma Ali
Lisa Choi
Tokiea Fitzgerald
Julia Hanby
Emily Kennedy
Nicholas Ryan
Ashish Thakrar
Melvin Udeh

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Additional BA Linguistics

Tobie Chan-Kalin
Elizabeth Chen
Alyssa Fogel
Noah Harp
Laura Horton
Benjamin Lee
Lindsay McGregor
Ellene Mobbs
Matt Thompson

Additional BS Environmental Policy

Medini Annavajhala
Julian Imbrescia
Manisha Sashital

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