Ph.D. Students
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Matthew J. Advent
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate
advent@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Benedictine College, 2015
M.A. Philosophy, Florida State University, 2019
Ph.L. Philosophy, Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature and Metaphysics, History of Economics
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Michael J. Bors
Ph.D. Candidate
92bors@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-08
B.A. Philosophy and Theology, Thomas Aquinas College, 2015
Ph.L. Philosophy, Catholic University of America, 2019
Interests: Ancient and Medieval logic, Philosophy of Nature, Metaphysics -
Genevieve Frank Buono
Ph.D. Student
frankg@cua.edu
B.A. English, University of Dallas, 2019
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: Edith Stein, Aesthetics, Theory of Education
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Sean Foley
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate
foleysp@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-24
B.A. European Intellectual History, B.A. Russian & Eastern European Studies, Wesleyan University, 2010
M.A. Liberal Arts, St. John's College-Annapolis, 2018
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2023
Interests: Phenomenology, Epistemology and Metaphysics, History of Philosophy
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Joseph Gazaille
Graduate Fellow - Institute for Human Ecology, Ph.D. Student
gazaille@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-22
B.A. Philosophy, Providence College, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: Ancient Ethics, Philosophy and Literature -
Peter Haskett
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate
haskett@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-10
B.A. Philosophy, St. Francis Xavier University, 2014
M.A. Political Science, Carleton University, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, Dominican University College, 2018
Interests: Plato and Aristotle, Philosophy of Nature, History of Political Philosophy -
Bridget Groff Haskett
Ph.D. Candidate
groff@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-09
B.A. Philosophy, The University of St. Thomas-Texas, 2018
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2021
Interests: Modern Philosophy, 18th-19th c. French and German Philosophy, Aesthetics -
Monica Jeffery
Book Review Editor for National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Ph.D. Candidate
burkemg@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Christendom College, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2021
Interests: P olitical Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy -
Brian Killackey
Visiting Assistant Professor, Belmont Abbey College
Ph.D. Candidate
killackey@cua.edu
B.A. Classics, B.A. Philosophy, Christendom College, 2012
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2020
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Epistemology, Medieval Philosophy
Curriculum Vitae
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Bridget Safranek Knuffke
Ph.D. Candidate
safranek@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, University of Dallas, 2017
Ph.L. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2020
Interests: St. Thomas Aquinas, Ethics, Political Philosophy -
Daryl Li
Graduate Fellow - Institute for Human Ecology, Ph.D. Candidate
lid@cua.edu
Caldwell Hall, Room 326
B.A. Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2008
M.A. Liberal Arts, St. John's College-Annapolis, 2010
Interests: Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy -
Fr. Daniel Martin
Chair of Philosophy Department
St. John Vianney College Seminary, Miami, FL
Ph.D. Candidate
25martind@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Fordham University, 2007
M.Div., St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, 2013
Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Economics -
Elisabeth Parish
Ph.D. Candidate
58parish@cua.edu
B.A. Applied Linguistics, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 1999
M.A. Liberal Arts, St. John's College-Annapolis, 2010
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2017
Interests: Aristotelian & Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics, Analytic Metaphysics, Ancient Philosophy, Bioethics
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Phillip Piper
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate
piperp@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-21
B.A. Philosophy, Eastern University, 2020
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: Ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre -
Miriam Pritschet
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Student
pritschet@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-17
B.A. Religious Studies, St. Michael’s College, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2023
Interests: Thomistic Metaphysics, Divine Causality -
W. Alex Rogers III
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Student
rogersw@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-31
B.A. Philosophy, B.M. Music Performance, University of Maryland-College Park, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, M.A. Theology, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, 2021
Interests: Phenomenology, Aesthetics -
Conor Stark
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate
starkc@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-04
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Classical Literature, Wake Forest University, 2015
M.T.S. Systematic Theology, Notre Dame, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: Ancient Metaphysics, Arab Philosophy, Latin Scholasticism, German Idealism, Heidegger
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Tomas Villacis
Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
villacis@cua.edu
B.S. Mathematics, Seton Hall University, 2018
M.A. Philosophy, Mount St. Mary's University, 2024
Interests: Metaphysics, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
M.A./Ph.L. Students
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Mathias Bishop
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
bishopma@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-15
B.A. Philosophy and Classics, Florida State University, 2023
Interests: Ethics, Medieval Philosophy -
Michael Bishop
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
bishopmi@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-27
B.A. Liberal Arts, Thomas Aquinas College-California, 2023
Interests: Thomistic Natural Philosophy, Metaphysics -
Ana Botelho
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
botelho@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-19
B.A. Theology, Providence College, 2023
Interests: Bioethics, Applied Phenomenology
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Isabel Condon
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
condoni@cua.edu
B.A. English Literature, B.A. Philosophy, Seton Hall University, 2023
Interests: Ethics, Aesthetics -
Charles G. Connellan
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
connellanc@cua.edu
B.S. Business Administration, B.S. Economics, Washington and Lee University, 2017
Interests: Philosophy of Law, Latin Scholasticism, Epistemology, Political Philosophy -
A. Forgét
Neihaus Fellow, Terminal M.A. Student
forgeta@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, University of Dallas, 2022
Interests: Philosophy of Gender, Hylomorphism, Mind-Body Dualism -
Matthew McShurley
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
mcshurley@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Christendom College, 2021
Interests: Medieval Logic, Metaphysics
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Farheen Proctor
M.A./Ph.D. Student
maqbool@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Yale University, 2019
Interests: Phenomenology, Epistemology, Aesthetics
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Jordan Raum
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
raum@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-13
B.A. Liberal Arts, Thomas Aquinas College-California, 2022
Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind -
Nick Schaffield
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
schaffield@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-14
B.A. Philosophy, Hillsdale College, 2022
Interests: Scholastic Metaphysics, Natural Theology -
Daniel R. Schmidt III
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
schmidtdr@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-23
B.S. Mathematics, University of Kansas, 2021
Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Human Nature -
Daniel Siciliano
Book Review Editor for the Review of Metaphysics, M.A./Ph.D. Student
sicilianod@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 223
B.A. Philosophy, B.B.A. Applied Information Management Systems, Loyola Marymount University, 2019
Interests: Aristotelian Ethics and Moral Psychology, Phenomenology -
Francisco "Bino" Socrates
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
socrates@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-20
B.A. Sociology, University of Santo Tomas-Manila, 2017
M.A. Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, 2020
M.A. Human Rights, The Catholic University of America, 2022
Interests: Ethics, Neo-Aristotelian Ethics, Action Theory -
Jane Spencer
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
spencerjm@cua.edu
Aquinas Hall, Room 200A-11
B.A. Art, B.A. Philosophy, Benedictine College, 2021
Interests: Thomistic Ethics, Philosophical Psychology -
Maisy Sullivan
Terminal M.A. Student
sullivanmf@cua.edu
Fr. O'Connell Hall, 4th Floor
B.A. Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 2023
Interests: Metaphysics, Ethics -
Nico Walz
Graduate Research Assistant, M.A./Ph.D. Student
walzn@cua.edu
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Classical Philology, University of Dallas, 2024
Interests: Metaphysics, Ethics, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy