Graduate Student Directory | Department of Philosophy

	Jabran Amanat-Lee email LPH 315V Jabran Amanat-Lee is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. Currently, his primary interests are in Metaphysics, particularly the metaphysics of Identity, Composite Objects, Grounding, and Abstract Objects. Recently, he developed an interest in the metaphysics of non-being, and is working on developing a non-factualist account of nothingness. Jabran is also interested in Moral Status, Intention, Introspective Knowledge, Social Epistemology, and Free Will, mainly views that aim to preserve Free Will by appealing to Moral Responsibility.
	Youllim Bae email 315F Youllim is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. He received his master’s degree from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea. His main philosophical interests are philosophy of language and metaphysics, and he has recently been studying meta-ethics as well.
	Ben Barnes email Ben Barnes is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL.
	Puneet Bhandari email 315S Puneet is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL.
	Henrique Cassol Leal email LPH 315S Henrique Cassol Leal is a Philosophy graduate student and a Teaching Assistant at UNL. He earned his BA in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, and his MA from the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL). His primary interests lie in metaethics, philosophy of action, and epistemology, especially when these areas intersect with concepts such as reasons, justification, normativity, and agency. Additionally, he maintains secondary interests in concepts and self-knowledge. In his leisure time, Henrique enjoys swimming, reading fiction, bike riding, and cherishing moments with his partner.
	Andrew Downing Andrew Downing is a philosophy graduate student. He received a B.A. In Philosophy and Psychology as a dual major student from University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. His main interest is in ethics and epistemology. In his downtime, Andrew likes to fence, visit cafes, and frequent antique stores and museums.
	Bjorn Flanagan email Bjorn Flanagan is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. He received his BA in Philosophy from the University of South Dakota (2019). His primary interests are in naturalized epistemology, pragmatism, and process philosophy. When he is not doing philosophy, Bjorn can probably be found disc golfing, tabletop gaming, or spending quality time with his wife and son (although those are not mutually exclusive).
	Drew Gallagher email Drew Gallagher is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. Drew earned his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his M.A. (both in philosophy) from San Francisco State University (with a thesis on Wittgenstein's Tractatus). His primary philosophical interests are in the philosophy of mind (specifically the relationship between language, thought, and perception), epistemology (foundationalist solutions to the problem of skepticism), ethics (deontological and divine command theories), German idealism (Kant and Hegel), and political theology (Agamben).
	Guillermo Gonzalez email Guillermo is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. His research interests are primarily in metaphysics. He is also interested in formal logic, philosophical logic, and philosophy of logic. Within metaphysics Guillermo is primarily interested in the following topics: social ontology, non-existence, and metaphysics of modality. In his free time, Guillermo enjoys spending time with his wife and son. He also enjoys spending time with friends and other family members.
	Janelle Gormley email LPH 315F Janelle Gormley is a graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. She received her B.A. of philosophy at the University of West Florida (2017), and she received her M.A. at the University of Florida (2019). Janelle’s primary interests include moral psychology, specifically with respect to Aristotelian Virtue Ethics. Other interests include, but are not limited to, the intersection between metaphysics and epistemology with respect to friendship (what friendship is, and what makes an agent justified in believing one is a friend), the role that literature or fiction plays with respect to moral learning, and rationality requirements on non-ideal agents. Aside from academic research interests, she is also exploring different avenues of philosophical pedagogy. In her free time, Janelle has picked up playing disc golf, painting neon landscapes, and gaming with friends.
	Jack Henry email LPH 315S Jack Henry is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL.
	Sam Hobbs email Samuel Hobbs is a philosophy graduate student at UNL.
	Michael Hyde email LPH 315S Hyde (he/him) is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. He received his MA from the University of Toledo. His primary interests are in epistemology and ethics, with additional interests in philosophy of mind, language, pragmatism, and existentialism. His work often engages psychology and the humanities. At bottom, his research is focused on the relationships between beliefs, values, and actions (particularly as related to justification and normativity). Outside of philosophy, Michael loves retro video games/cartoons, music, anything with wheels, and spending time with his partner and loved ones.
	Swarnima Kain email Swarnima is a philosophy graduate student. She received her B.A and M.A. degrees from Lady Shri Ram College for Women in New Delhi, India. Swarnima's philosophical interests are Ethics, Philosophy of law, Value theory and Decision theory.
	Sang-Ick Kim Sang-Ick Kim (Nick), is a graduate student in philosophy and serves as a teaching assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He completed his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Konkuk University in South Korea. His academic pursuits are primarily in the field of epistemology, with an emphasis on the principles of epistemic closure or transmission. He is intrigued by puzzles such as the Gettier problem, the Lottery Paradox, and Skepticism of the external world, among others. Outside of his academic life, he enjoys swimming, watching movies, and reading fiction.

	Youmin Kim email LPH 337 Youmin Kim is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. Her research interests include ethics, epistemology, philosophy of technology, and information ethics.
	Eunhong Lee email LPH 315S Eunhong Lee is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Chung-Ang University in South Korea. Eunhong’s philosophical interests include metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Her non-philosophic interests include travel, yoga, and writing essays.
	John Lee email John Lee is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. His interests are Ethics, Philosophy of Religion in/of Literature, and spending time with his wife and two boys.
	Jason Lemmon email Jason Lemmon is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. He is currently teaching at Creighton University. He has a BA in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in philosophy from Northern Illinois University. He also has an MA in history from the University of Oregon, where his focus was intellectual history since Darwin. Currently, his primary focus is the relationship between practical reason and weakness of will.
	Juncheng Mu Juncheng is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. He received his MA from Purdue University. His research interests are philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and ethics.
	Erica Nicolas email LPH 315F Erica Nicolas is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Arkansas. Her primary interest is in epistemology, specifically epistemic defeasibility and justification. Other interests include philosophy of mind (consciousness and memory), philosophy of social science (collective agency), bioethics, and metaphysics. Recently, she has been interested in the metaphysics of gender and has developed an associative account of gender. In her free time, Erica enjoys playing games, watching sunsets, and being a cloud critic.
	Cheng Chang Tu email Cheng Chang (Alfred) Tu is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. He received both his BA and MA in philosophy from National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His primary research interests are metaphysics and epistemology.
	Vileru email Vileru (pronounced “VIAL-roo”, rhyming with “smile zoo”) earned a BA in philosophy from California State University, East Bay and an MA in philosophy from San Francisco State University. Vileru is primarily interested in normativity, reasons, and agency, and is working on a version of reasons internalism that does not rely on the Humean theory of motivation.
	Adara Vinal email Adara Vinal is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. She graduated with her B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and her philosophical interests include feminist philosophy, ethics, and social ontology. Her non-philosophical interests include playing with her dog Spice at the park, visiting the farmer's markets, and finding local coffee shops in Lincoln.
	Ethan Voshell Email, LPH 315W Ethan Voshell is a graduate philosophy student and teaching assistant at UNL. He received his B.A in Philosophy as well as Public Policy from the University of Iowa. Ethan's philosophical interests lie in philosophy of education, philosophy of law, and the philosophical teachings of Arthur Schopenhauer. His non-philosophical interests include reading modern classic literature and taking long walks outside or watching basketball.
	Tianchen Wang email, LPH 315F Tianchen Wang is a Philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL.
	Dylan Wolfe email 315W Dylan is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL.
	Zachariah Wrublewski email Zachariah Wrublewski is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. His primary philosophical interests are in metaethics, epistemology (with a special interest in modal epistemology), normative ethics, and philosophical pedagogy.
	Chen Xia email Chen Xia is a philosophy graduate student at UNL.
	Seungchul Yang email LPH 315S Seungchul Yang is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Soongsil University in South Korea. Seungchul's philosophical interests include morality, normativity, and rationality.
	Il-Hwan Yu email LPH 337 Il-Hwan Yu is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. He is interested in moral philosophy, especially the intersection of meta-ethics and moral psychology.
	Hanchao (Hans) Zhao email, LPH 315S Hanchao (Hans) Zhao is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. He is interested in epistemology, philosophy of action, moral psychology and German Idealism.