| Jabran Amanat-Leeemail 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 Baeemail 315F Youllim is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. |
| Ben Barnesemail
Ben Barnes is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. |
| Puneet Bhandariemail 315S Puneet is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. |
| Henrique Cassol Lealemail 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. |
| Bjorn Flanaganemail
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 Gallagheremail
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 Gonzalezemail
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 Gormleyemail 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 Henryemail LPH 315S
Jack Henry is a philosophy graduate student and teaching assistant at UNL. |
| Sam Hobbsemail
Samuel Hobbs is a philosophy graduate student at UNL. |
| Michael Hydeemail 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 Kainemail
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 KimSang-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. |