2026

Josiah Lopez-Wild

Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, 2026-Present

2025

Ben Genta

Posdoctoral Fellow, Sloan Foundation / Metascience and AI, Department of Philosophy, New York University, 2025-Present

Margaret Farrell

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2025-26.

Jessica Lauman-Lairson

Postdctoral Fellow, Philosophy, University of Salzburg, 2026-Present

Matthew Coates

Postdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2026-Present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 2025-2026

Rebecca Korf

Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Whitworth University, 2024-Present

2024

Jack Vandrunen

M.Div student, Westminster Seminary, California

Clara Bradley

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University College London, 2025-Present

David Mwakima

Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 2025-2026cturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2025-Present

Adam Chin

Instructor, Department of Philosophy, MiraCosta Community College, 2025-Present
Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Clovis Community College, 2024-2025

Jason Chen

Product Marketing Manager, Developer Platform & Open Source, Intuit, 2024-Present

2023

Jingyi Wu

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, 2023-Present

David Freeborn

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, London, 2023-Present

Saira Khan

Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, 2024-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2023-2024

Nathan Gabriel

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Cognitive and Information Science, University of California, Merced, 2023-Present

Jessica Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, Orange Coast College, 2023-Present

Tom Colclough

Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities Center for Knowledge, Technology, and Society at the University of California, Irvine, 2023-Present

Daniel Herrmann

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2025-Present
Postdoctoral Research, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, 2023-2025

Helen Meskhidze

Assistant Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Physics, University of Cincinnati, 2025-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University, 2023-2025

Toni Queck

Bruce Rushing

Research Scientist (AI Specialist) at the University of Virginia’s Data Analytics Center, 2025-Present
Ross-Lynn Postdoctoral Fellow, VRAI Lab, Purdue University, 2023-2025

2022

Kevin Kadowaki

Mathematical Statistician, Internal Revenue Service, 2024-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry project, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022-2024

Charles Leitz

Lee Killam

High School Teacher, High Bluff Academy High School

2021

Kino Zhao

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, Fall 2022-Present
Lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Philosophy Fall 2021

Elliott Chen

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Xavier University, 2022-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Western University, 2021-2022

Will Stafford

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Kansas State University, 2024-Present
Marie Curie Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, 2022-2024
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2021-2022

Aydin Mohseni

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2024-Present
Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2024
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2021-2022

Alysha Kassam

Adjunct Professor, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton, 2021-Present

2020

Fabio Lampert

Postdoctoral Fellows, Department of Philosophy, University of Greifswald, 2021-Present

Travis Lacroix

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 2021-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto,  2020-2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal, 2020-2021

Mike Schneider

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, 2023-Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021-2022
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2020-2021

Chris Mitsch

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2022-2024
Adjunct instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. History, Math, and Philosophy and Religion departments, 2021-2022

Tim Schmitz

Quantitative Researcher, Ultra Safe Nuclear, 2023-Present
Technical Writer, PlayerZero, 2022
Math and Science Teacher, Brightmont Academy, 2020-2021

Greg Lauro

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 2022-Present

Gerard Rothfus

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas Christian University, 2025-Present
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2022-2025
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, 2020-2022

Sam Eklund

2019

Jeffrey Schatz

Yale Law School, 2023-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bergen, 2021-2023

Sarita Rosenstock

Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 2023-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Philosophy, Research School for Social Science, Australian National University, 2019-2023

Marian J.R. Gilton

Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2019-Present

2018

John Ethan Galebach

Senior Actuarial Analyst, Quanata, 2022-Present
Actuarial Analyst, California Casualty, 2019-2022
Actuarial Analyst, Applied Underwriters, 2018-2019

2017

Sarah Lawsky

Professor of Law, Northwestern, Pritzker School of Law, Fall 2016-present
Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, Fall 2010-2016

Hannah Rubin

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, 2023-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Notre Dame University, 2018-2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen, 2017- 2018

2016

Ben Feintzeig

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 2021-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 2016-2021

2015

Bennett Holman

Associate Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, 2021-Present
Assistant Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, 2015-2021

2014

Bennett McNulty

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2023-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2016-2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, 2015-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, 2014-2015

Gregory McWhirter

Senior Software Engineer, Abnormal Security, 2024-Present
Software Engineer, Bolt, 2021-2023
Software engineer on the search team at ZipRecruiter, 2016-2021
Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher, The Windward School, Los Angeles, 2014-2016

Benjamin Rin

Assistant Professor, Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2016-Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 2015-2016
Lecturer, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, Fall 2014

Michael Ernst

Software Engineer, LinkedIn, 2018-Present
Software Engineer, Concept Tapestry, 2015-2018
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, 2014-2015

Samuel C. Fletcher

Professor of Philosophy of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2024-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2021-2024
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2015-2021
Marie Curie Fellow, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, 2014-2016

Justin Bruner

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, 2023-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, University of Arizona, 2019-2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen, 2018-2019
Lecturer, School of Politics, Australian National University, 2016-2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Australian National University, 2014-2016

2013

Cailin O'Connor

Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2021-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2018-2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2013-2018

2012

James Owen Weatherall

Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2016-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2014-2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2012-2014

Elliott Wagner

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Kansas State University, 2013-2018
Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 2012-13

2011

Brett Bevers

Senior Engineering Manager, First American Title, 2023-Present
Principal Software Engineer, Row, Inc, 2021-2023
Head of Data Science and Infrastructure, 2019-2020
Software Engineer, Data Engineering Lead, Dollar Shave Club, 2015-2018
Developer, NationBuilder Corp., Los Angeles, 2012-2015
Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, 2011-12

Brian Rogers

Associate, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, 2015-Present
J.D., Stanford Law School, 2012-2015  

Jordan Stein

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, New York City College of Technology, 2011-Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Marymount Manhattan, Spring 2011
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, 2010-Present

2010

Eric Updike

Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Glendale Community College, AZ, 2010-Present

John Rapalino

Adjunct Faculty,  Department of Philosophy, Chapman University, 2012- present

Christina Conroy

Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Legal Studies, Morehead State University, 2016-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Legal Studies, Morehead State University, 2010-2016

2009

Rory Smead

Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities, Northeastern University, 2017-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, 2016-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, 2010-16
Tutorial Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, The London School of Economics, 2009-10

JB Manchak

Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2017-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2015-17
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington in Seattle, 2013-2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington in Seattle, 2009-2013

2007

Kevin Zollman

Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2023-Present
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020-2023
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013-2020
Assistant Professor,  Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009-13
Herbert Simon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008-09

Waldemar Rohloff

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Present
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2007

Sean Ebels-Duggan

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 2007-Present

Sam Hillier

Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta

2006

Curtis Franks

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2013-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2013

2005

Brian Woodcock

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2008-2015
Visiting Assistant Professor, Carleton College, 2007-2008
Rotman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 2005-2007

Carol Skrenes

2004

Teri Merrick

Professor, Department of Theology and Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University, 2005-Present
Associate Faculty of Philosophy, Bethel College, 2004-05

Doug Hill

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton

2003

Chris Hom

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas Tech University, 2014-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas Tech University, 2008-14
Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, 2005-07
Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003-05

2002

Patricia Marino

Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2016-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2009-16
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2004-09
Fellow, Stanford Humanities Fellows Program, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2002-04 

2000

J. McKenzie Alexander

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, 2013-Present
Reader, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, 2006-2013
Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, 2005-2006
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, 2001-2005
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 2000-2001

 


 

UCI Ph.D.s who worked with current LPS faculty prior to the formation of LPS

Don Fallis
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1995
Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science, Northeastern, 2019-Present
Professor of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, 2015-2018
Associate Professor of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, 2004-2015
Assistant Professor of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, 1997-2004
Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona 2005-2018

William Harms
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1996
Philosophy Instructor and Independent Scholar, 2000-Present
Seattle Central Community College

Peter Lewis
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1996
Professor of Philosophy, 2017-Present
Dartmouth College

Peter Vanderschraaf
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of California, 1995
Professor of Political Economy and Moral Science, University of Arizona, 2019-Present
Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced, 2008-2019

 

 

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