2023 Students


Zavier Alvarez

Zavier Alvarez

Hamilton College

Zavier (he/him/his) is a rising senior at Hamilton College, where he's concentrating in both philosophy and economics. His favorite philosophers include William Clifford, Jonathan Haidt, and A.J. Ayer. He is most interested in moral philosophy and free will, and is always happy to argue about anything with anyone. On campus, he spends his time working at the library, playing spikeball, reading terrible fantasy, tutoring economics online, and speedrunning Stardew Valley and Don't Starve Together. If you need a conversation topic, ask him about nickels or whether Santa is evil.

Ansh Akshintulu

Ansh Akshintulu

Yale-NUS College

Ansh (he/him/his) is a second-year philosophy undergraduate at Yale-NUS College. His main research interests are in the philosophy of language and mind, but he also enjoys reading about epistemology and aesthetics. In his free time, he likes to play the guitar and review pizzas.

Julian Arky

Julian Arky

Hamilton College

Julian (he/him/his) is from Los Angeles and is majoring in psychology. He has many different interests including music, philosophy, science fiction, the unknown and the unusual, all kinds of strategy games, and movies that his friends tease him for being too pretentious. In his free time he is most likely playing an Elliott Smith song on guitar.

Georgia Brown

Georgia Brown

Hamilton College

Georgia (she/her/hers) is from the Bay Area in California. She is a rising junior at Hamilton majoring in psychology and minoring in philosophy. Outside of classes, she is captain of Hamilton's women's rugby and water polo teams and plays piano in two on-campus bands.

 Saathvik Devarakonda

Saathvik Devarakonda

University of Delhi

Saathvik (he/him/his) is a junior pursuing B.A. Philosophy (Hons.) at Hindu College, University of Delhi. Saathvik is a published researcher and specializes in Indian Philosophical Traditions. As the president of the Office of International Programs of Hindu College, he heads the only student run office in the University of Delhi. Apart from philosophy and academics, Saathvik thoroughly enjoys boxing. He is a multi-lingual acquainted with five languages! Oh yes! You can approach him with that letter written to you in an alien language by some admirer. Some of the activities he genuinely enjoys are learning to tango, cooking, and reading poetry. If you want to start a conversation with him you could ask him if relativism itself is from a relative standpoint, or about how much of a Potterhead he is, else about the recipe of some delicious Hyderabadi Biryani!

Yuan Fang

Yuan Fang

University of Michigan

Born and raised in Kunming and Shanghai, Yuan (she/they) is a transfer student in Michigan classics and philosophy. They/She are/is interested in feminist epistemology, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. Yuan is also an active chamber musician.

Daniel Haley

Elon University

Daniel (they/them/theirs) is a North Carolina Resident attending Elon University, and is majoring in Psychology in addition to Philosophy. They enjoy reading things that make their brain hurt. They spend most of their free time playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Jenna Johnston

Jenna Johnston

Hollins University

Jenna (she/her/hers) is from Upstate New York, and is currently a rising junior double-majoring in philosophy and political science at Hollins University. She is most interested in political philosophy and the field of applied ethics. While not studying philosophy, she is running cross country, listening to folk music, or playing DnD.

Mingen Liang

Mingen Liang

Sun Yat-sen University

Meeyan (she/her/hers) is a rising senior from Guangdong, China. Her current research interest lies in the intersection of phenomenology and cognitive science. She also likes reading Heideggerian philosophy and exploring contemporary aesthetics. Outside philosophy, she enjoys solo travel with her backpack and visiting all kinds of museums. Her life-long ambition is to adventure around the world on foot.

Max Mersmann-Jones

Max Mersmann-Jones

St. John's College

Max (he/him/his) grew up in Stockton, CA and now studies at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. There he studies the liberal arts in a Great Books program and splits his free time between intramural sports, chess, theater, poetry, and a laundry list of other fleeting passions. Long-term he hopes to pursue Philosophy of Mind, education reform, or the anthropological origins of play.

Andreas Molnar

Hamilton College

Andreas (he/him/his) is a rising Junior at Hamilton College from Oakland, California. In his free time, he loves to play sports like volleyball, ultimate frisbee, or soccer, along with listening to music or watching movies. He also plays the piano, and is generally a huge nerd about a lot of things. Andreas loves hearing about other people's experiences, and is interesting in practical applications of philosophy to better understand the world.

Carlos Pichardo

Hamilton College

Carlos (he/him/his) was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He enjoys studying Eastern philosophies focusing on ontology. He loves being active, especially hiking, yoga, and basketball. Carlos is a writer typically of short stories and poetry.

Jack Ritzenberg

Jack Ritzenberg

Hamilton College

Jack (he/him/his) grew up in Westwood Massachusetts and is a rising Senior studying Philosophy and History.

Robin Shi

New York University

Robin (he/him/his) is a rising sophomore from NYU, majoring in philosophy and math. He is still figuring out what his philosophical interests are, but he knows that he definitely wants to study Wittgenstein's philosophy. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to classical music and struggling to get better at chess.

Ashylia Sloane

Ashylia Sloane

Hamilton College

Ashylia (she/her/hers) is a rising sophomore. She's thinking about a major in neuroscience and a minor in philosophy, or maybe even a double major. She would love to become a researcher in neuroscience, and maybe even become a professor one day. Outside of academics, Ashylia's dream job is working in the library and she also dances. Whenever she's not doing those things, she's typically making something; she loves crocheting, embroidering, painting, and sewing.

Christina Stoll

Christina Stoll

Hamilton College

Christina (she/her/hers) is a Philosophy major from Orlando FL mainly interested in aesthetics, political theory, and literary philosophy. She works as an editor for the literary philosophy journal Book XI, is editor-in-chief of the literary journal Red Weather, and is a Docent and Education Assistant at the Wellin Museum of Art. She enjoys painting, writing, and collecting various trinkets from the places she's traveled and the people she's met.

Kyla Tang

Kyla Tang

Columbia University

Kyla (she/her/hers) is a student at Columbia College (‘24) double majoring in Economics and Philosophy. She is particularly interested in market failure and market design, as well as in metaphysics and non-Western philosophy. She is passionate about education and pedagogy and helps run free humanities seminars for high school students abroad with a club called Symposium. Outside the classroom, she volunteers at a non-profit called The Remedy Project and reads books to kids with Ballet&Books. In her free time, she loves traveling, watching musical theater, and finding the best noodle dishes around New York City.

Quintin Utterback

Hamilton College

Quintin (he/him/his) is from West Virginia. He spends most of his time watching YouTube or playing video games, and he is very interested in creative mediums for storytelling such as writing, cinema, or interactive media like video games.

Valencia White

Valencia White

Spelman College

Valencia (she/her/hers) is a rising senior from Berkeley, CA at Spelman College, majoring in philosophy with a minor in women's studies. She is primarily interested in feminist philosophy, metaphysics and African American philosophy. Outside of school, she loves traveling, going to concerts, and eating good food!

Wen Li Yau

Wen Li Yau

Wellesley College

Wen Li (she/they) grew up in Malaysia and is an environmental studies and philosophy double major! She is most interested in moral philosophy and environmental justice, and more recently, the philosophy of monogamy and relationships. Some things that bring her joy are: oranges, pianos, scrappy little white dogs, raisins, and her Pickle Rick socks. She's also been very into rock climbing, and often tells her running coach it is ‘good cross training’ for her (it is not).

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