Graduate Students

Claire Allen, MA Program
callen7@buffalo.edu

Alexander Anderson, BA, MA, Philosophy, Franciscan University of Steubenville
asa22@buffalo.edu
Interests: Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, and Metaphysics

Michael Behun, MA Program
behun@buffalo.edu

Carter-Beau Benson, BA, University at Buffalo
carterbe@buffalo.edu
Interests: Bioethics and Pluralism

Michael Bortner, MA Program
msbortne@buffalo.edu

Jaron Cheung, BA Public Policy, University of California, Riverside; MTS, Duke University
cheung47@buffalo.edu
Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Metaphysics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Race, and American Pragmatism

Giacomo DeColle, BA, Trento’s University, Italy
gdecolle@buffalo.edu
Interests: Complex systems, Philosophy of AI, Applied Ontology

Thomas Dias, MA Program
tjdias@buffalo.edu

Federico Donato, BA, Philosophy, State University of Milan, Italy; 
MA, Philosophy, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
fdonato@buffalo.edu
Interests: Metaphysics, Applied Ontology

Sebastian Duesing
sjduesin@buffalo.edu
Interests: Biomedical Ontology, Software Development for Applied Ontology, Philosophy of Mathematics, 20th Century Analytics (esp. Wittgenstein)

website: https://github.com/sebastianduesing

Alexandre Hannah
hdalexan@buffalo.edu
Interests: Applied Ontology, Metaphysics, Social Epistemology, Social Philosophy

Award: Schomburg Fellowship (2025), Graduate School, University at Buffalo

Emily Heydon, BA, Philosophy and Environmental Sciences, University of Notre Dame
eaheydon@buffalo.edu
Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Game Theory

Award: Schomburg Fellowship (2023), Graduate School, University at Buffalo

John Hogan
jhhogan@buffalo.edu
Interests: PPE and Ethics

Clark Hunter
hcclark@buffalo.edu
Interests: Philosophy Of Science, Metaphysics, Logic

Katrina Johnson, BA Philosophy, Politics, Economics, SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
kejohnso@buffalo.edu

Awards:
Adam Smith Fellowship (2024) Mercatus
Social Impact Fellowship (2023), CAS, University at Buffalo

Matthew Jones, BA, East Stroudsburg University
mjones33@buffalo.edu
Interests: Metaphysical Topics, Time, Traditional Ontology, and Causation

Noah Kim, BA, Political Science, University of Maryland; MA, Philosophy, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 
njkim4@buffalo.edu
Interests: Ethics, Political Philosophy, and History of Philosophy

Award: Social Impact Fellowship (2023), CAS, University at Buffalo

Sean Kindya, BA, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton
skindya@buffalo.edu
Interests: Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology

Jeremy Knox, MA Program
jeremykn@buffalo.edu

Robert Krieter, MA Program 

Austin Liebers, BA St. Lawrence University
aclieber@buffalo.edu
Interests: Metaphysics, Metaethics, and Aesthetics

Brandon Long, PhD student, BA , Biology MS, and Philosophy MA , Bowling Green State University
blong3@buffalo.edu

Interests: Brandon is interested in the intersection of PPE and Bioethics. He explores how deliberative democratic governance can provide valuable insights into the ethics and governance of research and clinical practices.

Jon McLellan, PhD Student, Philosophy and Applied Ontology
BA, Philosophy, University at Buffalo
jonmclel@buffalo.edu

Jon serves as the chief executive officer and co-founder of ProseWrite LLC where he leads in development and strategic direction. He has experience in ontology development, data science, and artificial intelligence. 

Interests: Ethics, Ethical AI development and Governance.

Elena Milivinti, PhD Student, Philosophy and Applied Ontology, MA in Philosophy, University of Padua 
emilivin@buffalo.edu

Interests: Elena has a background in logistics and waste management. Her current research focuses on enhancing interoperability in the waste management sector through ontology development.

Jisoo Seo,  BA, MA, Philosophy, Yonsei University, Korea
jisooseo@buffalo.edu
Interests: Applied Ontology, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics

website: https://jisooseo.com/

Jonathan Vajda, BA, Psychology and Philosophy, Central Michigan University; MA, Religion, Westminster Theological Seminary; MA, Philosophy, Western Michigan
jvajda@buffalo.edu
Interests: Early Modern, Metaphysics, Ethics

website: https://jonathanvajda.com/

Vi Vonderhaar, BA, New York University; MA , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
jvonderh@buffalo.edu
Interests: Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy

Finn Wilson, BA Philosophy, D’Youville College
finnwils@buffalo.edu
Interests: Bioethics, Personal Identity, and Early Modern Philosophy