People

Kellie  Kucera

Kellie Kucera

Title/Position
HR Manager
Portrait of Gregory Landini

Gregory Landini

Title/Position
Professor
Prof. Landini’s teaching and research interests include modal logic, the foundations of mathematics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and the history of analytic philosophy.
Chaeyeon Lee

Chaeyeon Lee

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Chaeyeon is a philosophy Ph.D. candidate at the University of Iowa with research interests in social ontology, metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy for children. She received her B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.
Emily Lemmon

Emily Lemmon

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Mandy McAllister

Mandy McAllister

Title/Position
Financial Shared Services
Jason Messerschmitt

Jason Messerschmitt

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Katarina Perovic

Katarina Perovic

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Perovic's main research and teaching interests lie in metaphysics, philosophy of the self, philosophy of mind, and the history of analytic philosophy. She has published on metaphysics of properties and relations, philosophy of time, and Russell.
Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Aura Qiu

Aura Qiu

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Phillip Ricks

Phillip Ricks

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kelly Riessen

Kelly Riessen

Title/Position
Accountant
Abby Rush

Abby Rush

Title/Position
Assistant to the DEO and Graduate Coordinator
Abby works closely with the chair of the Department to ensure our courses adapt to fit the ever-changing needs of our wonderful student population. She also manages course curriculum, updates the course catalog, assists in reviewing graduate applications, admitting new graduate students, sending TA contracts, website updates, and many more projects that help make up our inspiring Department.
Casey Scott

Casey Scott

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Casey is a PhD student at the University of Iowa working primarily in Social/Political Philosophy, Ethics, and Epistemology.
Gabriel Siegel

Gabriel Siegel

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Gabriel Siegel works in the philosophy of cognitive science, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind. His research aims to better understand perceptual consciousness and explanatory practices in science.
Portrait of David G. Stern

David G. Stern

Title/Position
Professor
Collegiate Fellow
Professor Stern’s research and teaching Interests include Wittgenstein, history of analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy and computing, digital humanities.
Carrie Swanson

Carrie E. Swanson

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Dr. Swanson’s area of specialization is Ancient Greek philosophy. Her current research investigates Ancient theories of refutation, syllogistic reasoning, and dialectic, especially in Plato and Aristotle.
Colin Troesken

Colin Troesken

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Farrow Ulven

Farrow Ulven

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Ziyu Wang

Ziyu Wang

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Andy Williams

Andy Williams

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Siyun Xue

Siyun Xue

Title/Position
PhD Graduate Student