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Philosophy
In its , the Philosophy Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. Prior to 2021, a student could recieve Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.
Key:
- Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2024-2025
- Rafael Mathias Albolote, (Honors)
Chris Tucker + Victoria Costa, Randi Rashkover
- Eric Tan Huang, (Honors)
Timothy Costelloe + Aaron Griffith, Brett Brehm
- Zachary Jordan Moore-Litt, (Honors)
Laura Guerrero + Paul Davies, Randi Rashkover
- Marshall Samuel Roach, (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Josh Gert, Jackson Sasser
- Ruini Wu, (Honors)
Timothy Costelloe + Aaron Griffith, Adam Potkay
2023-2024
- Juntong Gu, (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Matthew Haug, Brian Rabinovitz
- Ryan Taylor Kopelman, (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Laura Ekstrom, Robert Barnet
- Benjamin Whitmore Lee, (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Paul Davies, Victoria Costa, Chandos Brown
- Kia Morawetz, (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Laura Ekstrom, Francesca Sawaya
- Yi Shao, (Honors)
Timothy Costelloe + Aaron Griffith, Alexander Angelov
2022-2023
- Preston Scott Budd, "" (Honors)
Chris Tucker + Josh Gert, Akshay Gupta
- Tanja Rounds, "" (Honors)
Phillip Swenson + Noah Lemos, Alexander Angelov - Ruyu Wang, "s" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Noah Lemos, Rebecca Farber
2021-2022
- Hengyun Yang, "" (Honors)
Joshua Gert + Paul Davies, Talbot Taylor - James Forte, "" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Joshua Gert, John Lombardini - Jared Jones, "" (Honors)
Timothy Costelloe + Aaron Griffith, Robert Leventhal - Nickolas Boylan, "" (Honors)
Paul Davies + Philip Swenson, Margaret Saha
2020-2021
- Jacob Beardsley, "" (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Joshua Gert, Alicia Andrzejewski - Yuan Dong, "" (Honors)
Joshua Gert + Matthew Haug, Pierre Clare - Sihan Feng, "" (Honors)
Philip Swenson + Jennifer Bestman, Timothy Costelloe - Neal Going, "" (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Victoria Costa, Elizabeth Losh - Elissa Gosling, "" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Aaron Griffith, Cheryl Dickter, Christopher Freiman - Yongkang Li, "" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Maria Victoria Costa, Dana Lashley - Brett Restrick, "" (Honors)
Philip Swenson + Laura Ekstrom, Claire McKinney
2019-2020
- Luke Erdahl, "" (High Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Kevin Vose, Noah Lemos - Elisabeth Holmes, "" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Joshua Gert, Caitlin Brown
2018-19
- Nathaniel Anderson, "" (High Honors)
Philip Swenson + Committee: Noah Lemos, Molly Swetnam-Burland - Riley Covert, " (Honors)
Aaron Griffith + Philip Swenson, Adela Amaral - Bryce Herndon, ""
Timothy M. Costelloe + Aaron M. Griffith, Robert S. Leventhal - Qiuyang Shen, ""
Matthew Haug + Joshua Gert, Paul Kieffaber - Taro Shirakawa, "" (High Honors)
Victoria Costa + Noah Lemos, Amy Quark - William Siegmund, "" (Highest Honors)
Christopher Freiman + M. Victoria Costa, Rebekah Sterling
2017-18
- Yuanchen Lu, "" (Honors)
Christopher Tucker + Joshua Gert, Noah Lemos, Nathaniel Throckmorton - Yonghao Wang, "" (High Honors)
Matthew Haug + Joshua Gert, Robert Leventhal - Hannah Winckler-Olick, "" (High Honors)
Christopher Tucker + Christopher Freiman, Joel Schwartz
2016-17
- Kristen Ekstrom, "Dignity and Self-Respect" (High Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Aaron Griffith, Christopher Ball
- Hunter Gentry, "" (Honors)
Christopher Tucker + Noah Lemos, Matthew Hilimire
- Samantha Kim, "" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Victoria Costa, Christine Nemacheck
- Cody Turner, "The Combination Problem: Russellian Monism, Panpsychism, and Panqualityism" (Highest Honors)
Christopher Tucker + Kate Harrigan, Paul Davis
2015-16
- Delaney Berman, "" (High Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Joshua Gert, Melvin Ely - Connor Dantzler, " (Honors)
Chad Vance + Jonah Goldwater, Christopher Ball - Jackson Eskay, "Addressing the Problems in American Drug Policy: A Case for the Legalization of Drugs" (Honors)
Victoria Costa + Christopher Freiman, Tracy Sohoni - George Rudebusch, "" (Highest Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Victoria Costa, Julie Agnew
2014-15
- Jose Lopez, Jr., "A Battle for Rights Justification: Millian Utilitarianism vs. Scanlonian Contractualism" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Timothy Costelloe and Ross Carroll
2013-14
- No Honors students this year
2012-13
- Grace Mendenhall, "Mozi: the Man, the Consequentialist, and the Utilitarian" (Honors)
Christopher Freiman + Maria Costa, Timothy Costelloe, Kevin Vose
2011-12
- Dustin Crummett, "Approaching the Problem of Evil" (Highest Honors)
Laura Ekstrom + Adam Potkay, Neal Tognazzini - Adam Lerner, "" (Highest Honors)
Matthew Haug + Lee Kirkpatrick, Neal Tognazzini
2010-2011
- Devin Curry, (High Honors)
Paul Davies + Alan Goldman, Matt Haug, Chris Ball - Carolyn Fisher, (Honors)
Colleen Kennedy + Fred Corney, Arthur Knight
2009-10
- Daniel Homer, (Highest Honors)
Matthew Haug + Neal Tognazzini, Michael Green
2008-09
- Sean Dalby, (High Honors)
Matthew Haug + Jim Harris, Rob Leventhal
2007-08
- Devin DeBacker, "Harmful Offense to Others: A New Liberty-Limiting Principle and the 'New' Child Pornography" (Honors)
Tim Costelloe + Alan Fuchs, Michael Green - Samuel Thacker, "Ressentiment and Nietzsche's Determinism" (High Honors)
Tim Costelloe + Laura Ekstrom, Rob Leventhal
2006-07
- Stephen Chanderbhan, "" (Honors)
Laura Ekstrom + Jim Harris, John Drew - Andrew Schwarm, "" (High Honors)
Alan Fuchs + Noah Lemos, Joel Schwartz
2005-06
- Andrew Penman, "" (Highest Honors)
Maximilian DeGaynesford + Gideon Manning, Rob Leventhal - Jason Swartwood, "" (Highest Honors)
Maximilian DeGaynesford + Gideon Manning, Talbot Taylor
2004-05
- Michelle Saint-Payne
James Harris + Maximilian de Gaynesford, Josh Erlich, Marc Sher