Nimra Asif
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy & Public Policy, and Feminist Philosophy
Mary Gregg
Mary is a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She studies the role of visual humor both in terms of its language-like behavior and non-linguistic modes of communication as they relate to the style, norms, and traits unique to the depictive form, with a focus on cartooning, Deepfakes, gifs, and related media. In particular, her research focuses on an underexplored aspect of visual humor: the way in which visual jokes meant to disempower a person or group can be taken up by the targeted person or group as a means of empowerment. Her areas of specialization include humor ethics, aesthetics (especially black aesthetics), philosophy of disability, and gender studies.
Michael Hegarty
Philosophy of mind (esp. mental representation, perception, intentionality and consciousness), Epistemology, Truth and Meaning.
Özcan Karabağ
Philosophical logic, philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language
Mandy Long
Mandy Long is a Ph.D. candidate writing about the philosophical history of work, the indispensable role of work in good human lives, and questions of meaning-making, enrichment, oppression, or degradation in different kinds of work or work conditions. She has taught Intro to Social Ethics at UConn’s branch campuses since 2019, bringing these questions to undergraduates so that they can effectively choose the kinds of work they want to undertake in their professional and personal lives. Mandy holds a B.S. in Psychology from Western Carolina University, an M.A. in Philosophy from Georgia State University, and another M.A. in Philosophy from UConn. She is a three-time recipient of UConn’s Excellence in Teaching achievement and a proud recipient of a CALI Excellence for the Future Award from UConn’s Law School in the course “Labor Law: Organizing and Collective Bargaining.” Mandy is from the foothills of western North Carolina and enjoys gardening, true crime documentaries, traveling (photo: at the site of Aristotle’s Lyceum in August 2021), and hiking with her dog Maya.
Joel Lorenzatti
Philosophy and History of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
David Rodriguez
Virtue and Vice Epistemology, Moral Psychology (esp. emotions), Virtue Theory, Philosophy of Religion
Cody Turner
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of AI, Virtue Epistemology, Applied Ethics (especially Ethics of Technology and Existential Risk)
Katrina Van Dyke
Epistemology (esp. Virtue, Social, and Political Epistemology), Ethics, and Feminist Philosophy
