Research
Your Path to Research
Your path to research in Philosophy has many stops along the way:
- Humanities Center Apprentice
- USS Summer Scholarship
- Dean's Scholars Award
- Undergraduate Research Award
- Honors Extension
- Departmental Honors
Feel free to contact us if you have questions about when and where to start this journey along with how we can assist you.
Undergraduate Research Projects
2023-24
- Gwendolyn Clark, Humanities Center Apprenticeship “The nature of commitment” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Sabrina Costello, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship. Topic: “Epistemic Injustice: Classic and Contemporary Sources” (Advisor: Dr. Gaile Pohlhaus)
- Sabrina Costello, University Research Award, “Does internalism about reasons entail moral relativism?” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Dat Nguyen le Phuoc, Dean’s Scholar and Departmental Honors: “The normativity of intention” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
2022-23
- Biken Dawadi, Departmental Honors, “Intention” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Adam Groenke, Departmental Honors: “The grounds of normativity: love and morality” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Dat Nguyen le Phuoc, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Toward the Abolishment of the Objective Self in the Construction of Social Identity” (Advisor: Dr. Gaile Pohlhaus)
- Dat Nguyen le Phuoc, Honors College Extension, “Rationality and reasons” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Sofia Rakic, Dean’s Scholar and Departmental Honors: “The self in self-governing agency” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Sumit Tripathi, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Chrysippus and Alexander of Aphrodisias on Fate” (Advisor: Dr. Pascal Massie)
- Jimmy Yu, Independent Studies: “Moral obligation”
2021-22
- Adam Groenke, Undergraduate Summer Schoarship, “Volitional necessities” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Cameron Metz, Departmental Honors: “Agency, rationality, and practical identity” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Dat Nguyen, Honors College Extension, “Intentional action” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Sofia Rakic, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Self-governing agency” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
2020-21
- Henry Roach, Dean’s Scholar, “Commitment for fickle agents” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Quintin Pace, Departmental Honors, “Life plans, between caring and uncertainty” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Kennedy Hughes, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Consent and coercion” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Cameron Metz, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Internalism about practical reasons” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
2019-20
- Tavis Enderle, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “The Principle of Non-Contradiction in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book Gamma” (Advisor: Dr. Pascal Massie)
- Quintin Pace, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Intentional action and knowing-how” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Henry Roach, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Historically-based accounts of moral responsibility” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Henry Roach, Geffrion Fellow and Departmental Honors: “Action, time, and rationality” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- Madison Weaver, Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, “Grit and strength of will” (Advisor: Dr. Facundo Alonso)
- We can also use the CAS story about Sofia Rakic’s summer research project (photo and story) which used to be on the “News” page
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