Department of Philosophy | UNIVERSITY of HAWAI'I at MĀNOA

Spring 2024 Hall of Fame
CONGRATULATIONS, Graduates
and Award Winners!!

Your achievements inspire us all – keep up the fantastic work.

The Philosophy faculty, graduate students, and staff are proud of you!

Bachelor of Art:
Tazlen Stephens

Master of Art: Zachary Nickles

Doctor of Philosophy:
Michael Dufresne with a thesis on “The Worlds of Wang Guowei: A Philosophical Case Study of Coloniality”

David Hall Prize:
John Olubiyi
Lana Fukuda

Ashok Kumar Malhotra “Seva” Award:
Halie White (GR)

Keith Whittingslow Essay Prize:
Sera Kong
Xinyi Yuan

The Eliot Deutsch PhD Merit Award:
Jana Light

Elizabeth Spann Award:
Kimberly Serratos (GR, group)

Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching:
Dr. Jonathan Fine (Assistant Professor)

Diotima and Socrates. An Encounter for the Ages
Ella Marsh and Ruel Mannette, UH PhD Candidates in Philosophy

A Philosopher’s Self-Debate on the Subject of Death
Dr. Sean Smith, Assistant Professor, UH Department of Philosophy

PH.D. FINAL ORAL DEFENSE by EMMA IRWIN-HERZOG
Thursday July 25, 202411:30am (HST) Title of Dissertation: Alternative Talk of the … Continue reading PH.D. FINAL ORAL DEFENSE by EMMA IRWIN-HERZOG →
PH.D. FINAL ORAL DEFENSE by TING-HSUAN YU
Friday, June 21, 2024, 2pm (HST) via Zoom Title of Dissertation: Exploring … Continue reading PH.D. FINAL ORAL DEFENSE by TING-HSUAN YU →
12th East West Philosophers’ Conference
MAY 24-31, 2024. Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the East-West Center Honolulu, Hawai‘i
How to Be a Nonconsequentialist and Still Save the Greater Number
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 2:30 PM. Ben Kiesewetter is a Professor of Practical Philosophy at Bielefeld University in Germany. In this talk, Dr. Kiesewetter will criticize Scanlon’s contractualist attempt to defend the duty to save the greater number.