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Dylan Masterson successfully defended his Master's thesis, "The Mythical Aspect of Ideology: Understanding Gender Myths," on March 24th. Dylan's committee was chaired by Andrea Westlund.

Matthew will be a Fellow in the Philosophy in Media Workshop on Podcasting and Production this summer. He is host of the podcast, “Mortality Matters: Meaning and Death.” Matthew is writing a dissertation entitled, “Why We Should Fear Death.”

Paul Martin successfully defended his dissertation, "Interpersonal Manipulation and Razian Autonomy," on March 21st. Paul's committee was chaired by Simon May.

Professor Ward, together with Assistant Professor Tom Juzek (Linguistics), will be featured in an episode of NPR’s “Science Friday” to be aired Friday, March 21st. They will discuss their work investigating why large language models like ChatGPT overuse words like 'delve' and 'intricate'. Tune in on WFSU or listen to the live stream at https://wfsu.org/listen/.

Qiaohua Liu successfully defended her dissertation, “Historical Compatibilism: Essays in Defense of a Novel Positive Historical Approach to Moral Responsibility Regarding Little Agents,” on March 7. Qiaohua's committee was chaired by Alfred Mele.

Zachary Smith successfully defended his dissertation, "Freedom and Control: Essays on the Metaphysics of Free Will," on February 28th. Zach's committee was chaired by Alfred Mele.

FSU Philosophy Department's Zina Ward's research was recently featured by Florida State University News.

FSU Philosophy Department's Jack Justus was recently interviewed as part of The College of Arts and Sciences' Faculty Spotlight series.

Save the date for the 2025 Werkmeister Conference. Join us Feb. 7-8 as we explore imagination and mental imagery, topics of increasing importance in philosophy and empirical psychology.