Date of Update: 12/10/19
Each Spring the graduate students in the Philosophy Department elect two of their number to serve as Graduate Student Representatives for the following academic year.
Graduate Student Representatives 2019-20
Chris Register
chris.register@princeton.edu
Adele Watkins
adelew@princeton.edu
Duties
The Graduate Student Representatives are expected to:
- attend department meetings where they act as liaisons between graduate students and faculty, communicating the needs of the graduate students to faculty members and participating in departmental decisions, including decisions about the graduate curriculum, on behalf of the graduate students.
- serve on the Appointments Committee where they play a role in the hiring choices of the department.
- solicit volunteers for departmental committees that require graduate student members, including the committee responsible for organizing the annual Princeton-Rutgers Graduate Philosophy Conference.
- assist in the recruitment of prospective graduate students, including initial communication about visits and arranging appointments and lodging.
- welcome incoming graduate students by answering any questions they may have about the program, organizing orientation activities, and pairing them with older students in their areas of interest.
- Perform other responsibilities as required.
Graduate Student Committees 2019-20
| PhilSoc | Brendan Kolb, Becky Mullen, Giulia Weissmann |
| Social | Michal Masny, Erik Zhang, Megan Wicks |
| Princeton Workshop in Normative Philosophy (PWNP) | Elliot Salinger, Aarthy Vaidyanathan, Maggie Shea, Erik Zhang, Sam Fullhart |
| Receptions | All first year PHI grad students (5 students) |
| Course Allocation | Claudia Dumitru, Giulia Weissmann |
| Classical Philosophy | Claudia Yau, Gabriel Shapiro |
| Modern Philosophy | Haley Brennan |
| Career Development | Claudia Dumitru, Joy Shim |
| Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) | Joy Shim, Megan Wicks |
| MAP Undergrad Reading Group | Megan Wicks, Norah Woodcock |
| Graduate Representatives | Adele Watkins, Chris Register |
| Prospectives' Visit Committee | Brendan Kolb, Thomas Lambert, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, Hao Dong, Bridget Brasher |
| Metaphysics-Language-Epistemology (MLE) Reading Group |
Alice Van't Hoff |
| Metaphysics-Language-Epistemology (MLE) Speaker Series |
Ellie Cohen, Chris Register |
| GSG Representative | Erik Zhang |
| Climate Committee | Claudia Yau, Joy Shim, Megan Wicks, Gabriel Shapiro |
| Job Market Gifts | Claudia Dumitru |
The Committees have no chairs.
Former Graduate Student Representatives
2018-2019
Claudia Dumitru
Joy Shim
2017-2018
Elena Di Rosa
Alejandro Naranjo Sandoval
2016-2017
Colin Bradley
Kyle Landrum
2015-2016
Marcus Gibson
Sam Preston
2014-2015
Rachel Cristy/Yena Lee
Dan Wolt
2013-2014
Hrishikesh Joshi
Adam Lerner
2012-2013
Sukaina Hirji
Joshua O'Rourke
2011-2012
Brennan McDavid
Anthony Cross
2010-2011
Mor Segev
Noel Swanson
2009-2010
Josh Gillon
Kristin Primus
2008-2009
Daniel Herrick
Jack Woods
2007-2008
Derek Baker
Ryan Robinson
2006-2007
Corrine Gartner
Angela Mendelovici
2005-2006
Tristram McPherson
Nicholas Stang
2004-2005
Colin Klein
Gabriel Love
2003-2004
Barry Lam
Sarah-Jane Leslie
2002-2003
Aderemi Artis
Brett Sherman