Current MA Students

Student Leaders

The represents the interests of philosophy graduate students, and organizes many events and activities.

The executive officers for 2026-2027 are:

Bailey Pickard, President
Miha Taylor, Vice-President
Lauren McKay, Social Convener
Christian Denino, Speaker Series Coordinator
Daniel Hernandez Davila, Minorities and Philosophy Convener
Sebastian Quiquinta, Treasurer

New MA Students (Fall 2026)

Alex Brissenden

Previous Institution: University of Toronto

Current Research Interests: Early modern philosophy, philosophy of mind, metaethics.

Email: alex.brissenden@torontomu.ca

Mya Burke

Previous Institution: St. Francis Xavier

Current Research Interests: Political Philosophy, Virtue Ethics, Communitarianism, Liberalism, Aristotle.

Email: mya.burke@torontomu.ca

Isabela Calderone

Previous Institution: University of Toronto

Current Research Interests: Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Social Philosophy.

Email: isabela.calderone@torontomu.ca

Mia Ferland

Previous Institution: St. Thomas University

Current Research Interests: Continental Philosophy, phenomenology, aesthetics, metaphysics, logic, Hegel, Marx.

Email: mia.ferland@torontomu.ca

Shane Herrell

Previous Institution: Trent University

Current Research Interests: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Belief, Philosophy of Religion.

Email: shane.herrell@torontomu.ca

Austin Hiltz

Previous Institution: University of King's College

Current Research Interests: Benjamin, Arendt, Plato, Greek Tragedy, Continental philosophy, political thinking, Marxism, feminist philosophy, philosophy of technology.

Email: austin.hiltz@torontomu.ca

Charles Liu

Previous Institution: 91影视

Current Research Interests: Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Queer Theory.

Email: charles.liu@torontomu.ca

Miles Manga

Previous Institution: University of Guelph

Current Research Interests: Hope, Critical Theory.

Email: mmanga@torontomu.ca

Angus Mancini-Miller

Previous Institution:

Current Research Interests: 19th Century Existentialism, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of/and Literature, Philosophy of Law, Logic, Philosophy of Life, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of/and History, Pragmatism, Environmental Philosophy/Philosophy of Nature, Philosophical Pessimism, Nihilism, Animal Rights, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kant, Aristotle, R.G. Collingwood, C.S. Peirce, H.L.A. Hart, Rawls, Popper, Schopenhauer, Mainl盲nder, Kafka.

Email: angus.mancini@torontomu.ca

Megan Morrison

Previous Institution: 91影视

Current Research Interests: metaphysics, logic, epistemology

Email: megan.morrison@torontomu.ca

Jonathan Olding

Previous Institution: University of Toronto

Current Research Interests: Philosophy of Physics, Early Modern Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion.

Email: jolding@torontomu.ca

Julia Oliverio

Previous Institution: Guelph University

Current Research Interests: ethics (normative, applied), epistemology, feminist philosophy, queer theory, existentialism.

Email: joliverio@torontomu.ca

Edwin Park

Previous Institution: University of Toronto

Current Research Interests: phenomenology, existentialism, 19th-century philosophy, aesthetics, critical theory.

Email: edwin.park@torontomu.ca

Kira Symington

Previous Institution: University of North Dakota

Current Research Interests: philosophy of technology, feminist philosophy, phenomenology, existentialism, media ethics.

Email: kira.t.symington@torontomu.ca

Sabina Tillinger

Previous Institution: Guelph University

Current Research Interests: continental philosophy, philosophy of language, Wittgenstein, feminist philosophy, phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Sartre, de Beauvoir, existentialism, Hegel, aesthetics and philosophy of art, Aristotle.

Email: sabina.tillinger@torontomu.ca