Philosophy Graduate Student Directory

BIO: Jack Almoro is a first-year MA student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Ohio University. He received his BA from Ohio University in 2025 with a major in Philosophy. His research interests center around the ethics of artificial intelligence and, more broadly construed, the philosophy of advancing technologies. Jack works with the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics as the executive producer for “CAPEd Conversations,” the Center’s podcast series. He also works with the OU Graduate Student Senate as the Assistant Social Media Strategist/Graphic Designer.

Outside of philosophy, Jack enjoys playing guitar and piano, singing, playing video games, watching movies, and following his favorite basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

EDUCATION: B.A. in Philosophy, Ohio University, 2025

RESEARCH INTERESTS: A.I. Ethics, Ethics (normative & applied), Philosophy of A.I., Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Ancient Philosophy, Empiricism (especially Locke)

Courses Taught: PHIL 2300 – Ethical Reasoning: From Theory to Application (Online)

BIO: Christopher Q. Bui is a first-year graduate student in the philosophy department where he also works as a teaching assistant. His areas of interest are the life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. He is particularly interested in the limits and merits of physical reductionism. Can subjective experience be exhausted by brain states? Do scientific theories describe reality as it is? Are the special sciences reducible to physics? Prior to graduate study in philosophy at OU he earned an MFA in creating writing from Hollins University. Throughout his undergraduate years he studied literature and philosophy.

EDUCATION:

B.A. in English and Philosophy, Augusta University

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Hollins University

BIO: Andrew Guthrie is a first year MA student in the Philosophy department at Ohio University. He received his HAB from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he triple majored in Philosophy, Politics and the Public (PPP), an interdisciplinary honors program, Economics, and Philosophy, Honors Track. His undergraduate Philosophy Thesis was Domination, Recognition, and Surveillance: An Examination of Surveillance in the Foundation of Natural Right. His areas of expertise are contemporary social and political philosophy and German idealism. His research interests include the philosophy of consciousness, applied ethics towards surveillance and AI, German idealism, and more. 

Outside of the classroom and office, Andrew enjoys hiking, fencing, playing the violin, drawing, videogames, and spending time with friends.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, German Idealism

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Philosophy of Consciousness, Applied Ethics (towards surveillance and AI), German Idealism

EDUCATION: H.A.B. in Philosophy, Politics, and the Public (PPP), Economics, and Philosophy (Honors Track), Xavier University, 2026

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Social & Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Ethics