BA in Philosophy

BA in Philosophy, minor in History

Joseph finished with the highest GPA of all graduating students in his program and studied abroad in Athens and Rome.

B.A in Philosophy

Participation in PHIL 329 (Philosophy After Auschwitz) study abroad program led them to a one-year fellowship with the prestigious TWR Youth Action Fellowship Program, a leadership development program to help student leaders become exemplary human rights advocates.

BA in Philosophy

A law school hopeful who supported the crew club throughout the pandemic.

Developing reason and logic into legal skills

Anees Mokhiber is drawing on his training in Philosophy in order to succeed in a rigorous law school curriculum.

Integrating broad information to effectively serve financial planning clients

Mark Dundon found that his philosophy degree and applied mathematics minor built analytical skills that serve him as a financial planner in the area of private wealth management.

Developing new leaders in clean energy policy

Adam James brings the intellectual rigor and ethical commitments of his philosophy degree to the business of solar energy.

2019 Distinguished Alumni - Philosophy

Christian Carrozzo is founder of the Program for Neuroethics and Clinical Consciousness at the John J. Lynch, M.D., Center for Ethics, where he serves as senior scholar and resident faculty. The program serves as a special research unit, devoted to the intersections of philosophy, neuroscience, empirical psychology, and clinical neurology.

Informing medical institutions and practitioners on ethical issues

Christian Carrozzo earned both a BA and MA in philosophy from Mason, and uses his background to work with medical personnel to untangle challenging ethical issues in the healthcare industry.

Changing lives with the power of the law

Liana Montecinos, BA Philosophy and Foreign Languages ’09, is managing attorney with Montecinos Law LLC. In the face of extraordinary hurdles as a Honduran asylee and undocumented child in Virginia, her education at Mason offered a path to success.

Advancing organizational effectiveness as a management consultant

Mary D. Little found in the Aristotelian concept of excellence a key to helping individuals and organizations improve themselves.

In fall 2017, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Philosophy Department honored Dr. Daw-Nay Evans for his exemplary career in education.

From studying "big questions" to founding a big business

Ali Manouchehri earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy at Mason and credits the friendships and business contacts he made there with giving him the confidence to co-found MetroStar Systems, a nationally recognized information technology company.

2018 Distinguished Alumni - Modern and Classical Languages

Ilarregui is the author of seven books of poetry, most of them earning international prizes in Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Her postgraduate studies include seminars at the Folger Institute, the School of Theory and Criticism at Cornell University, and the University of Austin, in Guatemala