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Congratulations to our 2021-22 winners Jaewon Choe and Catherine Hochman!  

The Yost Prize is given annually in honor of Robert M. Yost for excellent performance in teaching. Congratulations to our 2020-21 winners Jungsuk Lee and Kyle Scott.

We are pleased to announce that Ally Peabody Smith defended her dissertation, “Learning from Profound Intellectual Disability,” and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on December…

We are pleased to announce that Andrew Flynn defended his dissertation, “Morality and Irony”, and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree will be awarded on September 10, 2021.

We are pleased to announce that Trent Teti defended his dissertation, “The Third Motive On Non-Hedonic, Self-Regarding Reasons for Acting”, and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree will be…

We are pleased to announce that Emily Page defended her dissertation, “Openness to the Development of the Relationship: A Theory of Close Relationships”, and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D….

We are pleased to announce that Jenna Lyn-Adsit Donohue defended her dissertation, “A Deliberative Conception of Moral Complicity”, and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on…

Congratulations to Ayana Samuel who has been chosen to receive UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award!! Each year, the award is given to only five teaching assistants on campus and recognizes extraordinary…

We are pleased to announce that Jordan Wallace-Wolf defended his dissertation, “Mental Privacy,” and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree will be awarded on December 18, 2020.

We are pleased to announce that Bill Kowalsky defended his dissertation, “Confidence and Objective Probability Signaling in Perceptual Systems,” and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree will be awarded…