Kim Johnston

Graduate Student

Area of Interest: Reasoning, Philosophical Methodology, Practical Reasoning, Epistemology

E-mail: kimjohnston@ucla.edu Office: Dodd Hall 363

Office Hours: Fall 2018: Monday 11:30-12:30 and Friday 1-2 and by appt.

MAP: I am the coordinator for MAP advising. UCLA’s MAP chapter is a community of students and faculty members who are examining and addressing issues that under-represented groups face in academic philosophy. (We are just one chapter of global MAP.) The purpose of MAP advising is to be able to ask advising questions of a MAP-affiliated graduate student. If you’re interested, email me and I’ll set up a meeting between you and a MAP-affiliated grad student. During the meeting you can ask about any advising issues including questions or concerns you have regarding the philosophy department. These may include but are not limited to: atmosphere/climate, what graduate school is like, strategies for succeeding in philosophy classes, the philosophy curriculum, class selection and campus-wide community issues.

Education

BA. 2010, Mathematics, University of Utah
MS 2014, Philosophy, University of Utah
MA 2016, Philosophy, UCLA
PH.D 2019, Philosophy, UCLA (expected)

Honors and Awards

2016-2017 Yost prize

2017-2018 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Award

Courses

Current course (Fall 2018):
495: Teaching College Philosophy

Past courses:

University of California
- As TA:
  - Philos 7, Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (with G. Greenberg, Spring 2016; with G. Johnson, Summer 2017)
  - Philos 8, Introduction to Philosophy of Science (with S. Smith), Spring 2018)
  - Philos 21, Skepticism and Rationality (with A. Hsu, Spring 2015)
  - Philos 100A, Ancient Greek Philosophy (with A. Crager, Fall 2014 and Fall 2015)
  - Philos 100B, Medieval Philosophy (with C. Normore, Winter 2015)
  - Philos 130, Philosophy of Space and time (with S. Smith, Fall 2017)
  - Philos 155, Medical Ethics (with J. Gingerich, Summer 2016)
  - Philos 170, Philosophy of Mind (with T. Burge, Winter 2016)
  - Philos 183, Theory of Knowledge (with S. Roush, Winter 2018)
University of Utah
- As instructor:
  - Phil 1250, Reasoning and Rational Decision Making (Summer 2012 [with Matthew Berk], Fall 2012, Summer 2013)
  - Phil 1251, Reasoning and Rational Decision making Lab (Spring 2013)
- As TA:
  - Phil 1000, Introduction to Philosophy (with Steve Downes, Fall 2011)
  - Phil 1250, Reasoning and Rational Decision Making (with Jonah Schupbach, Spring 2013)