Celebrating Fall 2025 Philosophy Graduates!

F25 graduates & faculty

Philosophy graduates, their families & friends, and faculty gathered recently to celebrate those participating in Fall 2025 commencement ceremonies. 

Dr. Gehad Abdelal and Dr. Chris Cuomo standing together in doctoral graduation robes
Dr. Gehad Abdelal and Professor Chris Cuomo

Gehad Abdelal was awarded a PhD, her dissertation Islamic Feminism and the Politics of Gender: Between Liberation and Non-Western Neocolonial Domination under the direction of Professor Chris Cuomo. Dr. Abdelal is currently a visiting assistant professor of Philosophy at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC.

Diana Orrego-Jimenez and Lilian Kirk in graduation regalia
Diana Orrego-Jimenez and Lillian Kirk

Students receiving BA degrees in Philosophy include: Jeremiah Jones, Lillian Kirk, Diana Orrego-Jimenez, Zoe E. Schweitzer, and Kyle Smith.

We offer heartfelt congratulation to all these hard-working graduates and know they will find great success wherever their futures lead!

 

Pictured above are Orrego-Jimenez & Lillian Kirk (center) with faculty members in the back l-r Jeremy Davis, Nick Schuster, Piers Stephens, Athanasios Samaras, & Aaron Meskin and flanked by Sarah Wright & Melissa Fahmy.