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Department of

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is ranked 1st in the US and 1st in the English-speaking world as of the most recent edition of the ''

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'' from 2021 (as well as in the 2017, 2014, 2011, 2009, and 2006 editions). It is also ranked 1st in the world by the 2022

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, and is internationally renowned. It has particular strengths in

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epi ...

history of philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from prem ...

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

moral A moral (from Latin ''morālis'') is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. ...

and

political philosophy Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...

philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy of language), meanin ...

philosophy of logic Philosophy of logic is the area of philosophy that studies the scope and nature of logic. It investigates the philosophical problems raised by logic, such as the presuppositions often implicitly at work in theories of logic and in their application ...

and

philosophy of mathematics The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the assumptions, foundations, and implications of mathematics. It aims to understand the nature and methods of mathematics, and find out the place of mathematics in people' ...

, and

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are add ...

. The department offers

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, and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy, as well as a minor in philosophy and a joint

major Major ( commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicato ...

in language and mind with the NYU Departments of

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and

Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

. It is home to the New York Institute of Philosophy, a

research center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricit ...

that supports multi-year projects, public lectures, conferences, and workshops in the field, as well as outreach programs to teach

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high school students interested in philosophy. The faculty and students have close relations with the philosophy department of Columbia University. Every year, NYU and Columbia philosophy graduate students organize the ''Annual NYU/Columbia Graduate Student Philosophy Conference''. Furthermore, doctoral students are able to cross-register to take courses at

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, as well as at the other members of the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (IUDC):

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

CUNY Graduate Center The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and post-graduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the C ...

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

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, and

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. Within NYU, the department works especially closely with the

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, whose Center for Law and Philosophy hosts the ''Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy'' on a weekly basis during the fall semester of each academic year. Many former and current faculty members of the department have held or currently hold dual appointments in both philosophy and law, including

Ronald Dworkin Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New Yo ...

Thomas Nagel Thomas Nagel (; born July 4, 1937) is an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, where he taught from 1980 to 2016. His main areas of philosophical interest are legal philosophy, ...

, Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler,

Jeremy Waldron Jeremy Waldron (; born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was ...

, and

Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( ; born 8 May 1954) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah w ...

. Other research centers affiliated with the department are the Center for

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and the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. The department is housed in 5 Washington Place, a historic building within the jurisdiction of the

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near the border between the neighborhoods of

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and

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. The interior of the building was completely renovated in 2007 by

Steven Holl Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947) is a New York-based American architect and watercolorist. Among his most recognized works are the 2019 REACH expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the 2019 Hunters Point Library in Q ...

Architects, featuring design elements inspired by the writings of philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...

, namely his ''

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''.

Gallery of prominent faculty

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Anthony Appiah Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( ; born 8 May 1954) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appi ...

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Paul Boghossian Paul Artin Boghossian (; born 1957) is an American philosopher. He is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University, where he is chair of the department (having also held the position from 1994 to 2004). His research interests include ep ...

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David Chalmers David John Chalmers (; born 20 April 1966) is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is a professor of philosophy and neural science at New York Univers ...

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Miranda Fricker Miranda Fricker, FBA FAAS (born 12 March 1966) is a British philosopher who is Professor of Philosophy at New York University, Co-Director of the New York Institute of Philosophy, and Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield. Fricker c ...

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Frances Kamm Frances Myrna Kamm () is an American philosopher specializing in normative and applied ethics. Kamm is currently the Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Brunswic ...

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(1980–2016, Emeritus)

Current faculty

This list includes affiliated faculty notable enough to have an individual article in Wikipedia in addition to all regular faculty *

, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of race, probability and decision theory * Ned Block, philosophy of mind, philosophy of neuroscience and cognitive science *

, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology *

, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology *Sanford Diehl, ethics, social and political philosophy *Cian Dorr, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of physics * Hent de Vries, metaphysics, philosophy of religion * Hartry Field, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics *

Kit Fine Kit Fine (born 26 March 1946) is a British philosopher, currently university professor and Silver Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at New York University. Prior to joining the philosophy department of NYU in 1997, he taught at the Univ ...

, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language *Laura Franklin-Hall, philosophy of biology *

, moral philosophy, social epistemology *Jane Friedman, epistemology *Don Garrett, early modern philosophy *Robert Hopkins, aesthetics, philosophy of mind * Paul Horwich, philosophy of language, metaphysics, Wittgenstein, philosophy of science *

Dale Jamieson Dale Jamieson (born 1947) is Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University, a scholar of environmental ethics and animal rights, and an analyst of climate change discourse. He also serves as a faculty affiliate for ...

, environmental ethics *Anja Jauernig, Kant, early modern philosophy, 19th and early 20th century German philosophy, history of philosophy of science, aesthetics, and animal ethics *Marko Malink, ancient philosophy, philosophical logic *Matthew Mandelkern, philosophy of language, semantics, philosophy of cognitive science * S. Matthew Liao, bioethics *

Tim Maudlin Tim William Eric Maudlin (born April 23, 1958) is an American philosopher of science who has done influential work on the metaphysical foundations of physics and logic. Education and career Maudlin graduated from Sidwell Friends School, W ...

, foundations of physics, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of science *Jessica Moss, ancient philosophy * John Richardson, Heidegger, Nietzsche, ancient philosophy * Samuel Scheffler, moral and political philosophy * Jeff Sebo, bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics *

Sharon Street Sharon Street (born 1973) is a professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at New York University. She specializes in metaethics, focusing in particular on how to reconcile our understanding of normativity with a scientific ...

, ethics *Michael Strevens, philosophy of science, concepts, philosophical applications of cognitive science *

Peter Unger Peter K. Unger (; born April 25, 1942) is a contemporary American philosopher and professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. His main interests lie in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philos ...

, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics *Daniel Viehoff, political, legal, and moral philosophy *

, philosophy of law, social and political philosophy * Crispin Wright, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, epistemology

Emeritus faculty

* Richard Foley, epistemology *

, ethics * Béatrice Longuenesse, Kant, Hegel, modern philosophy, philosophy of mind *

, philosophy of mind, philosophy of law, political philosophy, ethics * William Ruddick, philosophy of science and medicine, professional and applied ethics, bioethics * Stephen Schiffer, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology *

J. David Velleman J. David Velleman (born 1952) is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at New York University and Miller Research Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He primarily works in the areas of ethics, moral psychology, and relat ...

, ethics, moral psychology

Notable former faculty

Raziel Abelson Raziel Abelson (24 June 1921 – 14 June 2017) was an American academic. He served as Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at New York University and was a proponent of the Ordinary Language School of Philosophy. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, ...

, ethics and ordinary language philosophy * Margaret Athelton, early modern period philosophy, philosophy of psychology, feminist philosophy * William Barrett, existentialist philosophy *

James Burnham James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy; his first book was ''An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis'' (1931). Burn ...

, political philosophy *

Keith DeRose Keith DeRose (born April 24, 1962) is an American philosopher teaching at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he is currently Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy. He taught previously at New York University and Rice University. ...

, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and history of modern philosophy *

, philosophy of law * Paul Edwards, ethics *

Sidney Hook Sidney Hook (December 20, 1902 – July 12, 1989) was an American philosopher of pragmatism known for his contributions to the philosophy of history, the philosophy of education, political theory, and ethics. After embracing communism in his you ...

, philosophy of history, philosophy of education, political philosophy, ethics * Michael Lockwood, philosophy of mind * Ferdinand Lundberg, social philosophy * Kai Nielson, metaphilosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy *

Christopher Peacocke Christopher Arthur Bruce Peacocke (born 22 May 1950) is a British philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind and epistemology. His recent publications, in the field of epistemology, have defended a version of rationalism. His daught ...

, philosophy of mind, epistemology * James Pryor, epistemology, philosophy of language *

Theodore Sider Theodore "Ted" Sider is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of language. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Family Sider is the son of theologian Ronald Sider. He is the partner of ...

, metaphysics and philosophy of language

Notable former visiting scholars

Moshe Halbertal Moshe Halbertal ( he, משה הלברטל; born Montevideo, Uruguay, 1958) is an Israeli philosopher, professor, and writer, a noted expert on Maimonides, and co-author of the Israeli Army Code of Ethics. He currently holds positions as the John a ...

, Maimonides, ethics, philosophy of religion *

Derek Parfit Derek Antony Parfit (; 11 December 1942 – 1 or 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of ...

, identity, philosophy of logic, ethics *

Peter Singer Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular ...

, applied ethics

Notable alumni

Ruth Barcan Marcus Ruth Barcan Marcus (; born Ruth Charlotte Barcan; 2 August 1921 – 19 February 2012) was an American academic philosopher and logician best known for her work in modal and philosophical logic. She developed the first formal systems of quant ...

, philosopher and logician known for the Barcan formula * Brent Barraclough, classical pianist *

Stanley Bosworth Stanley Anselm Bosworth (August 20, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was the founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, which he headed from 1965 to 2004. Bosworth was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, the child of a sh ...

, founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School *

Peter Daou Peter Daou (born 1965) is a Lebanese-American political strategist, activist, musician and author who has advised major political figures, including Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He was described by '' The New York Times'' as "one of the most pr ...

, political strategist and advisor to

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

and

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party, he ...

Richard Gambino Richard Gambino is an American author and educator. A professor emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York, Gambino pioneered the field of Italian-American studies in the 1970s. He is the author of ''Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma o ...

, professor and pioneer of the field of Italian-American studies * Lewis Frumkes, humorist and writer *

Sandra Harding Sandra G. Harding (born 1935) is an American philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory, epistemology, research methodology, and philosophy of science. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996 to 2000, and co-edite ...

, philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory *

Paul Kurtz Paul Kurtz (December 21, 1925 – October 20, 2012) was an American scientific skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism". He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at B ...

, philosopher and father of

secular humanism Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system or life stance that embraces human reason, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basis of morality ...

Tibor Machan Tibor Richard Machan (; 18 March 1939 – 24 March 2016) was a Hungarian-American philosopher. A professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at Auburn University, Machan held the R. C. Hoiles Chair of Business Ethics and Free Enterpris ...

, libertarian philosopher *

Walter Ralston Martin Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989) was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information ...

, Christian minister and apologist *

Leonard Peikoff Leonard Sylvan Peikoff (; born October 15, 1933) is a Canadian-American philosopher. He is an Objectivist and was a close associate of Ayn Rand, who designated him heir to her estate. He is a former professor of philosophy and host of a nation ...

, objectivist philosopher and intellectual heir to

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;, . Most sources transliterate her given name as either ''Alisa'' or ''Alissa''. , 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and p ...

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...

, former president and two time prime minister of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

* William Reeves, co-founder of

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* Tim Rollins, artist *

Isaac Rosenfeld Isaac Rosenfeld (March 10, 1918 - July 14, 1956 This article also has details about Rosenfeld's upbringing, parents, siblings, wife and children.) was an American writer who became a prominent member of New York intellectual circles. Rosenfeld w ...

, writer *

Harold M. Schulweis Harold M. Schulweis (April 14, 1925 – December 18, 2014) was an American rabbi and author. He was the longtime spiritual Leader at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. Biography Schulweis was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1925 to secul ...

, rabbi and theologian * Jeff Sebo, philosopher * David Sidorsky, philosopher * Harold Spivake, former Chief of the Music Division of the

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Stephen Yagman Stephen Yagman (born December 19, 1944) is an American federal civil rights lawyer, and general advocate. He has a reputation of being an advocate in cases regarding allegations of police brutality.''National Law Journal'', pg. 1, February 28, ...

, federal lawyer

Other philosophers affiliated with NYU

The following people are notable philosophers not affiliated with the Department of Philosophy who currently hold or have held faculty positions within other departments at

Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed th ...

Avital Ronell Avital Ronell ( ; born 15 April 1952) is an American academic who writes about continental philosophy, literary studies, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the humanities and in the departments of Germanic l ...

Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek (, ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New ...

Student organizations

At the graduate level, students can participate in the NYU chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP), an international organization consisting of philosophy students committed to addressing minority issues in the profession, theoretical issues regarding philosophy of gender, race, sexual orientation, class, disability, native language, etc., and philosophy done from minority perspectives. The MAP chapter at NYU pursues these goals through a variety of events, including talks, film screenings, workshops, trainings, and collaborative events organized with other NYC-area chapters. At the undergraduate level, students can participate in the NYU Philosophy Forum, which hosts talks and panels with faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students throughout the academic year. In addition, the Philosophy Forum organizes the ''Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference @ NYU.'' The conference is held over two days at the end of the spring semester of each academic year, is open to the public, and consists of undergraduate students selected from various universities giving presentations of their original work on any philosophical topic, panels on philosophical topics of interest, as well as lectures by notable philosophers who are invited from both the faculty at NYU and other institutions. Past keynote lecturers for the conference include

, and

Saul Kripke Saul Aaron Kripke (; November 13, 1940 – September 15, 2022) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. He was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and e ...

, with other notable speakers and panelists including

, Ned Block,

, S. Matthew Liao,

Michele Moody-Adams Michele Moody-Adams is an American philosopher and academic administrator. Between July 1, 2009, and September 2011, she served as Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education at Columbia University. She was the firs ...

, and

Paul Thagard Paul Richard Thagard (; born 1950) is a Canadian philosopher who specializes in cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of science and medicine. Thagard is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Waterloo. He i ...

In popular culture

In the 1989 action film '' Road House,'' the main character, James Dalton (played by Patrick Swaze), has a philosophy degree from NYU. The NYU Department of Philosophy is featured prominently in the 1995 horror film ''

The Addiction ''The Addiction'' is a 1995 American vampire horror film directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken and Annabella Sciorra. Edie Falco and Kathryn Erbe appear in supporting roles. The film was written by Ferrara's frequ ...

.'' The film's main character, Kathleen Conklin (played by

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), is a doctoral candidate in the department who is turned into a

vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...

after being bitten by a mysterious woman during a chance encounter. Supporting characters include a fellow doctoral candidate (played by

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) and a faculty member who serves as Kathleen's

dissertation advisor A doctoral advisor (also dissertation director, dissertation advisor; or doctoral supervisor) is a member of a university faculty whose role is to guide graduate students who are candidates for a doctorate, helping them select coursework, as well ...

(played by

Paul Calderón Paul Calderón is a Puerto Rican actor, writer, director and producer. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and a ...

). Other members of the department are shown during a scene at the department's

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party.

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