Ellis Riggsbee

Hello! I am a first-year (2025-26) Ph.D. student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I also completed my undergraduate studies at UNC with a double major in Philosophy and Economics. 

My current, most prevailing philosophical interests lie in epistemology, the philosophy of language, and ethics. I’m especially drawn to how these areas overlap and inform one another: how foundational questions about knowledge and meaning can illuminate ethical inquiry, and how ethical considerations, in turn, guide our language use and belief-formation practices. Since being in Michigan, I have also become interested in the philosophy of action and decision theory. I am hoping to refine this list as I continue to learn in Ann Arbor!