GABBRIELLE M JOHNSON
Curriculum Vitae
UCLA Philosophy Department
Box 951451, Dodd 321
Los Angeles, CA 90095
330.418.1560
gmjohnson@humnet.ucla.edu
1 February 2015
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D., Philosophy, expected Spring 2018
M.A., Philosophy, Spring 2014
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH
B.A. cum laude, with Honors in Arts and Sciences and Honors Research Distinction in
Philosophy, 2011
Honors Thesis: “Reference Magnetism and Macro-Naturalism” (Advisor: Ben Caplan)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Language
HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Grant, University of California, Los Angeles,
Summer 2014
University Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2012
Mellon Summer Funding Award, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 2013
Provost Scholarship, The Ohio State University, Autumn 2007 – Spring 2011
William E. Bingham Award for Best Undergraduate Essay, Department of Philosophy, The
Ohio State University, Spring 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Albritton Society, Winter 2015 – “Explanations in Context: explanations as complete
mention-some answers to why-questions”
Bingham Award Ceremony, Spring 2011 – “Reference Magnetism and Macro-Naturalism"
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
AS TEACHING ASSISTANT:
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Fall 2013
(Samuel Baker)
Intro to Philosophy of Science, Winter 2014
(Sheldon Smith)
Intro to Philosophy of Mind, Spring 2014*
(Gabriel Greenberg)
Intro to Philosophy of Mind, Fall 2014*
(Gabriel Greenberg)
Anti-Individualism, Winter 2015
(Tyler Burge)
*Head TA for course
COURSEWORK
Montague Grammar and Dynamic Semantics (UCLA Ling)
Jessica Rett
*Seminar: Truth and Imprecision
Josh Armstrong
Seminar: The Semantics of Speech Acts (UCLA Ling)
Jessica Rett
Seminar: Abduction
Sam Cumming
Seminar: Problems in Moral Philosophy
Pamela Hieronymi
Seminar: Medieval Conceptions of the Self
Calvin Normore
Seminar: Leibniz
John Carriero
Semantic Theory I (UCLA Ling)
Jessica Rett
Seminar: Origins of Objectivity
Tyler Burge
Seminar: Pictorial Semantics
Gabriel Greenberg
Seminar: Metametaphysics
Sheldon Smith
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
Tyler Burge
First- Year Proseminar I: 20th Century Ethics
Barbara Herman
First- Year Proseminar I: Frege to Kripke
David Kaplan
First- Year Proseminar I: Moore to Sellars
Andrew Hsu
*Seminar: Contextualism and Relativism (OSU)
Stewart Shapiro
Seminar: Metaphysics of Propositions (OSU)
Ben Caplan
*course audited
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
German –Reading competence
Spanish – Speaking and Reading competence