Lyceum Personnel
Here are some people you will meet at the Lyceum. Our summer session also includes instructors from among the faculty and graduate students from the University of Iowa Department of Philosophy.
2023 Lyceum Program Organizers
Emily Lemmon (she/her)
2023 Program Director
2022 Assistant Director & Financial Officer
2021 Program Organizer
Emily Lemmon is from Farmington, Utah. She received her B.A. in both Philosophy and Spanish from Southern Utah University. Emily is a third-year graduate student and Ph.D. candidate in the philosophy program at the University of Iowa. Her academic interests are in aesthetics and philosophy of art, philosophy of literature, Wittgenstein, and epistemology.
2023 Assistant Director
2022 Program Organizer
Chaeyeon Lee is from Seoul, South Korea. She received her B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from Ewha Womans University in Seoul. Chaeyeon is entering her second year as a graduate student in philosophy, with research interests in ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of rights, and philosophy of education. For over five years, she worked for Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class, a Philosophy for Children program, as a lecturer and program coordinator. Her passion for facilitating philosophical inquires for teenagers leads her to the Iowa Lyceum.
Program Founders, Past Presidents, & Faculty Instructors
Co-Founder & President Emeritus
Danielle is originally from Pennsylvania. They completed a B.A. in philosophy and psychology at Roger Williams University where they received the "Dr. Rodolphe-Louis Herbert Award for Excellence in Philosophy". Danielle’s primary research interests involve the intersection between philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology, and their current research focuses on the nature of "self". Danielle received an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Iowa and is currently working on their dissertation.
Danielle was the Program Director for the Iowa Lyceum in 2020 and 2021, created the current Lyceum website, and organized the publication of an article about the Iowa Lyceum in 2021. Danielle's University of Iowa departmental page can be found here.
Professor David Cunning: