I'm Matt Watts, a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Miami. 

My research is primarily focused on memory, mind, and technology. But my philosophical interests span diverse areas, ranging from existentialism and phenomenology, to social and political philosophy.

My dissertation deals with the nature of semantic memory, and how it informs on memory more broadly. I'll be presenting some of my work at the APA Pacific Meeting in March.

I am also spearheading an XR (Extended Reality) initiative incorporating VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) into the classroom and exploring questions surrounding immersive experience, extended reality and artificial intelligence. I'll be presenting some of my work at the APA Pacific Meeting: Teaching Hub in March. You can read a little bit about my work with VR in the classroom in this Op-Ed at the Miami Hurricane Newspaper.

You can learn a little bit more about me here!

Email: 

Wattsmatthewt [at] gmail [dot] com

Mxw685 [at] Miami [dot] edu



the serious headshot, or Matt the cat... I couldn't decide.