I’m a PhD candidate in philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. I’m primarily interested in philosophy of language, mind and cognitive science, and AI. Find my CV here.

My work focuses on the diversity present across languages, cultures, neurotypes and AI agents to better understand what conversation and cognition are. In my dissertation, I analyze cross-neurotype and cross-cultural discourse to develop a theory of conversation styles that explains why some conversations go better than others.

In 2024, I was the director of the NYC chapter of Corrupt the Youth. I also taught a bunch of courses at City College.

I love bad movies, emo music and indie video games. Ask me what I’m currently playing!

Email me at shernandez1 [at] gradcenter [dot] cuny [dot] edu