Travis S. McKenna

Travis S. McKenna is an Ahmanson Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy of Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), affiliated with the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. He teaches courses such as HPS/Pl 120 – Introduction to Philosophy of Science and Hum/Pl 41 – Knowledge and Reality during the 2024-25 academic year.

Education: B.A. from the University of Sydney (2011), B.S. (2017, institution unspecified), and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh (2024). His research interests center on foundational questions in philosophy of science, epistemology, and metaphysics, with a focus on integrating historical perspectives into scientific inquiry.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. He currently holds no listed lab affiliations or teams, though his teaching role suggests involvement in pedagogical initiatives in philosophy and science education.