Nataliya Palatnik is a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy. Her interests lie in practical aspects of classical German philosophy (primarily Kant's moral and political philosophy, but also the ethical thought of Fichte and Hegel) and in the way it informs contemporary discussions in moral, social and political philosophy. Her current research focuses on the elements of Kant's practical thought that highlight its crucial, yet often overlooked, social aspects. She holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Lviv National University of Ukraine and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. At Harvard, she has served as a course assistant for the graduate seminar in contemporary Kantian ethical theory and as a teaching fellow for the human rights course in the Core Curriculum.