Otan is a second-year student majoring in philosophy and minoring in environmental studies as well as French language. His philosophical interests are Pragmatism, Marxism, post-analytic philosophy, philosophy of mind (particularly embodied cognition and enactivism), social philosophy and a growing interest in the Continental tradition. He admires the philosophies of Marx, Dewey, and Wittgenstein. Outside of philosophy, he is passionate about learning about the history of art and architecture.