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Philosophy Department




Arts and Sciences





Faculty and Research

  • Brooke Ackerly: Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Cross-Cultural Human Rights Theory, Feminist Theory, Social Criticism
  • Ellen Armour: Feminist Theology, Theories of Sex, Race, Gender, Disability and Embodiment, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy
  • William James Booth: Political Theory, Kant, Marx, Memory and Identity
  • Idit Dobbs-Weinstein: Aristotle, Medieval Philosophy (Critical Theory), Spinoza, Contemporary Continental Philosophy
  • Nita Farahany: Philosophy of Law, Metaethics, Philosophy of Biology
  • Kathryn T. Gines : African American philosophy, social and political philosophy, continental philosophy, Diaspora Studies, and race and gender theory.
  • Lenn E. Goodman: Metaphysics, Ethics, Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy
  • Lisa Guenther: Phenomenology, Feminism, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Social and Poltical Thought
  • Michael P. Hodges: Wittgenstein, American Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Education
  • Gregg M. Horowitz: Philosophy of Art and Art History, Political Theory, Psychoanalysis
  • Elizabeth Jelinek: Ancient Greek philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics
  • John Lachs: American Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics, German Idealism, Human Natures, Bioethics
  • José Medina: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
  • Jonathan Neufeld: Aesthetics (especially Philosophy of Music) and Philosophy of Law
  • Kelly Oliver: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Contemporary French Philosophy, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Film Theory
  • Lucius Outlaw: African and African American Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
  • Charles Scott: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
  • John J. Stuhr: American and European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Culture
  • Robert B. Talisse: Contemporary Political Philosophy, Pragmatism
  • Jeffrey Tlumak: Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics
  • David Wood: 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Time, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature

 

Senior Lecturers

 

Lecturers

  • James Bednar: Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Religion
  • Walter Riker: Political and Social Philosophy, Applied Ethics

Visiting Scholars

  • Scott Aikin: Epistemology, Pragmatism, Environmental Ethics
  • Angela Davis: Feminism, African American studies, critical theory, popular music culture and social consciousness, philosophy of punishment (women's jails and prisons) (Spring 2008)
  • J. Aaron Simmons: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Levinas, Kierkegaard

Recent Emeritus Faculty

  • Robert Ehman: Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Contemporary Ethical Theory
  • John Post: Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of science, meta-ethics, and philosophy of religion
  • Henry Teloh: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Social and Political Philosophy