Philosophy Faculty

Jerrold L. Aronson, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Wisconsin

 

Eric S. Dietrich, Professor

BS, University of Wyoming; MA, PhD, University of Arizona

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998-1999

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Religious Studies

Specialty: Philosophy of mind; metaphysics;  epistemology; philosophical logic; cognitive science; philosophy of mathematics

Casey Doyle, Lecturer

BA, Bates College; PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Specialty: Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Mateo Duque, Assistant Professor

BA, University of South Florida; MA, PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

Specialty: Ancient Greek Philosophy; Aesthetics

Charles A. Goodman, Professor

PhD, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2011-2012

Affiliated: Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Buddhist Philosophy; South Asian, Tibetan, and Chinese Philosophy; ethical theory, comparative ethics and applied ethics.

Robert E. Guay, Professor

BA, Columbia University; PhD, University of Chicago

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011

Affiliated: Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL); Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Specialty: Modern European philosophy; moral and political philosophy; philosophy of art

Rebecca Harrison, Assistant Professor

BA, Monash University; MA, University of Melbourne; PhD, University of Michigan

Specialty: Feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, ethics, social philosophy

Nicole J. Hassoun, Professor

BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Arizona

Lois B. DeFleur Award for Academic Achievement at °®¶¹´«Ã½, 2018

Affiliated: Human Rights Institute (HRI); Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Social and political philosophy; ethics; philosophy of economics; applied ethics;  epistemology; cognitive science

Mattias Iser, Associate Professor

MA, PhD, Freie Universität Berlin

Affiliated: Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Social and political philosophy; history of political thought; ethics

Anja Karnein, Associate Professor

PhD, Brandeis University

Affiliated: Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Applied ethics; social and political philosophy

Christopher R. Morgan-Knapp, Professor

BA, Notre Dame; PhD, Rutgers University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009-2010

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program; Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Ethical theory, applied ethics

Maxim A. Pensky, Professor

BA, Kenyon College; MA, PhD, Boston College

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997-1998

Affiliated: Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL); Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: Social and political philosophy; continental philosophy; philosophy of law and international relations

William A. Pizante, Assistant Professor Emeritus

PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1974-1975

Anthony Preus, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

BA, Luther College, Decorah Iowa; BA, MA, Oxford University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Ancient Greek philosophy; ancient biological and medical science; medical ethics; medieval philosophy

Anthony R. Reeves, Associate Professor

BA, University of Portland; PhD, Boston University

Affiliated: Human Rights Institute (HRI); Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Philosophy of law; political philosophy; ethical theory

Lawrence D. Roberts, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Indiana University

Stephen David Ross, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus

PhD, Columbia University

Lisa C. Tessman, Professor

BA, Carleton College; MA, PhD, University of Massachusetts

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2017-2018; University Award for Outstanding Graduate Director, 2007-2008

Affiliated: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS)

Specialty: Ethics; moral psychology; feminist theory

Donald Weiss, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, Princeton University

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-1995

John T. Wilcox, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Yale University

 

Melissa R. Zinkin, Professor

BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002-2003

Affiliated: Comparative Literature; Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS); Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: Kant; history of modern philosophy, aesthetics