Faculty & Staff
Alan Baker
Professor
Department Chair, Philosophy
Philosophy
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Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics
Ph.D., Princeton University.
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Peter Baumann
Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy and Religion
On Leave - Academic Year
Philosophy
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Interests:Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Practical Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy and Contemporary Analytical Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Göttingen.
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Grace Ledbetter
Professor
Classics
Philosophy
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Interests: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Greek poetry
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Tamsin Lorraine
Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Philosophy
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Interests: Phenemonology, Existentialism, Post-Structrualism, Feminist Theory
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Charles Raff
Professor
Philosophy
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Interests: 17th and 18th century, ancient, and 20th century analytic philosophy, metaphysics. Ph.D. Brown University.
Krista Thomason
Associate Professor
Philosophy
First Generation & Low-Income Student Initiatives
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Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Kant's Moral Theory, Social/Political Philosophy
Ph.D., Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Rosanna Picascia
Visiting Assistant Professor
Philosophy
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Interests: Asian Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Ph.D. Harvard University
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Donna Mucha
Administrative Assistant II, Philosophy; Administrative Assistant II, Phi Beta Kappa, Philosophy
Philosophy
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Emeriti
Rick Eldridge
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Philosophy
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Interests: Aesthetics and Theory of Criticism, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy and Literature, German Idealism, Wittgenstein, Romanticism
Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Hugh Lacey
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Philosophy
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Interests: History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy & Biotechnology
Ph.D., Indiana University.
Hans Oberdiek
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Philosophy
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Interests: Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Technology, Environmental Ethics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
Rich Schuldenfrei
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Philosophy
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Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.