Dept. of Philosophy & Religion
Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Yanming An (Ph.D. University of Michigan), Professor of Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy, American Pragmatism.
Peter Cohen (Ph.D. Florida State University), Lecturer in Religion
Comparative Religion, Inter-religious and cultural dialogue, Biblical Studies.
Andrew W. Garnar (Ph.D. Virginia Tech), Lecturer in Philosophy
Pragmatism, Science & Technology, Contemporary French Philosophy.
Christopher Grau (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University), Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ethics, Topics in Metaphysics, Philosophy & Film.
Steven Grosby (Ph.D. University of Chicago), Professor of Religion
Religion and Nationalism: historical, philosophical and political; Biblical Studies.
Nancy A. Hardesty (Ph.D. University of Chicago), Professor of Religion
New Testament, History of Christianity, American Women's Religious History.
Bill Maker (Ph.D. The New School for Social Research), Department Chair & Professor of Philosophy
19th and 20th century Continental Philosophy, especially Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche.
Sulia Abubakarr Mason (M.A. University of South Carolina), Lecturer in Philosophy
Pragmatism, Philosophy of Religion.
Todd May (Ph.D. Penn State University), Class of 1941 Memorial Professor
Recent Continental Philosophy, especially the work of Foucault, Deleuze, and Ranciere.
Diane Perpich (Ph.D. University of Chicago), Associate Professor of Philosophy
Continental Philosophy, Gender Theory, Ethics.
Stephen A. Satris (Ph.D. Cambridge University), Associate Professor Philosophy & C. Calhoun Lemon Fellow of the Rutland Institute for Ethics
Practical Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Wittgenstein. 
Stuart Silvers (Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh), Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Psychology, Epistemology.
Kelly C. Smith (Ph.D. Duke University), Associate Professor of Philosophy & C. Calhoun Lemon Fellow of the Rutland Institue for Ethics
Bioethics, Philosophy of Science (biology), Evolution and Creationism.
Charles Starkey (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison), Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Rutland Institute for Ethics
Ethics, Philosophy of Mind/Emotion, Moral Psychology.
David Stegall (Ph.D. University of Georgia), Lecturer in Philosophy
Albert Camus and Existentialism.
Allen Thompson (Ph.D. University of Washington), Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ethics and Environmental Philosophy.
Daniel E. Wueste (Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis), Associate Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Rutland Institute for Ethics
Legal philosophy, Social & Political philosophy, Professional Ethics.
Kourtney Wolfe (M.A. Syracuse University), Lecturer in Religion
Violence vis-à-vis Religion and (Post)colonial Theory.

Administrative Staff (email)


Barbara Hamberg, Department Administrative Assistant
Leora Hall, Department Administrative Assistant
Brad Jones, Administrative Assistant for the Rutland Institute for Ethics