Philosophy Faculty
Department chair: Genevieve Migely | Contact info
Faculty
Megan Altman
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Teaches ethics, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, Latin American philosophy, and feminist philosophy. Co-editor of "Horizons of Authenticity in Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Moral Psychology" (Springer, 2014). Currently developing a Heideggerian ethics of hope that explores different ways of reckoning with ethical issues that result from uprootedness, diaspora, forced existential isolation and loneliness, exile, and emigration.
Genevieve Migely
Professor of Philosophy
Does work in the history of ancient and early modern philosophy, the philosophy of feminism, and the philosophy of law. Her courses include Asian Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy: Seventeenth Century, Philosophy of Feminism, and Philosophy of Law. Ph.D., philosophy, Claremont Graduate University.
Jim White
Professor of Philosophy
Is interested in the theory of evolution and its philosophical implications, the philosophy of mind, the problem of free will, and the relationship between science, religion, and philosophy. He teaches courses that include Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mind, Evolution and Philosophy, and Analytic Philosophy. Ph.D., philosophy, University of Virginia.
Emeriti Faculty
Paul Gray
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
B.A., Youngstown State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University