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OFFICE

Name	Position	Office	Email
Matthew W. McKeon	Chair	503 SKH	mckeonm@msu.edu
Lisa H. Schwartzman	Associate Chair & Director of the Graduate Program	500 SKH	lhschwar@msu.edu
Debra Nails	Undergraduate Program Director	501 SKH	nails@msu.edu

Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
Robyn Bluhm	Associate Professor	537 SKH	rbluhm@msu.edu	Philosophy of Neuroscience Philosophy of Medicine
Kristie Dotson	Associate Professor	514 SKH	dotsonk@msu.edu	Epistemology Feminist Philosophy Philosophy & Race Africana Philosophy
Stephen L. Esquith	Professor & Dean of RCAH	C210G SNY	esquith@msu.edu	Philosophy of Law Moral & Political Philosophy
Matt Ferkany	Assistant Professor	332 Erickson	ferkany@msu.edu	Ethics Environmental Ethics Moral Education
Leonard Fleck	Professor	C202 E Fee	fleck@msu.edu	Philosophy & Ethics of Health Care Health Policy
Fred Gifford	Professor	500 SKH	gifford@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Philosophy & Ethics of Health Care Ethics & Development
David Godden	Assistant Professor	515 SKH	dgodden@msu.edu	Argumentation Theory Epistemology History & Philosophy of Logic
Todd Hedrick	Associate Professor	519 SKH	hedrickt@msu.edu	Social & Political Philosophy Critical Theory Philosophy of Law
Hilde Lindemann	Professor	516 SKH	hlinde@msu.edu	Feminist Philosophy Bioethics Moral Psychology
Christian Lotz	Professor	518 SKH	lotz@msu.edu	Continental Philosophy Aesthetics Marxism Critical Theory
John McClendon	Professor	511 SKH	mcclen21@msu.edu	History of Philosophy Philosophy & Race Social & Political Philosophy
Matthew W. McKeon	Associate Professor	509 SKH	mckeonm@msu.edu	Epistemology Logic & Philosophy of Language Metaphysics Philosophy of Mathematics
Debra Nails	Professor	501 SKH	nails@msu.edu	Metaphysics Ancient Greek Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy
Jamie Lindemann Nelson	Professor	512 SKH	jlnelson@msu.edu	Ethics Philosophy & Ethics of Health Care
Michael O'Rourke	Professor	503 SKH	orourk51@msu.edu	Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Language Epistemology Philosophy of Action Interdisciplinary Theory

Frederick Rauscher	Associate Professor	501 SKH	rauscher@msu.edu	Early Modern Philosophy Ethics German Idealism Kant Political Philosophy
James E. Roper	Associate Professor	510 SKH	roper@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Social & Political Philosophy Business Ethics
Lisa H. Schwartzman	Associate Professor	517 SKH	lhschwar@msu.edu	Ethics Feminist Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy
Paul B. Thompson	Professor & Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food & Community Ethics	526 SKH	thomp649@msu.edu	Agricultural Ethics Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Technology Continental Philosophy
Tom Tomlinson	Professor	C223 E FEE	tomlins4@msu.edu	Ethics Philosophy & Ethics of Health Care
Sean Valles	Assistant Professor	E35 EHLM	valles@msu.edu	Philosophy of Medicine Philosophy of Biology
Kyle Powys Whyte	Associate Professor & Timnick Chair in the Humanities	535 SKH	kwhyte@msu.edu	Environmental Justice Climate Justice American Indian Philosophy

Affiliated Faculty

Name

Title

Office

Email

Research Area

Kevin Elliot

Associate Professsor

31West Holmes

kce@msu.edu

Philosophy of Science

Environmental Ethics

Research Ethics

Philosophy of Environmental Science

Ann Mongoven

Assistant Professor

C-714 Wells Hall

mongove2@msu.edu

Public Health Ethics Health Care Justice Democratic Deliberation on Bioethical Issues

Robert T. Pennock

Professor

W-35 Holmes

pennock5@msu.edu

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Biology

Cognitive Science

Science & Ethics

Benjamin Pollock

Associate Professor

C727 Wells

polloc18@msu.edu

Modern Jewish Philosophy

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Continental Thought

Philosophy of Religion

Gretel A. Van Wieren

Assistant Professor

C736 Wells

vanwie12@msu.edu

Environmental Ethics

Religion and Nature

Ecological Restoration

Children and Nature

Food Ethics

Post-doctoral Fellow

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
Brian Robinson	Research Associate	520 SKH	robi1015@msu.edu	Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science

Visiting Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
John Grey	Visiting Professor	536 SKH	greyjohn@msu.edu	Early Modern Philosophy Metaphysics & Epistemology
Sandra Harding	Distinguished Affiliate Professor		sharding@gseis.ucla.edu	Feminist Theory Postcolonial Theory Epistemology Philosophy of Science Research Methodology
Emily Katz	Visiting Professor	520 SKH	ekatz@msu.edu	Ancient Philosophy

Instructors

Name

Title

Office

Email

Research Area

James Lambert

Instructor

506 SKH

lamber53@msu.edu

Social & Political Philosophy

Office Staff

Name	Email	Office
Joy Franks Administrative Assistant	franksj@msu.edu	504A SKH OFC # 355-4492 Fax # 432-1320
Patricia Miller Graduate Secretary	sudorows@msu.edu	503 SKH OFC # 355-4490 Fax # 432-1320
Julie Eckinger	jeckinger@msu.edu	CARRS 131 Natural Resources OFC # 432-0317 Fax # 353-8994

Emeriti

Name	Email
Judith Andre	andre@msu.edu
Peter Asquith	asquith@msu.edu
Al Cafagna	cafagna@msu.edu
Marilyn Frye	fryem@msu.edu
Richard Hall	hallrj@msu.edu
Joseph Hanna	hanna@msu.edu
Donald Koch	koch@msu.edu
Rhoda Kotzin	kotzin@msu.edu
Charles McCracken	mccrack2@msu.edu
Bruce Miller	blmiller@msu.edu
Ronald Suter	suteron@msu.edu
Hal Walsh
Barbara Abbott	abbottb@msu.edu

Martin Benjamin

benjamin@msu.edu

Richard Peterson

petrsnrt@msu.edu

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