Faculty of the URI Philosophy Department
Tenured and Tenure Stream Faculty
Cheryl Foster, prof., PhD. Edinburgh. Specialties: Aesthetics, 19th Century Philosophy, Ethics. (401) 874-4022.
Galen
Johnson, prof., PhD. Boston University. Specialties: Phenomenology,
Philosophy of Psychology, Contemporary French Philosophy.
(401) 874-4790.
William H. Krieger, assistant prof., PhD. Claremont Graduate Univ. Specialties: History & Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Archaeology, Archaeological Theory. (401) 874-2812.
Zahra Meghani, assistant prof., PhD. Michigan State. Specialties: Ethics, Bioethics, Feminist Theory. (401) 874-2208.
Eske Møllgaard, assistant prof., PhD. Harvard. Specialties: Eastern Philosophies, Comparative Philosophy, Continental Philosophy.
(410) 874-4441.
John Peterson, prof., PhD. Indiana. Specialties: Epistemology, Logic. (401) 874-2224
Fritz Wenisch, prof., PhD. Salzburg. Specialties:
Value Theory, Ethics, Phenomenology.
(401) 874-2226.
Donald J. Zeyl, prof., chair, PhD. Harvard. Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion. (401) 874-2207
Emeriti Faculty
Yong Choon Kim, prof. emeritus of religion, PhD. Temple University.
Stephen D. Schwarz, prof. emeritus of philosophy, PhD. Harvard. Specialties: Existentialism, Ethics, Metaphysics. (401) 874-2219.
William Young, prof. emeritus of philosophy, ThD. Union Theological Seminary.
Lecturers
William Bartels, lecturer, PhD. Rice. Specialties: Philosophy of Religion. (401) 874-4493
Craig Nichols, lecturer, PhD. Boston University. Specialties: Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Interpretation. (401) 874 2418
David Prentiss, lecturer, PhD.
Brown. Specialties: Ethics, Professional Ethics.
(401) 874-2422
Instructors
Charles Chaves instructor.
Daehler Hayes, instructor, MDiv. Harvard Divinity School.
Beth Krancberg, instructor. PhD. Columbia University. Specialties: Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness. (401) 874-2219
Lyle Mook, instructor, MDiv. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Kris Short, instructor, MA University of North Texas. Specialties: Continental Philosophy, Environmental Ethics. (401) 874-2219
Alessandro Tomasi, instructor, PhD. City University of New York.
Bethany Vaccaro, instructor
Meredith Verrochi, instructor
Slobodan (Bob) Zunjic, adjunct professor, PhD. Belgrade University. Specialties: History of Philosophy, Byzantine Philosophy, Hermeneutics. (401) 874-5499
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