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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, Recent French Philosophy (especially Merleau-Ponty), Aesthetics, American 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.
(401) 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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FACULTY Announcements

Professor Johnson's new book: The Retrieval of the Beautiful: Thinking Through Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics (Northwestern Univ Press) will be out in January 2010.

Professor Krieger would like to announce the first season of his new dig in Akko Israel. Any students who are interested in earning 8 credits and having an incredible summer in the process should click this link for more info.