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.
