Faculty

Robyn Bluhm
Associate Professor

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Philosophy of Neuroscience
Philosophy of Medicine

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Feminist Philosophy
Bioethics
Science and Values

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Heather Douglas
Associate Professor

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Philosophy of Science,
Values in Science, Science in Society,
Responsible Research, and Science Policy

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Stephen L. Esquith
Professor & Dean of RCAH

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Philosophy of Law  
Moral and Political Philosophy

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Matt Ferkany
Associate Professor

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Environmental Philosophy, Ethics  
Philosophy of Education

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Leonard M. Fleck
Professor

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Medical Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Deliberative Democracy
Health Care Policy

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Fred Gifford
Professor

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Philosophy of Science  
Philosophy of Ethics of Health Care 
Health Care Ethics and Development

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David Godden
Associate Professor & Director of the Undergraduate Program

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Argumentation Theory  
Epistemology
Informal Logic 

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John Grey
Academic Specialist

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Early Modern Philosophy
Metaphysics & Epistemology

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Todd Hedrick
Professor

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Social & Political Philosophy
Critical Theory, Philosophy of Law 

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Emily Katz
Assistant Professor

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Ancient Greek Philosophy

Catherine Kendig
Associate Professor

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Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy and History of Science
Metaphysics

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Chris Long
MSU Foundation Professor, Dean, College of Arts and Letters, and Dean, MSU Honors College

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Ancient Greek  
Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Christian Lotz
Professor &
Director of the Graduate Program

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Continental Philosophy
Aesthetics  
Marx & Critical Theory

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John McClendon
Professor

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History of Philosophy
Philosophy of Race
Social & Political Philosophy

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Matthew W. McKeon
Associate Professor & Chair of the Philosophy Department

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Epistemology
Metaphysics  
Logic & Philosophy of Language

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Michael O'Rourke
Professor

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Environmental Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Interdisciplinary Theory 
Epistemology, Philosophy of Action

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Frederick Rauscher
Professor

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Kant, German Idealism
Early Modern, Ethics 
Political Philosophy

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Tacuma Peters
Assistant Professor

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Africana Philosophy
Caribbean Philosophy
   Social and Political Thought

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Ted Richards
Assistant Professor (Fixed Term)

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Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy
 Philosophy of Sport

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Elena Ruíz
Associate Professor

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Structural Justice
Gender-based Violence

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Lisa H. Schwartzman
Associate Professor

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Feminist Philosophy 
Social & Political Philosophy
Ethics

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Paul B. Thompson
Professor

Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food, & Community Ethics
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Agricultural Ethics, Environmental Philosophy
Philosophy of Technology,
Continental Philosophy

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Philosophy of Medicine
Philosophy of Biology
 Health Equity in Marginalized Populations

Affiliated Faculty

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Kevin Elliott
Professor

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Philosophy of Science
Environmental & Research Ethics,
Philosophy of Environmental Justice

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Robert T. Pennock
University Distinguished Professor

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Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology,
Cognitive Science, Science & Ethics

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Gretel A. Van Wieren
Professor

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Environmental Ethics,
Religion & Nature, Ecological Restoration,
Children & Nature, Food Ethics

Instructors

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James Lambert

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Social & Political Philosophy

Office Staff

Joy Franks
Fiscal Officer

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Academic Operations

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Human Relations

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Office Operations

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Emeriti

Barbara Abbot

Peter Asquith

Martin Benjamin

Al Cafagna

Marilyn Frye

Richard Hall

Joseph Hanna

Rhoda Kotzin

Hilde Lindemann

Bruce Miller

Debra Nails

Jamie Nelson

Richard Peterson

Ronald Suter

Tom Tomlinson