Faculty
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![]() | Christopher P. Long | (517) 355-4597 | cplong@msu.edu | Dean, College of Arts & Letters Dean, Honors College MSU Research Foundation Professor | Ancient Greek; Contemporary Continental Philosophy | Long |
![]() | Brian de Vries | (517) 355-6690 | devri124@msu.edu | Office Operations | de Vries | |
![]() | Robyn Bluhm | (517) 884-8524 | rbluhm@msu.edu | Professor | Philosophy of Neuroscience; Philosophy of Medicine | Bluhm |
![]() | Megan Dean | deanmeg2@msu.edu | Assistant Professor | Feminist Philosophy; Bioethics; Science and Values | Dean | |
![]() | Heather Douglas | (517) 355-4492 | dougl239@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Philosophy of Science; Values in Science; Science in Society; Responsible Research; Science Policy | Douglas |
![]() | Stephen L. Esquith | (517) 355-0212 | esquith@msu.edu | Professor | Political Philosophy; Global Ethics; Peace and Justice Studies | Esquith |
![]() | Matt Ferkany | (517) 884-7676 | ferkany@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Environmental Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Education | Ferkany |
![]() | Leonard M. Fleck | (517) 355-7552 | fleck@msu.edu | University Distinguished Professor | Medical Ethics; Social and Political Philosophy; Deliberative Democracy; Health Care Policy | Fleck |
![]() | Fred Gifford | (517) 353-9391 | gifford@msu.edu | Professor | Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Ethics of Health Care; Health Care Ethics and Development | Gifford |
![]() | David Godden | (517) 353-9392 | dgodden@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Undergraduate Program Director; Argumentation Theory; Epistemology; Informal Logic | Godden |
![]() | John Grey | (517) 884-7688 | greyjohn@msu.edu | Academic Specialist | Early Modern Philosophy; Metaphysics; Epistemology | Grey |
![]() | Todd Hedrick | (517) 355-4490 | hedrickt@msu.edu | Professor | Social and Political Philosophy; Critical Theory; Philosophy of Law | Hedrick |
![]() | Emily Katz | ekatz@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Ancient Greek Philosophy | Katz | |
![]() | Catherine Kendig | kendig@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Philosophy of Biology; Philosophy and History of Science; Metaphysics | Kendig | |
![]() | Christian Lotz | (517) 353-9392 | lotz@msu.edu | Professor Graduate Program Director | Post-Kantian European Philosophy; Aesthetics; Marx & Critical Theory | Lotz |
![]() | John McClendon | (517) 355-4915 | mcclen21@msu.edu | Professor | History of Philosophy; Philosophy of Race; Social & Political Philosophy | McClendon |
![]() | Matthew W. McKeon | (517) 355-4490 | mckeonm@msu.edu | Associate Professor Department Chairperson | Philosophy of Logic, Argumentation, Epistemology | McKeon |
![]() | Michael O'Rourke | (517) 432-0751 | orourk51@msu.edu | Professor Executive Director, Toolbox Dialogue Initiative Center | Environmental Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Interdisciplinary Theory; Epistemology; Philosophy of Action | O'Rourke |
![]() | Frederick Rauscher | (517) 355-4490 | rauscher@msu.edu | Professor | Kant; German Idealism; Early Modern Ethics; Political Philosophy | Rauscher |
![]() | Ted Richards | (517) 355-4490 | rich1079@msu.edu | Assistant Professor | Philosophy of Science; History of Philosophy; Philosophy of Sport | Richards |
![]() | Elena Ruíz | ruizele1@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Structural Justice; Gender-based Violence | Ruíz | |
![]() | Lisa H. Schwartzman | (517) 355-4490 | lhschwar@msu.edu | Associate Professor | Feminist Philosophy; Social & Political Philosophy; Ethics | Schwartzman |
![]() | Paul B. Thompson | thomp649@msu.edu | Professor Emeritus | Agricultural Ethics; Environmental Philosophy; Philosophy of Technology; Continental Philosophy | Thompson | |
![]() | Sean Valles | (517) 355-1634 | valles@msu.edu | Professor | Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice; Philosophy of Medicine; Philosophy of Biology; Health Equity in Marginalized Populations | Valles |
![]() | Jason Mask | maskjaso@msu.edu | Instructor | Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Philosophy; Early Modern Politics and Economics; History of Logic | Mask | |
![]() | Amy Kroesche | 517-353-0800 | kroesche@msu.edu | Academic Specialist - Advising | Arts and Letters Exploratory; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; Philosophy | Kroesche |
![]() | Patricia Walters | 517-353-0800 | walter31@msu.edu | Specialist | Interdisciplinary Humanities; Religious Studies; Digital Humanities minor; Jewish Studies minor; American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor; Russian and Eurasian Studies minor | Walters |
![]() | Melissa Arthurton | arthurt1@msu.edu | Academic Operations | Arthurton | ||
![]() | Joy Franks | 517-355-4492 | franksj@msu.edu | Finance | Franks | |
![]() | Angela Hunt | huntaj@msu.edu | Human Resources | Hunt | ||
![]() | Aaron Schultz | aschultz@msu.edu | Assistant Professor | Buddhist Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Ethics | Schultz | |
![]() | Beth Ellen-Browning Mugavero | mugaver1@msu.edu | Support Staff | Mugavero | ||
![]() | Upenyu S. Majee | majeeupe@msu.edu | Center Director | Ubuntu Philosophy | Majee | |
![]() | Nerli Paredes Ruvalcaba | parede12@msu.edu | Post-Doc/Research Associate | Ruvalcaba |

Heather Douglas
Associate Professor
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Philosophy of Science,
Values in Science, Science in Society,
Responsible Research, and Science Policy

Leonard M. Fleck
Professor
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Medical Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Deliberative Democracy
Health Care Policy

Lisa H. Schwartzman
Associate Professor
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Feminist Philosophy
Social & Political Philosophy
Ethics

Paul B. Thompson
Professor
Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food, & Community Ethics
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Agricultural Ethics, Environmental Philosophy
Philosophy of Technology,
Continental Philosophy
Affiliated Faculty

Kevin Elliott
Professor
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Philosophy of Science
Environmental & Research Ethics,
Philosophy of Environmental Justice

Robert T. Pennock
University Distinguished Professor
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Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology,
Cognitive Science, Science & Ethics

Gretel A. Van Wieren
Professor
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Environmental Ethics,
Religion & Nature, Ecological Restoration,
Children & Nature, Food Ethics