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Philosophy Faculty and Staff: Full-time faculty | Secretary | Emeritus | Borromeo | Part-time

Dianna Taylor
Chair of the Department

216-397-1926
dtaylor@jcu.edu

Dr. Taylor (PhD SUNY Binghamton, at JCU since fall 2001) has special interest in continental philosophy and feminism.

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Casimir Bakula, S.J.
216-397-4781
cbukala@jcu.edu

Fr. Bukala (PhD Boston College, at JCU since 1970) has special interest in phenomenology, existentialism, the ethics of forgiveness, and philosophy and literature. Visit Fr. Bukala's website.


Michael Eng
216-397-1991
meng@jcu.edu

Dr. Eng (PhD Binghamton, at JCU since 2009) has special interest in aesthetics, philosophy and architecture, philosophy and film, and contemporary continental philosophy.

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Simon Fitzpatrick
216-397-4765
sfitzpatrick@jcu.edu

Dr. Fitzpatrick (PhD Sheffield, at JCU since 2009) has special interest in philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology. Visit Dr. Fitzpatrick's website.


Harry Gensler, S.J.
216-397-4784
gensler@jcu.edu

Fr. Gensler (PhD Michigan, at JCU 1970-72 and since 1998) has special interest in logic, ethics, and philosophy of religion -- and takes care of this Web site. Visit Fr. Gensler's website.

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Sharon Kaye
216-397-4769
skaye@jcu.edu

Dr. Kaye (PhD Toronto, at JCU since 1998) has special interest in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, nominalism, and voluntarism. She is the local coordinator of Amnesty International. Visit Dr. Kaye's website.


William Langenfus
216-397-4785
wlangenfus@jcu.edu

Dr. Langenfus (PhD Wisconsin, at JCU since 1990) has special interest in ethics and philosophy of law.

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Jen McWeeny
216-397-4783
jmcweeny@jcu.edu

Dr. McWeeny (PhD University of Oregon, at JCU since 2004) has special interest in epistemology, French phenomenology, feminist philosophy, early modern philosophy, and Asian and comparative philosophy.


Patrick Mooney
216-397-4786
pmooney@jcu.edu

Dr. Mooney (PhD Wisconsin, at JCU since 1995) has special interest in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Socratic ethics and Plato's metaphysics. Visit Dr. Mooney's website

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Tambu Nlandu
216-397-1754
tnlandu@jcu.edu

Dr. Nlandu (PhD Tulane, at JCU since 2000) has special interest in Peirce, American philosophy, African philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of sport, and philosophy of culture.


Mariana Ortega
216-397-4189
mortega@jcu.edu

Dr. Ortega (PhD California at San Diego, at JCU since 1995) has special interest in continental philosophy, especially Heideggerian phenomenology, and Latina feminism (see Latina Feminism Roundtable). She is the current holder of the Don Shula Chair in Philosophy.

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Earl Spurgin
216-397-4764
espurgin@jcu.edu

Dr. Spurgin (PhD North Carolina, at JCU since 1995) has special interest in moral philosophy, business ethics, and social and political philosophy and is the new director of the core curriculum.


Brenda Wirkus
216-397-4787
wirkus@jcu.edu

Dr. Wirkus (PhD Ottawa, at JCU since 1983) has special interest in social philosophy, 19th century philosophy, and feminism. Visit Dr. Wirkus's website.

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Secretary

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Terry Bradley
216-397-4375
tbradley@jcu.edu

Ms. Terry Bradley is our secretary and keeps everything running smoothly.

Emeritus

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Joseph Buckley (PhD Notre Dame, at JCU 1961 to 2006), who has special interest in logic, metaphysics, modern philosophy, and analytic philosophy, is retired and enjoying the Arizona sunshine. buckley@jcu.edu


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Robert Sweeney (PhD Fordham, at JCU since 1964), the retired
holder of the Don Shula Chair, has special interest in Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Philosophy of Language.




Borromeo


Chad Engelland (PhD Catholic University of America, at JCU's Borromeo Institute since 2005) has special interests in metaphysics, epistemology, phenomenology, and the history of philosophy. cengelland@jcu.edu


Part-time


Ian Carlstrom (PhD California at Berkeley) has special interest in Logic, Automata Theory, Ethics and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences; he has previously had full-time appointments at JCU and at CWRU. carlstrom@jcu.edu

Paul Canis. pcanis@sbcglobal.net

Neil Slobin. nslobin@jcu.edu

Andrew Stypinski. stypinski@jcu.edu

Andrew Trew. atrew@jcu.edu

 

 
   
   
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