Recent Job Placements
Colin A. Anderson, Hiram College Associate Professor
Education: B.A., St. Johns' College, Annapolis, MD
Interests: Ancient Philosophy especially Plato and Aristotle; Contemporary Continental Philosophy; History of Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics.
Publications and Presentations:
- "The Logic(s) of the Eschatological Myth in Plato's Phaedo." Society for History of Ancient Greek Political Thought, 2001.
- "Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo." Plato for the New Millenium. Conference at Lewis University, 2000.
- Review of Chorology: On Beginnning in Plato's Timaeus, John Sallis (Indiana University Press, 1999). Bryn Mawr Classical Review: June, 2000.
- Review of Metaphysics in Ordinary Language, Stanley Rosen (Yale University Press, 1999). Philosophy in Review, June 2000.
- Review of Plato's Phaedo, Translated by Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem: Focus Publishing, 1998. Bryn Mawr Classical Review: March, 1999.
- "Body, Soul, and Desire in Plato's Phaedo," Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, 1998.
Dr. Brent Adkins , tenured Associate Professor at Roanoke College, VA
Dr. Adkins is an assistant professor of Philosophy. His primary interests are 19th and 20th Century European philosophy, popular culture, and politics. He has published articles in Kantian Review and International Philosophical Quarterly, and is currently working on a book on the role of death in Hegel and Heidegger.
Bertha Ahumada Torres, Assistant Professor, tenure track position at LaGuardia College, New York, NY
Jason A. Beyer, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Illinois Valley Community College, IL
Specializations: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Other Areas of Research: Critical Race Theory, Ethical Theory, Existentialism, Feminist Philosophy, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Sexuality, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Philosophy of Mind/Philosophical Psychology, Psychology of Human Judgment, Social/Political Philosophy.
Katherine Biederman, Post- Doctoral Fellowship Coe College
David Billings
Department of Philosophy
Calvin College
Critical Theory / Marxism / German Idealism / Hannah Arend
Brian Bowles
Area: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Heidegger
Position: Left a one year position at Salisbury State University, Maryland, to pursue a publishing career.
Andrew Boyd
Practicing Law in Chicago
(Levi) Paul Bryant, Collin College, TX
Area: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Defended: 2003, placed: 2004
Dr. Bryant also runs a psychoanalytic practice.
Aaron Bunch, Assistant Professor Washington State University, WA
Areas of specialization: Kant, 19th and 20th century German philosophy
Michael Burke Assistant Professor Philosophy, St. Joseph’s College, NY
Area: Kant, Continental Philosophy
Dr. John Casey, Assistant Professor, NEIU
received a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago in 2002 with a dissertation on ancient and medieval theories of intentional relations. Currently, his research focuses on ancient and medieval conceptions of mind and relationality. At NEIU, he teaches courses in the history of philosophy (ancient, medieval, and modern) as well as logic (critical thinking, beginning, intermediate, and advanced logic) and seminars in the philosophy of mind as well as other topics. Prior to coming to NEIU, he was visiting assistant professor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he taught philosophy of religion and logic. He has also taught at Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University in Rome, Italy.
Fr. Brian Chrzastek, Dominican House of Studies
He joined the Pontifical Faculty in 2002 to teach Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies, specializing in logic, epistemology, and modern philosophy. His dissertation is entitled, “Kant’s Transcendental Account of Empirical Cognition.”
Timothy Clancy
Asst Professor of Philosophy Gonzaga University, WA
Karl Clifton-Soderstrom, North Park University, IL
Karl Clifton-Soderstrom
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of General Education
North Park University Chicago
Publications
"The Phenomenology of Religious Humility in Luther and Heidegger." Continental Philosophy Review, June 2009.
"Carbon and Character: A Virtue Ethics Critique of Popular Environmentalism." Covenant Quarterly. Fall, 2010.
Amilcar Davila, Professor at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Area: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Heidegger
Virginia De Oliveira-Alves Loyola University Chicago, Instructor
M. Carmela Epright, Associate Professor, Furman University, South Carolina
Dr. Epright received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy and an M.A. in applied ethics from Loyola University, Chicago. She is a practicing bioethics consultant. Her research interests are in clinical bioethics, ethics, feminist philosophy, and social and political philosophy. At Furman she teaches courses in introduction to philosophy, ethics, medical ethics, and feminist theory.
Publications
- "Bioethics and Justice: Economics, Care, and Conflict," in Ethical Humanism, Bioethics, and Justice (forthcoming)
- "Honoring Feminism's Past, Envisioning an Embodied Future," in "Feminism and The Body," a Special Edition of Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 11 (1) (2003).
David I. Gandolfo, Assistant Professor, Furman University, South Carolina
His research interests include globalization, international justice, and Latin American philosophy. He teaches courses in these areas as well as in African philosophy. Recent presentations include: “American Liberation Philosophy: Reforming the Center by Taking Account of Critiques from the Margins,” North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP); “Human Responsibility and the Moral Status of the Invisible Hand,” Conference on Value Inquiry; “Neo-liberation for Neoliberalism,” Latin American Studies Association; “Terrorism, Colonialism, Democracy, and Supranational Regimes,” NASSP; and “The Role of the University in Effecting Social Change,” University of Detroit Mercy.
Publications
- "Ignacio Ellacuría: Liberation Struggles and the Question of Non-Violence,@ Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict (2004).
John Garcia, Associate Professor, Harper College, Palatine, IL
Craig Greenman, Colby-Sawyer College, NH Assistant Professor- Humanities
Areas of Expertise: Continental, Philosophy Social and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Applied and Social Ethics.
Recent Publications and Presentations
-“On Love as an Ecstatic Concept.” Being Amongst Others: Phenomenological Reflections on the Life-World. Ed. Eric Chelstrom. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. 103-12.
- “A Swimming Lesson.” North Art Magazine 85 (2005): 37-40.
- “Philosophy, Art, and the Problem of Suicide.” Indiana University Northwest. Gary, Indiana, 15 July 2004.
-“War: Is it Ever Moral?” Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb. DeKalb, Illinois, 2 July 2004.
-“What is the Market?” Journal of Social Philosophy 33 (2002): 97-116.
- “Socratic Erotics and Foucault's Permanent Revolution.” Philosophy and Social Criticism 27 (2001): 76-99.
Liam Harte Assistant Professor at Westfield State College in Massachusetts
He writes that he is possibly the only philosopher whose academic work has been mentioned in both The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly . He earned this distinction for his paper "'Whaddya Say, Cosmo?' 'Everything, My Man!' A Freudo-Rousseauean Perspective on Seinfeld's Kramer."
Carole Heath, Associate Professor, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL
Dr. Laura Hengehold, Associate Professor of Philosophy Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy.
She teaches and researches on political philosophy and feminist philosophy, using perspectives influenced by Continental philosophy and psychoanalysis.
Jeff Hergan Adjunct professor at St. Xavier University in Chicago
This position was held until 2004.
Noah Horwitz
Defended: Fall 2002
Area: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Status: Taught as adjunct for University of Maryland-University College, Devry University, and Ellis College after graduation.
Martin G. Leever,
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department at university of Detroit Mercy
Leever teaches ethical theory, professional ethics and the history of philosophy. His research and publications focus on ethical issues in the professions and also on the history of philosophy, especially eighteenth-century Scottish moral philosophy. He also serves as an ethics consultant to social service and health care organizations. He joined the University in 2000. Leever received the Faculty Achievement Award in 2006.
Daniel Lorca Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Alfredo MacLaughlin Visiting Assistant Professor Philosophy at Dominican University , IL
Defended: 2008
Ryan Madison Assistant Professor of Philosophy Cardinal Glennon College Seminary, St. Louis, MO.
Lynn Maitland, Clinical Ethicist for a Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH
The Philadelphia Center is a physical space that is intended to serve the La Salle Community and respond to the attainment of a major goal included in La Salle’s Strategic Plan, The Will to Excel, under the heading Creating Academic Distinctiveness and Promoting Student Success. The Center will support their community’s efforts to:
1. Make maximum use of our city location and presence in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area.
2. Make available faculty development opportunities for creative pedagogy that makes full use of the city and its region as instructional resources.
Darin McGinnis, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
Chris Meyers Assistant Professor at: University of Southern Mississippi.
Area: Ethics
Defended: 2003, previously held a two year post at Southern Methodist University
Publications:
-Meyers, Chris. "Wants and Desires: A Critique of Conativist Theory of Motivation." Journal of Philosophical Research 30 (2005): 357-370.
-Meyers, Chris. "A Non-Realist Theory of Objective Moral Truth." Southwest Philosophy Review 21 (2005): 69-76.
-Meyers, Chris. "Wrongful Beneficence: Exploitation and Third World Sweatshops." Journal of Social Philosophy XXXV.3 (2004): 319-333.
- Meyers, Chris and Sara Waller. "Disenstoried Horror: Art Horror Without Narrative." Film and Philosophy 5 (2001): 117-126.
Clint Moore, Chaplain at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, Park ridge, IL
and Clinical Ethicist for Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
Marjolein Oele Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Philosophy University of San Francisco
Her primary interests are in Ancient Philosophy and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, and she has published articles in both areas. Courses she has taught at USF are Philosophy of the Human Person, Ethics, and Hermeneutics/Ancient Philosophy. She will be teaching classes on ancient philosophy within the St. Ignatius Institute and within the Classical Studies Minor.
Corrine Painter professor at Washtenaw College
Graduated and placed: 2004 at Emporia State University, Kansas
Aron Reppmann, Associate professor of philosophy; director of the Honors Program on faculty since 1998
Courses taught: English Composition: Honors, History of Philosophy I, Honors Philosophy, Major Philosophical Authors, Philosophical Perspectives I
Papers Published and/or Presented
-“Myth, history, and humility: the Christian historian and mythmaking.” FIDES ET HISTORIA 37.2/38.1, 51-60. Summer/Fall 2005 and Winter/Spring 2006.
- “The ambiguity of transcendence: surveying contested common ground in Plato, Vollenhoven, and Levinas.” Presented at the conference “Intelligibility of the Transcendent: Thinking with Levinas about God, Philosophy and Education.” Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada. March 2005.
- “Discipleship and North American Christianity.” Presented to the English Fellowship of Seminari Alkitab Asia Tenggara (Southeast Asia Bible Seminary), Malang, Indonesia. April 2005.
- “The interplay of correctness and chance in Plato.” Presented at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Fordham University, New York City. October 2005.
- “The truth of love and the love of truth: a Christian Plato-scholar stops to look at what he’s doing, and why.” Pro Rege 32.4, pp. 1-8. June 2004.
Abraham P. Schwab Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN.
Previously: Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Areas of Specialization: Bioethics, Moral Philosophy
Areas of Competence: History of Philosophy, Social/Political Philosophy, Epistemology
Shannon Shea, Instituto Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico.
Area: International Human Rights
Defended: Summer 2004, placed: Fall 2004
Fr. Amedeus Shirima, SJ, Arrupe College Zimbabwe
Research Areas: Philosophical Ethics or Moral Philosophy, Christian Ethics and African Philosophy
Recent Publications
- “Economic and Political Justice in Africa: The African Church and Economic Dependence.” Chiedza, Arrupe College Journal. Vol. 2 No.1 May 1999) 67-85
- “The Concept of the Human Person in African Cultures and its Relevance for Ethical Thinking.” Chiedza, Vol. 2 No. 2 (Dec.1999) 1-15
- “The HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Major Ethical Issues.” Chiedza, Vol. 3 No.1 (May 2000) 99-113 • “What can we learn from our African Sages?” Afrika Yetu: SJ Perspectives. No. 2 (April 2002), 5-9.
- “Affirmative Action: Some Moral Principles.” Chiedza, Vol. 5 No. 2 (Dec. 2002) 48-59.
- “Contemporary African Contribution to Moral Thought.” Satya Nilayam, Vol.4 (August 2003) 36-46.
- “Scientific Explanation: Key to Progress in Knowledge and Technical Development.” Chiedza, Vol.6, No.2 (December, 2003) 15-24.
Ryan Showler, Philosophy Faculty Yavapai College, AZ
Xiaoling Sun professor at Fudan University in Shanghai
Department of Management Science School of Management
Colleen Sweeney, RN, J.D., Ph.D., MSN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Notre Dame College
Kristi Ellen Sweet: Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (currently on leave of absence)
Area of Specialization: Kant
Areas of Competence: History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics,
Feminist Philosophy, Aesthetics
2004-2005 Visiting Full-time Instructor, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Adrian Switzer, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
Modern and contemporary Continental philosophy, feminist philosophy
Bernard Walker, Ph.D. Bethel University
Teaching experience includes teaching Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Bethel University and Bethel Seminary, Loyola University, National Louis University, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago State University, and the University of Chicago.
Bernard’s specialties include ethics, philosophy of religion, and critical thinking as well as logic and comparative religions.
Dr. Sara Waller Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Department of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University
Areas of Specialization: philosophy of mind, neurology and language, epistemology, 20th century analytic philosophy, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science.
