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OFFICE

Name	Position	Office	Email
Matthew W. McKeon	Chair	503 SKH	mckeonm@msu.edu
Lisa H. Schwartzman	Associate Chair & Director of the Graduate Program	500 SKH	lhschwar@msu.edu
Debra Nails	Undergraduate Program Director	501 SKH	nails@msu.edu

Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
Kristie Dotson	Assistant Professor	514 SKH	dotsonk@msu.edu	Epistemology Feminist Philosophy Philosophy & Race Africana Philosophy
Stephen L. Esquith	Professor Dean of RCAH	C210G SNY	esquith@msu.edu	Philosophy of Law Moral & Political Philosophy
Leonard Fleck	Professor	C202 E Fee	fleck@msu.edu	Phil & Ethics of Health Care Health Policy
Tamra Frei	Assistant Professor	519 SKH	freit@msu.edu	Early Modern Philosophy History of Ethics Kantian Ethics Metaethics
Fred Gifford	Professor Associate Chair	500 SKH	gifford@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Phil & Ethics of Health Care Ethics & Development
Todd Hedrick	Assistant Professor	519 SKH	hedrickt@msu.edu	Social & Political Philosophy Critical Theory Philosophy of Law
Hilde Lindemann	Professor	516 SKH	hlinde@msu.edu	Feminist Philosophy Bioethics Moral Psychology
Christian Lotz	Associate Professor	513 SKH	lotz@msu.edu	Continental Philosophy Aesthetics/Culture German Idealism Marxism
John McClendon	Professor	511 SKH	mcclen21@msu.edu	History of Philosophy Philosophy & Race Social & Political Philosophy
Matthew W. McKeon	Associate Professor	509 SKH	mckeonm@msu.edu	Epistemology Logic & Phil of Language Metaphysics Philosophy of Mathematics
Debra Nails	Professor	518 SKH	nails@msu.edu	Metaphysics Ancient Greek Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy
James Lindemann Nelson	Professor Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, CAL	512 SKH	jlnelson@msu.edu	Ethics Phil & Ethics of Health Care
Michael O'Rourke	Professor	503 SKH	orourk51@msu.edu	Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Language Epistemology Philosophy of Action Interdisciplinary Theory
Robert T. Pennock	Professor	W-35 Holmes	pennock5@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Biology Cognitive Science Science & Ethics
Richard Peterson	Professor	503 SKH	petrsnrt@msu.edu	Continental Philosophy Ethics Philosophy & Race Social & Political Philosophy Peace & Justice Studies
Frederick Rauscher	Associate Professor	501 SKH	rauscher@msu.edu	Early Modern Ethics German Idealism Kant Political Philosophy
James E. Roper	Associate Professor	510 SKH	roper@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Social & Political Philosophy Business Ethics
Lisa H. Schwartzman	Associate Professor	517 SKH	lhschwar@msu.edu	Ethics Feminist Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy
Daniel P. Steel	Associate Professor	507 SKH	steel@msu.edu	Philosophy of Science Logic Philosophy of Env. Science
Paul B. Thompson	Professor	526 SKH	thomp649@msu.edu	Agricultural Ethics Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Technology Continental Philosophy
Tom Tomlinson	Professor	C223 E FEE	tomlins4@msu.edu	Ethics Phil & Ethics of Health Care
Sean Valles	Assistant Professor	E35 EHLM	valles@msu.edu	Philosophy of Medicine Philosophy of Biology
Kyle Powys Whyte	Assistant Professor	535 SKH	kwhyte@msu.edu	Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Technology Public Policy & Ethics American Indian Philosophy

Instructors

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
Emily Katz	Visiting Assistant Professor	520 SKH	ekatz@msu.edu	Ancient Philosophy
James Lambert	Instructor	506 SKH	lamber53@msu.edu	Social & Political Philosophy
C. Michael Liberato	Instructor	520 SKH	liberato@msu.edu	Ethics Social and Political Philosophy
Michael Reno	Instructor	529 SKH	renomich@msu.edu	Social & Political Philosophy

Visiting Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Email	Research Area
Sandra Harding	Distinguished Affiliate Professor		sharding@gseis.ucla.edu	Feminist Theory Postcolonial Theory Epistemology Philosophy of Science Research Methodology

Office Staff

Name	Email	Office
Joy Franks Administrative Assistant	franksj@msu.edu	504A SKH OFC # 355-4492 Fax # 432-1320
Patricia Miller Graduate Secretary	sudorows@msu.edu	503 SKH OFC # 355-4490 Fax # 432-1320
Julie Eckinger	jeckinger@msu.edu	CARRS 131 Natural Resources OFC # 432-0317 Fax # 353-8994

Emeriti

Name	Email
Judith Andre	andre@msu.edu
Peter Asquith	asquith@msu.edu
Al Cafagna	cafagna@msu.edu
Marilyn Frye	fryem@msu.edu
Richard Hall	hallrj@msu.edu
Joseph Hanna	hanna@msu.edu
Donald Koch	koch@msu.edu
Rhoda Kotzin	kotzin@msu.edu
Charles McCracken	mccrack2@msu.edu
Bruce Miller
Ronald Suter	suteron@msu.edu
Hal Walsh
Barbara Abbott	abbottb@msu.edu

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