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José Luis Bermúdez

• Professor of Philosophy and Charles H. Gregory ’64 Chair in Arts and Sciences

• Office: YMCA 417
• Phone: 979-847-6126
• Email: jbermudez@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy of Psychology
• Rationality
• Cognitive Science
• Classical Philosophy
• particularly Aristotle

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality

Emily Brady

• Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 318
• Phone: 979-845-3601
• Email: ebrady@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
• Environmental Aesthetics & Ethics
• Eighteenth-Century Philosophy (especially Aesthetics)

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Nevin Climenhaga

• Associate Professor of Philosophy

Areas of Specialization

• Epistemology
• Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of Religion

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality

Daniel Conway

• Professor of Philosophy and Thomas F. Mayo Professor of Liberal Arts

• Office: YMCA 414
• Phone: (979) 847-6130
• Email: conway@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Post-Kantian European Philosophy
• Social & Political Philosophy
• Aesthetics (especially Literature and Film)
• Genocide Studies

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of the Global South, Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Don Deere

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 416
• Email: dtdeere@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Latin American and Latinx Philosophy
• Decolonial Philosophy
• 20th Century Continental Philosophy
• Caribbean Philosophy
• Social & Political Philosophy

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of the Global South

Tom Ellis

• Instructional Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 316
• Phone: 979-862-2797
• Email: tellis@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Military Ethics
• Just War Theory
• Applied Ethics
• Epistemology
• Metaphysics

Theodore George

• Professor of Philosophy
• Presidential Impact Fellow

• Office: YMCA 309
• Phone: 979-845-8582
• Email: t-george@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Hermeneutics
• Continental European Philosophy since Kant
• Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
• Hegel
• German Idealism and Romanticism

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy

Jared Hanson-Park

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 317
• Email: jhansonpark@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of Science (esp. Questions of Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Metaphysics)
• 20th Century Analytic Philosophy (esp. Bertrand Russell)
• Epistemology (esp. Questions of Evidence)

Ege Selin Islekel

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 428A
• Phone: 979-845-5659
• Email: selinislekel@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Social and Political Philosophy
• Feminist Philosophy
• Philosophy of Race

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of the Global South

Amir Jaima

• Associate Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 415
• Phone: (979) 458-3172
• Email: ajaima@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Africana Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Black Male Studies
• Continental Philosophy

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of the Global South

David Koepsell

• Instructional Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 319
• Email: drkoepsell@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Digital Identities
• Digital Selves
• Legal Philosophy
• Legal Ontology

Jordan Lavender

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 428B
• Email: jlavender@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Medieval Philosophy
• Early Modern Philosophy
• Philosophy of Mind

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality

Christopher Menzel

• Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 410
• Phone: (979) 845-8764
• Email: cmenzel@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Metaphysics
• Logic
• Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality

Glen Miller

• Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Instructional Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 314
• Phone: 979-847-6131
• Email: glenmiller@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Ethics of Technology
• Engineering Ethics
• Science and Technology Studies
• Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Clare Palmer

• Professor of Philosophy and the George T. and Gladys H. Abell
• Professor of Liberal Arts

• Office: YMCA 301K
• Phone: (979) 862-1435
• Email: c.palmer@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Environmental Ethics
• Animal Ethics
• Climate Ethics
• Ethics and Emerging Technologies
• Ethical Theory
• Environmental Studies (humanities and social sciences approaches)

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Gregory Pappas

• Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 413
• Phone: 979-862-2212
• Email: g-pappas@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Latin American Philosophy
• American Pragmatism
• Socio-Political Theory
• Ethical Theory

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Philosophies of the Global South

Martin Peterson

• Professor of Philosophy and the Sue and Harry Bovay Chair of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering

• Office: YMCA 402B
• Phone: 979-845-7133
• Email: martinpeterson@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Ethics of Technology
• Normative Ethics (Consequentialism)
• Decision Theory

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality, Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Linda Radzik

• Associate Department Head
• Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 301H
• Email: lradzik@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Ethical Theory
• Philosophy of Law

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Dwayne Raymond

• Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Instructional Associate Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 313
• Phone: (979) 847-6127
• Email: raymond@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Aristotle
• Ancient Logic
• History of Logic
• Philosophy of Mind

Erich Riesen

• Post-Doctoral Fellow of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 418
• Email: emriesen@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Ethics & Applied Ethics
• AI Ethics
• Bioethics
• Military Ethics

Omar Rivera

• Director of Graduate Studies
• Associate Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 428C
• Phone: 512-863-1749
• Email: riverao@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Latin American Philosophy (Pre-Columbian to 21st Century
• including Latin American Marxisms)
• Latinx Philosophy
• 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Hermeneutics)
• Decolonial Philosophy (Epistemology
• Race Theory
• Feminist Theory)
• Aesthetics (including Latin American and Latinx Art)
• Ancient Greek Philosophy

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of the Global South

Roger Sansom

• Associate Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 310
• Phone: 979-862-6978
• Email: r-sansom@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of Biology

Kristi Sweet

• Department Head
• Associate Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 301C
• Phone: 979-845-5605
• Email: k-sweet@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Kant (Practical Philosophy and Aesthetics)

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Continental Philosophy, Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Lianghua (Glenn) Zhou

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• Office: YMCA 420
• Email: glzhou@tamu.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
• Early Modern Philosophy
• Ancient Chinese Philosophy
• Early Analytic Philosophy
• Metaphysics
• Natural Philosophy
• Moral Psychology

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality

Alice van't Hoff

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Areas of Specialization

• Metaphysics
• Philosophical Logic
• Social Philosophy

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

• Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality, Value Theory and Applied Ethics