The Philosophy Department at Michigan State University  

Faculty Directory, Alphabetical

Judith A. Andre, Professor
Ethics, Feminism, Bioethics, Ethics and Development
Peter D. Asquith, Professor;
Senior Advisor in the Office of the Vice Provost for Libraries, Computing, and Technology
Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science.
Stephen L. Esquith, Professor;
Acting Dean, Residential College in Arts and Humanities
Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Leonard Fleck, Professor
Medical Ethics, Health Policy
Tamra Frei , Assistant Professor
Metaethics, Kantian Ethics, Early Modern Philosophy, especially Spinoza and Hume
Marilyn Frye, University Distinguished Professor;
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Feminist Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
Fred H. Gifford, Professor
Philosophy of Science, especially Biology and Medicine, and Ethics, especially Medical Ethics
Hilde Lindemann, Professor
Practical Ethics (esp. bioethics), Feminist Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Christian Lotz, Assistant Professor
19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, German Idealism
Ann M. Mongoven, Assistant Professor
Ethics, Center for Ethics and Humanities In The Life Sciences, Feminist Ethics
John McClendon, Professor;
Director of African American Studies
History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Race
Matthew W. McKeon, Assistant Professor
Philosophy of Logic, Symbolic Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Debra Nails, Professor
ancient Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, early modern philosophy, Spinoza, metaphysics
James Lindemann Nelson, Professor
Ethical Theory, Practical Ethics (esp. bioethics)
Robert T. Pennock, Professor
Philosophy and History of Science, especially of Biology; Practical Ethics, especially Biomedical and Research Ethics.
Richard T. Peterson, Professor and Department Chair
Marx, Hegel, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics
James E. Roper, Associate Professor
Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy, Business Ethics
Frederick J. Rauscher, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair
Kant, Ethical Theory, Early Modern Philosophy
Lisa H. Schwartzman, Associate Professor
Feminist Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics
Daniel P. Steel, Associate Professor
Philosophy of Science and Logic
Jennifer Susse, Assistant Professor
Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics
Paul Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Chair
in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics
Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Social and Political Philosophy and Continental Philosophy
Tom Tomlinson, Professor
Ethics, Medical Ethics

Visiting Professors

Tracy Edwards, Visiting Assistant Professor
Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy and Race, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy
Matt Ferkany, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ethics and Political Philosophy
Roberto Nigro, Visiting Assistant Professor
Continental Philosophy, Philosophy and Race, Social and Political Philosophy
Steve Sharra, Visiting Assistant Professor
Advisor, Peace and Justice Specialization
Michael Stephens, Visiting Assistant Professor
Social and Political Philosophy

Professors Emeriti

Barbara K. Abbott, Professor Emerita
Philosophy of Language, Linguistics
Martin Benjamin, Professor Emeritus
Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Medical Ethics
Albert C. Cafagna, Associate Professor Emeritus
Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Social Science
Herbert Garelick, Professor Emeritus
19th Century Philosophy, Epistemology
Richard J. Hall, Professor Emeritus
Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, and Epistemology
Joseph F. Hanna, Professor Emeritus
Logic, Philosophy of Science
Donald F. Koch, Professor Emeritus
Ethics, American Philosophy, and Dewey
Rhoda H. Kotzin, Professor Emerita
History of Ancient Philosophy, 17th and 18th Century Philosophy, Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and Feminist Philosophy
Charles J. McCracken, Professor Emeritus
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, and History of Modern Philosophy
Bruce L. Miller, Professor Emeritus
Ethics, Philosophy of Law, and Medical Ethics
Ronald Suter, Professor Emeritus
Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, and Ethics
Harold Walsh, Professor Emeritus
History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Winston Wilkinson, Associate Professor Emeritus
Epistemology, Modern Philosophy, Existentialism
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