Department of Philosophy

Faculty and Staff

FULL-TIME (REGULAR & SHARED-APPOINTMENT) FACULTY:

Peg Brand (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985). Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies. AOS: Philosophy of Art/Aesthetics, Feminist Art Criticism/Theory, Women in Philosophy, Fine Arts/Studio: Painting.

Chad Carmichael (Ph.D. Stanford University, 2008). Assistant Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind.

Martin A. Coleman (Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, 2003). Associate Professor of Philosophy; Director and Lead Advisor, American Studies Program; Editor, Santayana Edition. AOS: American Philosophy, Dewey, Santayana.

André De Tienne (Ph.D. Catholic University Louvain-la-Neuve, 1991). Professor of Philosophy; General Editor, Peirce Edition Project. AOS: Peirce, American Pragmatism, Pragmatistic Textual Theory.

Cornelis de Waal (Ph.D. University of Miami, 1997). Associate Professor of Philosophy; Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. AOS: American Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics.

Jason T. Eberl (Ph.D. Saint Louis University, 2003). Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Philosophy; Affiliate Faculty, IU Center for Bioethics. AOS: Bioethics, Metaphysics, Medieval Philosophy.

Richard Gunderman (Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1989; M.D. University of Chicago, 1992). Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy; Vice Chair, Radiology; Director, Pediatric Radiology. AOS: Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities, Ethics of Philanthropy, Philosophy of Medicine.

J. Gregory Keller (Ph.D. Purdue University, 1999). Senior Lecturer, Philosophy. AOS: Metaphysics (Theory of Agency), Ethics, Philosophy of Religion.

Christian Kraatz (Ph.D. Purdue University, 1994). Senior Lecturer, Philosophy. AOS: Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy, American Indian Philosophy.

Timothy D. Lyons (Ph.D. University of Melbourne, 2002). Associate Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Philosophy of Science.

Eric M. Meslin (Ph.D. Georgetown University, 1989). Professor of Medicine, Medical and Molecular Genetics, and Philosophy; Director, IU Center for Bioethics; Associate Dean for Bioethics, IU School of Medicine. AOS: Bioethics, Ethical Theory, Public and Health Policy.

Luise Morton (MA, Philosophy, Ball State University, 1985; Ed.D., Art History, Ball State University, 1984). Senior Lecturer, Philosophy. AOS: Peirce, Goodman, Philosophy of Art.

Ursula Niklas Peterson (Ph.D. Warsaw University, 1977). Associate Professor of Philosophy. AOS: History of Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature.

David Pfeifer (Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1971). Director, Institute for American Thought; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and President Emeritus of Principia College. AOS: Peirce, Philosophy of Religion, History of American Philosophy.

Victoria Rogers (Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2004). Senior Lecturer, Philosophy. AOS: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Causation.

Peter H. Schwartz (M.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1999). Assistant Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science.

John J. Tilley (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1988). Professor and Chair of Philosophy. AOS: Ethical Theory, Practical Reason, Early Modern Ethics.

 

STAFF:

Michelle Ruben. Administrative Aide.  mruben@iupui.edu; 274-3842; Cavanaugh 344.

 

PART-TIME FACULTY: 

George Dunn (M.T.S. Christian Theological Seminary, 1997). AOS: History of Philosophy, Levinas, Plato, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy and Popular Culture.  (317) 274-0570; fritferret@aol.com; Cavanaugh 313.

Joseph W. Long (Ph.D. Purdue University, 2005). AOS: Epistemology, Pragmatism, Philosophy of Religion.  proflong@sbcglobal.net; Cavanaugh 331.

Richard Money (Ed.D. Indiana University, 1975). AOS: Ethics, Philosophy of Education.  rmoney@indy.rr.com; Cavanaugh 331.

Richard Ranucci (J.D. Indiana University School of Law, 1982). AOS: Ethics, Legal Ethics, Philosophy of Law.  rranucci@sbcglobal.net; Cavanaugh 331.

Walter Robinson (Ph.D. California Institute of Integral Studies, 1993). AOS: Non-Western Philosophical Psychology of Religion, Asian and American Indian Philosophies and Religions, Environmental Ethics, Zen.  warobins@iupui.edu; Cavanaugh 331B.

Michelle Ruben (M.A. IUPUI, 2007). AOS: Bioethics, Ethics & Medical Technology, Philosophical Issues in End-of-Life Care.  mruben@iupui.edu; Cavanaugh 344.

 

EMERITUS FACULTY:

Michael B. Burke (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1976). Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Metaphysics, Informal Logic.

Edmund Byrne (Ph.D. University of Louvain, 1966; J.D. Indiana University School of Law, 1978). Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology.

Anne Donchin (Ph.D. University of Texas, 1970). Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. AOS: Biomedical Ethics, Feminist Philosophy.

Robert E. Frye (Ph.D. Indiana University, 1956). Emeritus Associate Professor of Philosophy. AOS: History of Philosophy; Philosophy of Culture.

Nathan Houser (Ph.D. University of Waterloo, 1986). Emeritus Professor of Philosophy; former General Editor/Director, Peirce Edition Project. AOS: Peirce, Pragmatism, Philosophy of Mind.

Laurence Lampert (Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1971). Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. AOS: Nietzsche, History of Philosophy.

Paul Nagy (Ph.D. Fordham University, 1968). Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. AOS: John Dewey, William James, Michael Polanyi, Pragmatism and American Culture.

 

ADJUNCT FACULTY: 

Robin Bandy (J.D. Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, 2009; M.A. IUPUI, 2009). Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy; Director, Wishard Volunteer Advocates Program; Legal Counsel, Wishard Health Services. AOS: Bioethics, Ethical and Legal Issues in Adult Guardianship and Health Care Decisions. 

Carl Hausman (Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1960). Adjunct Professor of Philosophy; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University. AOS: Peirce and Aesthetics.

John L. Hill (J.D. Georgetown University, 1988; Ph.D. Georgetown University, 1989). Adjunct Professor of Philosophy; Professor of Law, IU School of Law. AOS: Bioethics, Moral Psychology, Political and Legal Theory.