Department of Philosophy Faculty
Department Chair
Andrew Fiala
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A; CSU Long Beach, MA; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D.
Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-2124
Pedro Amaral
University of Pittsburgh, M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Modern Philosophy
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Mariana Anagnostopoulos
University of California, Irvine M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Theory of Action
Email | Phone: (559) 278-6329
Vanneya Athithan
Union Biblical Seminary (India), B.D.; Princeton Theological Seminary, Th.M.; Calvin Theological Seminary, Th.M; University of Glasgow, Ph.D.
Research Interests: 19th Century Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Email | Phone: (559) 278-5376
Vincent Biondo
University of California, San Diego B.A.; San Diego State University, M.A; University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Western Religious Traditions, Islam in the U.S. and Britain, Religion and the Practice of Daily Life
Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-6644
Tina Fernandes Botts
University of Maryland, B.A.; Rutgers University, Camden, J.D.; University of Memphis, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Ethical Theory, Hermeneutics
Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-2180
Carolyn Cusick
St. Louis University, B.A.; Lewis, M.A.; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Philosophy of Gender and Race, Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education
Email | website | Phone: (559) 278-0331
Andrew Fenton
Dalhousie University, M.A.; Acadia University, B.A.; University of Calgary, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Ethics, Bioethics, Animal Ethics, Philosophy of Autism
TwoTrees Haar Farris
Miami University of Ohio, B.A. and M.A.; Graduate Theological Union, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Scholarship as Spiritual Practice, Theory and Methods for Study of Religion, Philosophy, Interdisciplinarity between Philosophy and Religious Studies
Email | Phone: (559) 278-6069
Thomas Higgins
Drew University, B.A.; Graduate Theological Union, M.A.; University of Virginia, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Contemporary Ethics and Cultural Theory
Email | Phone: (559) 278-5376
Veena Howard
St. John's College, M.A.; University of Lancaster, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Asian Religious Traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism
Email | Phone: (559) 278-0507
Robert Maldonado
University of California, Davis, B.A.; Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley S.T.L.; Graduate Theological Union M.A./ Ph.D.
Research Interests: Religion, Hermeneutics, Feminism
Email | Phone: (559) 278-2879
Leonard Olson
University of California, Davis Ph.D.
Research Interests: Marxism, Religion
Email | Phone: (559) 278-6069
James Rocha
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy
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Negin Tahvildary
Tehran University (Iran) B.A. and M.A.; Azad University (Iran), B.A. (L.L.B.); Beheshti University (Iran), Ph.D.
Research Interests: Law, Peace Studies, Middle East Studies
Email | Phone: (559) 278-6069
Terry Winant
Reed College B.A.; Claremont Graduate School Ph.D.
Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Feminism
Emeritus Faculty
Karen Bell
Boston University A.B.; University of Kansas M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Ann Berliner
Goddard College B.A.; California State University, Sonoma M.A.; Graduate Theological Union Ph.D.
Research Interests: Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Religion
Don Blakeley
California State University, Fresno B.A.; University of Hawaii M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Comparative (Asian/Western), Ancient Greek and Roman, Philosophy of Religion, Chinese Philosophy
Hague Foster
University of Chicago B.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Marxism
Warren Kessler
University of Wisconsin M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Jack Pitt
Research Interests: Marxism
James Slinger
University of Wisconsin B.S., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology
James Smith
Research Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Social Philosophy