Department of Philosophy Faculty and Staff
Name | Role/Specialty Area | Office Location | Spring 2020 Office Hours | |
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Kathy Adams | kathya@csufresno.edu | Department Chair | MB 102a | By Appointment |
Ruth Aparicio | rutha@csufresno.edu | Department Administrative Assistant | MB 102 | |
Mariana Anagnostopoulos |
marianaa@csufresno.edu | Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Theory of Action | MB 111 | W 9:30a-12p (and by appointment) |
John Beversluis |
jbeversluis@csufresno.edu | IT 117 | W 1-2p (and by appointment) | |
Carolyn Cusick |
ccusick@csufresno.edu | Philosophy of Gender and Race, Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education | MB 103 | MW 11:15a-12:45p (and by appointment) |
Andrew Fiala |
afiala@csufresno.edu | Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, War and Peace | MB 114 | Sabbatical |
Thomas Higgins |
thiggins@csufresno.edu | Contemporary Ethics and Cultural Theory | MB 110 | TuTh 12:15-2p; W 3-5p (weeks class meets on campus; and by appointment) |
Veena Howard |
vehoward@csufresno.edu | Asian Religious Traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism | MB 109 | Sabbatical |
Sudarshan Kapoor |
skapoor@csufresno.edu | MB 113 | Tu 3-4p (and by appointment) |
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Vadim Keyser |
vkeyser@csufresno.edu | Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, and Philosophy of Science Policy | MB 107 | M 5-6p; Tu 3:15-6p; W 4:30-7p; M 8-9p (digital) (and by appointment) |
Robert Maldonado |
robertma@csufresno.edu | Religion, Hermeneutics, Feminism | MB 112 | TuTh 1-2p (and by appointment) |
Aldea Mulhern |
aldea@csufresno.edu | Anthropology of Religion; Performance, Practice, and Ethics; Food and Foodways; Judaism; Islam; Method and Theory | MB 115 | M 11a-1p (and by appointment) |
James Rocha |
jamesr@csufresno.edu | Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy | MB 101 | MW 9-10a; MWF 2-3p (and by appointment) |
Negin Tahvildary |
negin@csufresno.edu | Law, Peace Studies, Middle East Studies | MB 110 | TuTh 12:20-135p (and by appointment) |
M. Amine Tais |
mtais@csufresno.edu | Comparative Religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam); Religion and Reform; Religion and Feminism; Religion and Secularism; Religion and Violence; Religious Extremism; Islamic Intellectual History; Modern Islamic Thought; Qur'anic Studies | MB 113 | MWF 11a-1p (and by appointment) |
Terry Winant | terryw@csufresno.edu | Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Feminism | MB 108 | MW 2:30-4:30p; Tu 2:30-3:30p (and by appointment) |
Emeritus Faculty
Pedro Amaral (1987-2018)
- University of Pittsburgh B.A., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Cognitive Science, History of Philosophy (especially Modern), Rationalism
Karen Bell (1987-2011)
- Boston University A.B.; University of Kansas M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Ann E. Berliner (1984-2015)
- Goddard College B.A.; California State University, Sonoma M.A.; Graduate Theological Union Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Religion
Donald Blakeley (1989-2008)
- 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 (1966-1998)
- University of Chicago B.A., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Marxism
Warren Kessler (1968-2007)
- Rutgers University B.A.; University of Wisconsin M.A., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Jack Pitt (1957-1997)
- Sir George Williams College B.S.; McGill University B.A., M.A.; Yale University Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Marxism
James Slinger (1969-2003)
- University of Wisconsin B.S., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology
James Smith (1959-1966; 1969-1991)
- University of Southern California B.A.; Brown University M.A., Ph.D.
- Research Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Social Philosophy