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Kenneth Aman (Professor of Philosophy) received his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is editor of Border Regions of Faith: Religion and Social Change, Popular Culture in Chile: Resistance and Survival (with C. Parker) and Ethical Principles for Development. His articles have appeared in publications such as Man and World, International Philosophical Quarterly, Cross Currents, Christian Century and Commonweal. His article, "Has Latin American Popular Culture Disappeared?" will soon appear in Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). Courses he regularly teaches include: Social and Political Philosophy, Marx and Marxism, Philosophy of Religion, and Contemporary Social Thought. |
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David Benfield (Professor of Philosophy) received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He has published articles in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Philosophical Studies. He is currently reworking a joint paper with Dr. Sidney Gendin of Eastern Michigan University entitled "Guessing, Betting, and ESP Card Calling." His research interests include the nature of critical thinking, the analysis of knowledge and belief, the ethical and social aspects of cyberspace, and modern philosophy. Courses he regularly teaches include: Logic, Modern Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, and the Philosophy of Mind. In addition, he is a regular instructor in the team-taught Cooperative Education Seminar in the Liberal Arts. He is a member of the APA Committee on the Use of Computers in Philosophy. |
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Thomas Bridges (Professor of Philosophy) received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the author of The Culture of Citizenship: Inventing Postmodern Civic Culture (SUNY Press, 1994). He is currently completing a manuscript entitled Beyond Authenticity and Autonomy: The Reconstruction of Identity in Postmodern Civil Society. His research interests include postmodern culture, contemporary moral and political thought, Heidegger's later writings and rhetorical theory. Courses he regularly teaches include: Ancient Philosophy, Existence and Reality, Contemporary Philosophy, 19th-Century Philosophy, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Nietzsche and the 20th Century, Ethics. |
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Roland Garrett (Professor of Philosophy) received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. |
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Stephen Johnson (Professor of Religion) received his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is currently completing a manuscript entitled, American Matters: Civil Religion and Other Faiths. His publications include articles in recent issues of Popular Culture Review, Public Affairs Quarterly and, most recently, a chapter in Culture of the American South (ed. by Dennis Hall and published by ACAS/PCAS) entitled, "A Southern Sense of America: From Jackson Square, Gettysburg and the Vietnam Wall toward Tomorrow." He is on the editorial board of the American Academy of Religion's Spotlight on Teaching and past president of the AAR's Mid-Atlantic Region. Courses he regularly teaches include: Religion in America, Religion and Psychology, and Religion and Culture. |
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Michael S. Kogan (Associate Professor of Religion) received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University. |
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Adele B. McCollum (Professor of Religion) received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University. Her many publications include articles appearing in recent issues of The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and Disability Studies Quarterly. She is co-chair of the Religion and Disabilities Consultation of the national American Academy of Religion and serves on the Executive Board of the Middle Atlantic Region of the Academy. Courses she regularly teaches include: Women and Religion, Religion and Culture and Religions of the World. |
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Mutombo Nkulu (Visiting Instructor of Religion) |
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