Philosophy and Religious Studies

Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Matthew Altman, PhD, Department Chair and Professor

Matthew Altman

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Bouillon Hall 206K; (509) 963-2839; Specialties - Kant, Applied Ethics, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Art

Professors

Jeffrey Dippmann, PhD, Professor

Jeffrey Dippmann

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Bouillon Hall 206M; (509) 963-3172; Specialties - Asian Religion and Philosophy, Daoism, Buddhist Philosophy, World Religions

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Gary Bartlett, PhD, Professor

Gary Bartlett

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Bouillon Hall 206I; (509) 963-2824; Specialties - Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Epistemology

Cynthia Coe, PhD, Professor

Cynthia Coe

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Bouillon Hall 206Q; Specialties - Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy 

Lily Vuong, PhD, Professor

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Bouillon Hall 206J; (509) 963-1973; Specialties - Early Judaism; Early Christianity; New Testament Apocrypha; Feminist Theory

Lauren Nuckols, PhD, Lecturer

Lauren Nuckols

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Bouillon Hall 206N; Specialties - Ethics, Pragmatism, Environmental Philosophy

David Schwan, PhD, Lecturer

David Schwan

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Bouillon Hall 206P/Samuelson Hall 118G; Specialties - Ethics, Philosophy of Emotion, Moral Psychology

Karen Turcotte, MA Senior Lecturer

Karen Turcotte

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Bouillon Hall 206R; Specialties - Comparative Religions, Religion of India, Philosophies of India

 

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