Faculty Profiles
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| Russell Abrams
Degree: Ph.D., Yale University, 1974
Interests: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethics, Eastern
Philosophy, Comparative East/West Philosophy, Aesthetics
Courses taught recently: Critical Thinking, Philosophy of the
East, Human Rights, Business and Professional Ethics, Contemporary Ethics,
Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Russ Abrams' Curriculum Vitae
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| Marek Bielecki
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| Kathleen Blamey
Degree: Université de Paris X (Nanterre), Doctorat de 3 éme cycle, 1980
University of California, Davis, Ph.D., 1975
Courses taught recently: Introduction to Logic, Human Rights,
Rationalism and Empiricism, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
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| Jurgen Braungardt
Degree: Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 2001
Courses taught recently: Human Rights, Philosophy of Human Rights and Global Justice, Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy
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| Craig Derksen
Degree: Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
Interests: Aesthetics, Popular Culture, Applied Epistemology
Courses taught recently: Clear Thinking, Biology and Ethics, Science, Technology and Values, Medical Ethics, Business and Professional Ethics
Craig Derksen's Curriculum Vitae
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| Jennifer Eagan
(Department Chair)
Degree: Ph.D., Duquesne University, 1999
Interests: Ethics, Human Rights and Social Justice, Gender and Feminist Theory, Critical Theory, Political Theory, Postmodernism,and Philosophy of
Public Administration (I also teach in CSU East Bay's Masters in
Public Administration program!)
Courses taught recently: Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Human Rights and Social Justice
Jennifer Eagan's Curriculum Vitae
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| Robert Gorton
Degree: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Interests: Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Language, Analytic Philosophy,
Philosophy of Logic, Ordinary Language Philosophy, Linguistics
Courses taught recently: Introduction to Logic, Clear Thinking
Robert Gorton's Curriculum Vitae
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| Barbara Hall
Degree: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1997, J.D., DePaul University Law School, 1989
Interests: Philosophy of Law, African-American Philosophy, Ethics, Social Theory
Courses taught recently: Philosophy of Law, Human
Rights and Social Justice, Race and Social Justice, Introduction to Philosophy
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| Christopher Moreman
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wales, Lampeter, 2004
Interests: Death and the Afterlife, Mystical and Religious Experiences, Religion and Popular Culture
Courses taught recently: World Religions, Asian Thought
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| Vida Pavesich
Degree: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2003
Interests:
Courses taught recently: Human Rights and Social Justice, Introduction to Ethics, Contemporary Social and Political Issues,
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Emeritus Faculty
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| Paul Bassen
Interests: Social Philosophy, Ethics, Wittgenstein, Philosophy
of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Knowledge
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Jean Harrell
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| William Langan
Interests: Hermeneutics, Critical Theory,
Existentialism, Phenomenology, Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of
Philosophy, Plato, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Philosophy of Religion and Social
and Political Philosophy
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| Edward MacKinnon
Interests: History and Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy
of Physics. I am currently working a paper entitled, "Schwinger's Phenomenonology,"
on quantum field theory, and a paper entitled, "Friedman, Kant, and the
Semantic Conception," concerned with emergence and the semantic conception
of theories. These are offshoots of my major project, completing a book:
Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective
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| Eugene Mayers
Interests: Primary interests: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy
of Law, Process Philosophy. But very strong other interests: History of
Philosophy (Ancient, Medieval, and Modern), Metaphysics, Ethics, Social
and Political Philosophy, American Philosophy, Continental Philosophy.
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Steve Sapontzis
Interests: Animal Rights, Environmental Ethics
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Elizabeth Wolgast
Interests: Ethics, Medical Ethics, Equality and the Rights of Women
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| Joaquin Zuniga
Interests: Aesthetics; Philosophy in Literature; Philosophy of
the Human Sciences; Political Philosophy; Language at the Crossroads of
Analytic and Continental Philosophy; Latin American Literature and Philosophy;
Theories of Debunkation.
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