Faculty and Staff
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Front Office
Janet D. Stemwedel
Chair
Ph.D., Philosophy, Stanford
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stanford
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Philosophy of Science (esp. Chemical Theory and Practice), Metaphysics (esp. Causation),
Ethics of Science, History of Science, Feminist Philosophy of Science
Kristine Adams
Administrative Analyst
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Truc Tran
Admin Support Coordinator
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Full-Time Faculty
Jason Aleksander
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Dante Studies
Riana Betzler
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
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Philosophy of Science (especially biomedical, social, and psychological sciences);
Ethics (especially biomedical); Moral Psychology
Karin Brown
Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
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Ethics and Political Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy
Étienne Brown
Graduate Advisor/Pre-Law Advisor
Ph.D., Université Paris-Sorbonne
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Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Social Epistemology
Rebecca Chan
Pre-Law Advisor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
J.D., University of Colorado - Boulder
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Metaphysics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Religion
Noah Friedman-Biglin
Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D., Joint Programme in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews and the University
of Stirling
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History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics
Jordan Liz
Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D., University of Memphis
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Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics.
Bo Mou
Ph.D., University of Rochester
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Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
Carlos Alberto Sanchez
Graduate Advisor
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
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History of Mexican Philosophy, Phenomenology
Anand Jayprakash Vaidya
Ph.D., University of California - Santa Barbara
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Epistemology (esp. intuition, perception, and modality), Philosophy of Mind, Critical
Thinking, Comparative Philosophy (esp. Classical Indian and Analytic Philosophy)
Adjunct Faculty
Fern Alberts
M.A., San José State University
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Lisa Bernasconi
M.A., San José State University
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Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics
Javier Cardoza-Kon
M.A. (Great Books), St. John's College
Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz
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20th Century Continental/ European philosophy.Technology and politics, deconstruction,
Indigenous Science and Native American Philosophy.
Andrew Delunas
M.A. Philosophy, University of Missouri at St. Louis
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Early Modern Philosophy (especially Hume), pragmatism, consciousness
Janet Giddings
M.A. Philosophy, San José State University
M.A. Theology, University of San Francisco
Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Ethics, and Gambling
Trevor Gullion
M.A. Philosophy, San José State University
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Kyle Hertsch
M.A. Philosophy, San José State University
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Tim Johnston
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
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Philosophy and Aging, Feminist and Queer Theory, 20th Century French Philosophy, Care
Ethics
Michael Jordan
M.A., San José State University
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Ethics, Phenomenology, and Existentialism
Deena Lin
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
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Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Religion, Poststructuralist Philosophy, Feminist
Philosophy
Harlan McGhan
M.A. Philosophy, Princeton University
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History and Logic of Science, Epistemology, Ethics
David McReynolds
M.A. Philosophy, San José State University
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Raymond Noriega
M.A. Philosophy, San José State University
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Nathan Osborne
M.A., San José State University
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Existentialism and Critical Theory
Krupa Patel
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
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Epistemology (esp. perception)
George J. Pinto
M.A., London School of Economics
M.A., San Jose State University
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
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Business and Professional Ethics
Iman Roohnavaz
M.A. Philosophy, San Francisco State University
M.A. Philosophy, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran, Iran)
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By era: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, and Islamic
Philosophy
By topic: Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics
Casey Smith
M.A., San José State University
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Philosophy of Expertise, Experimental Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology,
Philosophy of Religion, and Logic
Elizabeth Sonnier
Ph.D., Fordham, New York City's Jesuit University
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Philosophy of Science, Process Philosophy, Logic, and French Phenomenology and Existentialism
John C. Wilhelmsson
M.A., San José State University
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Ethics, Phenomenology, and Edith Stein
Kyle Yrigoyen
M.A., San José State University
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Philosophy of Technology, General Philosophy of Science, Ethics
Emeritus Faculty
Phil Davis
Peter Koestenbaum
Thomas W. Leddy
Jim Lindahl
Joe Waterhouse
In Memoriam
- Carolyn Black (1936-2010)
- Jarrett Brock (1936-2016)
- Lucius R. Eastman (1937-2011)
- Doug Henslee (1948-2010)
- Ruth Manor (1944-2005)
- Mike Newkirk (d. 2008)
- Barbara Scholz (1947-2011)
- Richard Tieszen (1951-2017)
- Dan C. Williamson (1950-2023)
