Current Faculty
We're a small and feisty undergraduate-focused philosophy department. Among our faculty are internationally recognized scholars, and award-winning teachers. As a department, we have distinctive strengths in Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Law, as well as Logic, the Philosophy of Science, and the Philosophy of Mathematics.
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Daniel Buckley |
dsbuckley@k-state.edu |
Dr. Buckley specializes in epistemology. He is also interested in ethics, agency, responsibility, and the history of philosophy. |
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glymour@k-state.edu |
⭐ Department head Area: philosophy of biology |
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ahicks2@k-state.edu |
Dr. Hicks specializes in moral philosophy. |
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Jack Himelright |
jhimelri@ksu.edu |
Jack works primarily in metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of mind. He staunchly defends nominalism, and is interested in Russellian monism and the relational analysis of propositional attitudes. When not philosophizing, he enjoys chess, horror movies and surreal films, and a smidgen of boxing/kickboxing. |
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gleachkr@k-state.edu |
Graham studies Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics. He also develops software for teaching philosophy, and directs the Integrated Computer Science major. |
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salogan@k-state.edu |
Area: Logic, philosophy of mathematics |
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Jason Matteson |
jasonmatteson@ksu.edu |
Area: Value Theory, Normative Ethics |
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jmahoney@k-state.edu |
Jon likes political philosophy, philosophy of law, and hiking in Kyrgyzstan. |
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Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler |
sma11@ksu.edu |
Susanna specializes in the intersection of philosophy of language, metaphysics and philosophical logic, particularly in theories of truth and truthmaking. She also has interests in social and political philosophy, including the philosophy of genocide. |
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stanona@k-state.edu |
Area: Philosophy of science, history and philosophy of physics |
Staff
Teresa Zerbe, HCS Liason & Fiscal Officer for the Dept of Philosophy
Office: 201 Dickens Hall
Email: tzerbe@k-state.edu
Phone: 785-532-6758