Faculty & Staff Directory

Faculty

Miriam Byrd, Ph.D. University of Georgia (2001)

Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy

Miriam Byrd

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Plato

Martin Gallagher, DPHIL, University of Oxford (2012) Major: Classical Archaeology (2023)

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Classical Studies

Martin Gallagher headshot wearing a suit and glasses

Steven Gellman, M.D. The University of Texas Medical Center in Houston (1979), M.F.A The Academy of Art University (2017), FAAFP

Associate Professor of Practice, Medical Humanities

steven gellman

Currently Teaching: Medical Humanities, Issues in American Healthcare thru Film, Clinical Medicine and the Human Experience, The Art of Diagnosing Disease in Humans, Independent Study in Medical Humanities, and Internship in Medical Humanities

Charles Hermes, Ph.D. Florida State University (2006)

Undergraduate Advisor and Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

Charles Hermes

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Philosophy of Science.

Shaun House, Ph.D. University of North Texas (2013)

Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

shaun house

Research Interests: Philosophy of Martial Arts, Virtue Ethics, Business Ethics, Eastern Religious Philosophy, Race Criticism (Critical Race Theory), Distributive Justice, and Philosophy of Law

Luke Roelofs, PH.D. University of Toronto (2015)

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Luke Roelofs

Sally Parker-Ryan, Ph.D. University of Sydney, Australia (2006)

Lecturer, Philosophy

Sally Parker Ryan

Research Interests: Metaphilosophy, Ordinary Language Philosophy, Early Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Wittgenstein

Eli Shupe, Ph.D. Rutgers University (2020)

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Eli Shupe smiling while wearing a dress blouse, glasses, and a pearl necklace.

Currently Teaching: Topics In Humanities, Biomedical Ethics, Topics In Bioethics

Kenneth Williford, Ph.D. University of Iowa (2003)

Professor, Philosophy

Kenneth Williford

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Phenomenology, Cognitive Science, History of Modern Philosophy.

Peter Zuk, Ph.D Rice (2019)

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Peter Zuk wearing a suit and smiling

Adjunct Faculty

Jeremy Byrd, Ph.D. University of Georgia (2004)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Jeremy Byrd wearing a heavy jacket with snowy mountains behind him

Research Interests: Action Theory, Modern Philosophy

Ogan Gurel, M.D. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (1996)

Adjunct Associate Professor, Medical Humanities

Ogan Gurel wearing a suit

Michael McShane, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (2000)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities

Michael McShane

Currently Teaching: HUMA 3300 Explores the ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, and religious dimensions of medicine or health. Includes instruction in art, cultural studies, economics, ethics, history, literature, medical anthropology, philosophy, religion and spiritual thought, science and technology, visual art, and writing.

Emeriti Faculty

Charles Chiasson, Ph.D. Yale (1974)

Professor Emeritus, Classical Studies

Research Interests: Archaic and Classical Greek Literature, Poetry, and Prose.

Charles Nussbaum, Ph.D. Emory University (1988)

Professor Emeritus, Philosophy

Charles Nussbaum

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Literature

Staff

Felisha Hall

Office Assistant

Felisha Hall