Faculty and Staff

The Philosophy Department at Slippery Rock has a long tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship, with faculty who specialize in a wide range of areas.

Lisa Schoenberg - Chair

Lisa Schoenberg, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair
302E Spotts World Culture
lisa.schoenberg@sru.edu

Education

PhD - Philosophy, Temple University
MA - Philosophy, Temple University
BA - Creative Writing, Oberlin College

Areas of Interest and ResearcH

Philosophy through Fiction, Philosophy of Art, Ethics and Technology,
Philosophy of Mind, Science, and Pseudoscience, Philosophy of Education

SRU Courses

Medical Ethics, Analytic Philosophy, Symbolic Logic, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & Civil Discourse

Katherine Cooklin

Cooklin

Katherine Cooklin, Professor of Philosophy
302A Spotts World Culture
katherine.cooklin@sru.edu

Education

PhD - Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
MS - Psychology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

Areas of Interest AND RESEARCH

Social/Political Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy

SRU Courses

Introduction to Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law & Justice, Business Ethics, Medical Ethics, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Philosophy of Sex & Gender

Andrew Colvin

Colvin

Andrew Colvin, Associate Professor of Philosophy
302C Spotts World Culture
andrew.colvin@sru.edu

Education

PhD - Asian and Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
MA - Philosophy, Ohio University
BA - Philosophy and History, Ohio University

Areas of Interest and Research

Classical Chinese Philosophy, Indian and Buddhist Philosophies, Philosophy of Religion, Aesthetics, Philosophy K-12

SRU Courses

Formal Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophical Inquiry, World Religions, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Religion, Symbolic Logic, University Seminar, Readings in Buddhist Philosophy

Tom Sparrow

Tom Sparrow, Associate Professor of Philosophy
302B Spotts World Culture
tom.sparrow@sru.edu

Education

PhD - Duquesne University, Philosophy
MA - West Chester University, Philosophy
BA - East Stroudsburg University, Philosophy & Religious Studies

Areas of INTEREST AND Research

Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Embodiment,
Speculative Realism, Everyday Aesthetics

SRU Courses

Introduction to Philosophy, Medical Ethics, American Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy, Ancient Western Philosophy, Philosophy in Literature, Philosophical Inquiry, Philosophy of Human Existence, Existentialism & Phenomenology

Diane Robbins

Diane Robbins, Administrative Assistant
302 Spotts World Culture
diane.robbins@sru.edu

Richard Findler

Richard Findler, Professor Emeritus
richard.findler@sru.edu

Education

PhD - Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago
MA - Philosophy, Duquesne University

Areas of Interest AND RESEARCH

Kant, Nietzsche, 19th and 20th Century European Philosophy, Metaphysics, Imagination, Environmental Ethics

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