Faculty

Name	Title	Areas of Interest	Email
Richard Aquila PhD, Northwestern	Professor Emeritus	history of modern philosophy, Kant and Schopenhauer, Sartre	raquila@utk.edu
Nora Berenstain PhD, University of Texas	Associate Professor	philosophy of science, metaphysics, feminist epistemology	nberenst@utk.edu
Ginger Clausen PhD, University of Arizona	Lecturer	value theory, philosophy of emotion	gclausen@utk.edu
E.J. Coffman PhD, Notre Dame	Professor Associate Department Head	epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, action theory	ecoffma1@utk.edu
Adam Cureton B.Phil., Oxford Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill	Associate Professor	ethics, political philosophy, Kant, philosophy of disability	adamcureton@utk.edu
Alex Feldt PhD, University of Oklahoma	Lecturer	political philosophy, ethics	afeldt@utk.edu
David Frank PhD, University of Texas	Lecturer	environmental ethics, philosophy of biology, philosophy of social science	dfrank4@utk.edu
Jon Garthoff PhD, UCLA	Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies	moral and political philosophy, applied ethics, metaphysics	garthoff@utk.edu
Kristina Gehrman PhD, UCLA	Assistant Professor	Ethics, Action Theory	kgehrma1@utk.edu
Christian Golden PhD, Georgetown University	Lecturer	moral psychology, political philosophy, feminism, existentialism, phenomenology, Nietzsche	cgolden8@utk.edu
Sarah Harper PhD at Boston College (2007)	Lecturer	ethical theory, bioethics, service learning	sharper6@utk.edu
Nolan Hatley PhD, University of Tennessee	Lecturer	Nietzsche, environmental philosophy	ahatley1@utk.edu
John Kress PhD, Vanderbilt University	Lecturer	ancient philosophy, Heidegger	jkress1@utk.edu
Shidan Lotfi PhD, Florida State University	Lecturer	ethics, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology	slotfi@utk.edu
Margaret Moore Ph.D., Temple	Lecturer	Aesthetics, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Mind	mmoor114@utk.edu
Paul Nichols Ph.D., UCLA	Lecturer		pnichol3@utk.edu
John Nolt PhD, Ohio State University	Professor	logic, environmental philosophy, Nietzsche	nolt@utk.edu
David Palmer PhD, University of Texas	Associate Professor	metaphysics, philosophy of mind, action theory, ethics	dpalmer6@utk.edu
Matthew Pamental PhD, Indiana University	Lecturer	American Philosophy (Dewey), environmental ethics, ethics and animals	pamental@utk.edu
David Reidy PhD, University of Kansas JD, Indiana University	Professor	political philosophy, philosophy of law, history of ethics, Rawls	dreidy@utk.edu
J. Clerk Shaw PhD, Washington University-St. Louis.	Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies	ancient philosophy	jshaw15@utk.edu
Marlin Sommers PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville		Epistemology, Philosophy of Business	msommers2@vols.utk.edu
Mariam Thalos PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago	Professor Department Head		mthalos@utk.edu
Sam Von Mizner PhD, University of Tennessee	Lecturer	Wittgenstein and 20th century Analytic philosophy	svonmize@utk.edu
Josh Watson PhD, Purdue University	Lecturer	metaphysics, early modern philosophy	jwatso56@utk.edu
Ryan Windeknecht PhD, Keele University (UK)	Lecturer Experience Learning Faculty Fellow	political philosophy	rwindekn@utk.edu