Core Faculty

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Avery Archer

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind, Action Theory, Moral Psychology

(202) 994-8684
Jeffrey Brand
Jeffrey Brand

Associate Professor of Philosophy; Affiliated Faculty, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration

Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Political Philosophy

(202) 994-2114
David DeGrazia
David DeGrazia

Elton Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University

Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics (especially Bioethics), Personal Identity Theory

(202) 994-6913
Michèle Friend
Michele Friend

Full Professor of Philosophy, Logic Coordinator

Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of the Environment, Philosophy of Science

(202) 994-6708
Laura Papish
Laura Papish

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director of Graduate Studies

Kant (especially Kant's Moral Theory), Contemporary Ethics, History of Ethics

(202) 994-4168
Mark Ralkowski
Mark Ralkowski

Associate Professor of Honors and Philosophy, Philosophy Honor Society Advisor

Ancient Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism

(202) 994-7290
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Eric Saidel

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Psychology

(202) 994-2009
Joseph Trullinger
Joseph Trullinger

Assistant Professor of Honors and Philosophy

Modern Philosophy, 19th-Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

(202) 994-7290
Gail Weiss
Gail Weiss

Professor of Philosophy

Phenomenology and Existentialism, Philosophy of Race and Gender, Philosophy of Literature

(202) 994-4297
Vanessa Wills
Vanessa Wills

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Moral, Social and Political Philosophy; 19th-Century German Philosophy (Karl Marx, in particular); Philosophy of Race

(202) 994-6911
Tad Zawidzki
Tadeusz Zawidzki

Department Chair, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science

(202) 994-6444