Faculty
Faculty
| Name and Position | Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
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Laura Ammon Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Watauga Residential College |
Living Learning Center 118 (828) 262-7362 |
History of Christianity, Women in Religion, Religion and Colonialism, Post-Colonial Theory, Religion in Latin America |
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Christopher Bartel Professor of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 344 (828) 262-7193 |
Aesthetics, Ethics, Philosophy of Games, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Technology |
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Anna Cremaldi Associate Professor of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 304 (828) 262-8185 |
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Environmental Ethics |
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Thomas B. Ellis Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 404 (828) 262-7780 |
South Asian Religious and Philosophical Traditions (Classical and Contemporary); Psychology and Biology of Religion; Infectious Disease and Culture; Secular Humanism; Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion |
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Rick Elmore Professor of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 338 (828) 262-2422 |
Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, 20th Century French Philosophy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Ethics, and Environmental Philosophy |
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Michael Eng Associate Professor of Philosophy Faculty Affiliate in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies |
Sanford Hall 328 |
Philosophies of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability; Contemporary Continental Aesthetic Theory; Critical Ecology (including Critical University Studies and Critical Algorithm Studies); Asian and Comparative Philosophy; German Philosophy and Literature; Philosophy of Religion |
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Mathew A. Foust Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair |
Sanford Hall 301 (828) 262-3089 |
Ancient Chinese Philosophy, Classical American Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion |
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Sandie Gravett Professor of Religious Studies |
(828) 262-3089 |
Biblical Studies, Religion and Culture, Women's Studies |
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Davis Hankins Professor of Religious Studies Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies |
Sanford Hall 334 (828) 262-6610 |
Biblical Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, History of Judaism and Christianity, Reception History of Biblical Literature |
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Jack M. C. Kwong Professor of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 402 (828) 262-2424 |
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology (esp. Virtue Epistemology), Metaphysics, and Moral Psychology |
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Cuong Mai Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 336 (828) 262-7115 |
Religions of Asia (esp. History of Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism) |
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Conrad E. Ostwalt Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 342 (828) 262-2426 |
American Religious Traditions, Religion and Culture |
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Randall Reed Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 332 (828) 262-2428 |
Sociology of Religion, History of Religions, New Testament, Religion and Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
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Matthew Ruble Senior Lecturer of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 325 (828) 262-2425 |
Ethics, Neuroethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Nietzsche |
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Kevin Schilbrack Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 440 (828) 262-2429 |
Philosophy and Theories of Religion |
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Kirstin Waldkoenig Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 340 (828) 262-6817 |
Environmental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Indigenous Philosophy (esp. North America) |
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Joe Weiss Senior Lecturer of Philosophy |
Sanford Hall 329 (828) 262-6636 |
Social and Political Theory, Classical German Philosophy, Aesthetics |
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Stephanie Yep Assistant Professor of Religious Studies |
Sanford Hall 326 (828) 262-2986 |
Islamic Studies, Sacred Biography, Narrative Theory, Emotion and Memory Studies, Virtue Ethics, Masculinity Studies, Contemporary Jewish Studies, and the Holocaust |