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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 213-A |
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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 126 |
Aesthetics, Ethics, Philosophy of Games, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Technology |
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Anna Cremaldi Associate Professor of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 215 |
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Environmental Ethics |
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Thomas B. Ellis Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 220 |
South Asian Religions and Philosophies, Psychology and Biology of Religion, Theories of Religion, Religion and Culture |
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Rick Elmore Associate Professor of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 117-A |
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, Program in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 115-A |
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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Edward Falls Lecturer of Philosophy |
Metaphysics, Buddhist Philosophy |
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Mathew A. Foust Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair |
I.G. Greer Hall 113 |
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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 114 |
Biblical Studies, Religion and Culture, Women's Studies |
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Davis Hankins Associate Professor of Religious Studies Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 116-A |
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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 213 |
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology (esp. Virtue Epistemology), Metaphysics, and Moral Psychology
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Cuong Mai Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 117 |
Religions of Asia, especially the history of Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism |
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Conrad E. Ostwalt Professor of Religious Studies and Interim Chair of Sustainable Development |
I. G. Greer Hall 115 |
American Religious Traditions, Religion and Culture |
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Randall Reed Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 217 |
Sociology of Religion, History of Religions, New Testament |
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Matthew Ruble Senior Lecturer of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 223 |
Philosophy of mental illness, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Epistemology, Nietzsche |
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Kevin Schilbrack Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 127 |
Philosophy and Theories of Religion |
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Timothy J.W. Smith Lecturer of Religious Studies |
smithtj9@appstate.edu |
Early modern and contemporary Japan, Japanese intellectual history, Japanese religions, new religious movements, religion and labor, religion and identity, network theory, anthropology, affect, digital humanities, pop culture, and intersections between these topics; more generally, I am interested in how religious identities, communities, and networks are used to create and maintain, and at other times question and resist, social norms and hierarchies. |
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Joe Weiss Senior Lecturer of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 214-A |
Social and Political Theory, Classical German Philosophy, Aesthetics |
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Stephanie Yep Assistant Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 216 |
Islamic Studies, Sacred Biography, Narrative Theory, Emotion and Memory Studies, Virtue Ethics, Masculinity Studies, Contemporary Jewish Studies, and the Holocaust |