Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Name and Position Contact Research Interests
Laura Ammon
Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Watauga Residential College
I. G. Greer Hall 213-A
(828) 262-7641
History of Christianity, Women in Religion, Religion and Colonialism, Post-Colonial Theory, Religion in Latin America
Christopher Bartel
Professor of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 126
(828) 262-7193
Aesthetics, Ethics, Philosophy of Games, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Technology
Anna Cremaldi
Associate Professor of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 215
(828) 262-8185
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Environmental Ethics
Thomas B. Ellis
Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 220
(828) 262-7780
South Asian Religions and Philosophies, Psychology and Biology of Religion, Theories of Religion, Religion and Culture
Rick Elmore
Associate Professor of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 117-A
(828) 262-2422
Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, 20th Century French Philosophy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Ethics, and Environmental Philosophy
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
Mathew A. Foust
Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair
I.G. Greer Hall 113
(828) 262-3089
Ancient Chinese Philosophy, Classical American Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Sandie Gravett
Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 114
(828) 262-3089
Biblical Studies, Religion and Culture, Women's Studies
Davis Hankins
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 116-A
(828) 262-6610
Biblical Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, History of Judaism and Christianity, Reception History of Biblical Literature
Jack M. C. Kwong
Professor of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 213
(828) 262-2424
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology (esp. Virtue Epistemology), Metaphysics, and Moral Psychology
Cuong Mai
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 117
(828) 262-7115
Religions of Asia, especially the history of Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism
Conrad E. Ostwalt
Professor of Religious Studies and Interim Chair of Sustainable Development
I. G. Greer Hall 115
(828) 262-2426
American Religious Traditions, Religion and Culture
Patrick Rardin
Associate Professor of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 216
(828) 262-2423
Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology
Randall Reed
Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 217
(828) 262-2428
Sociology of Religion, History of Religions, New Testament
Matthew Ruble
Senior Lecturer of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 223
(828) 262-2425
Philosophy of mental illness, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Epistemology, Nietzsche
Kevin Schilbrack
Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 127
(828) 262-2429
Philosophy and Theories of Religion
Timothy J. 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.
Joe Weiss
Senior Lecturer of Philosophy
I. G. Greer Hall 214-A
(828) 262-6636
Social and Political Theory, Classical German Philosophy, Aesthetics
Stephanie Yep
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 118-A
(828) 262-2986
Islamic Studies, Sacred Biography, Narrative Theory, Emotion and Memory Studies, Virtue Ethics, Masculinity Studies, Contemporary Jewish Studies, and the Holocaust

Adjunct Faculty

Name and Position Contact
Edward Falls
Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy

Administrative Staff

Name and Position Contact
Sarah Sinner
Administrative Support Specialist
I. G. Greer Hall 114
(828) 262-3089

Emeritus Faculty

Name and Position Contact
Charles T. Davis, Deceased
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
Rodney Duke
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
I. G. Greer Hall 107
(828) 262-3091
Alan Hauser
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
William M. Hutchins
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
O'Hyun Park
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
Raymond Ruble
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Richard Spencer
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies