Faculty
Faculty
| Name and Position | Contact | Research Interests |
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Laura Ammon Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Watauga Residential College |
I. G. Greer Hall 214-A (828) 262-7641 |
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 115-B (828) 262-7193 |
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 117-B (828) 262-8185 |
Ancient Greek, Environmental Ethics |
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Rodney Duke Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 116-A (828) 262-3091 |
Biblical Studies: Old Testament, New Testament |
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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 |
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Rick Elmore Associate Professor of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 115-A (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 Assistant Professor of Philosophy Faculty Affiliate, Program in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 115A |
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 |
I.G. Greer Hall 113 (828) 262-4031 |
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 (828) 262-3089 |
Biblical Studies, Religion and Culture, Women's Studies |
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Kim Q. Hall Professor of Philosophy Standing Faculty, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Affiliate, Appalachian Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 126 and 127A Living Learning Center (828) 262-6817 |
Feminist Philosophy, Queer Theory, Disability Studies, Philosophies of Race, Environmental Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, and Ethics |
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Davis Hankins Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 228 (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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 213 (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 |
I. G. Greer Hall 118-A (828) 262-5555 |
Religions of Asia, especially the history of Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism |
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Conrad E. Ostwalt Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 115 (828) 262-2426 |
American Religious Traditions, Religion and Culture |
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Patrick Rardin Associate Professor of Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 216 (828) 262-2423 |
Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology |
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Randall Reed Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 217 (828) 262-2428 |
Sociology of Religion, History of Religions, New Testament |
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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 |
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Kevin Schilbrack Professor of Religious Studies |
I. G. Greer Hall 127 (828) 262-2429 |
Philosophy and Theories of Religion |
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Joe Weiss Senior Lecturer in Philosophy |
I. G. Greer Hall 214-A (828) 262-6636 |
Social and Political Theory, Classical German Philosophy, Aesthetics |
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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. |