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Faculty

Name Title(s) Research/Focus Email Room
Jamin Asay Professor Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science jfasay@purdue.edu BRNG 7139
Michael Bergmann Professor
Schedule Deputy 		Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion bergmann@purdue.edu BRNG 7140
Jeffrey Brower Professor Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion brower@purdue.edu BRNG 7144
Jan Cover Professor Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion jacover@purdue.edu BRNG 7142
Taylor Davis Associate Professor Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind taylordavis@purdue.edu BRNG 7136
Gabriele Dillmann Director of the Philosophy for International Students M.A. Program
Visiting Faculty 		  gdillma@purdue.edu BRNG 7127
Paul Draper Professor Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science pdraper@purdue.edu BRNG 7130
Eamon Duede Assistant Professor Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Science, Computational Social Science, Epistemology & Metaphysics eduede@purdue.edu BRNG 6117
Daniel Frank Professor
Department Librarian 		Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, History of Political Philosophy, Ethics dfrank@purdue.edu BRNG 7135
Javier Gomez-Lavin Assistant Professor Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy jglavin@purdue.edu BRNG 7143
Leonard Harris Professor
Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics 		American Philosophy, Continental European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy lharris@purdue.edu BRNG 7121
Michael Jacovides Professor Early Modern Philosophy jacovides@purdue.edu BRNG 7125
Patrick Kain Associate Professor Ethics, Kant, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion kain@purdue.edu BRNG 7138
Brett Karlan Assistant Professor Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology bkarlan@purdue.edu BRNG 7128
Daniel R. Kelly Professor
Graduate Studies Director 		Philosophy of Mind, Moral Theory, Cognitive Science drkelly@purdue.edu BRNG 7126
Brian Kogelmann Associate Professor Social and Political Philosophy bkogelma@purdue.edu BRNG 6119
Corey Maley Associate Professor The philosophy of science, the philosophies of neuroscience, cognitive science, and computation. cjmaley@purdue.edu BRNG 7137
Jacqueline Mariña Professor
Climate & Diversity Coordinator 		Kant, Schleiermacher, Philosophy of Religion marinaj@purdue.edu BRNG 7134
JP Messina Associate Professor Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy; the History of Modern Philosophy with a focus on Kant jpmessin@purdue.edu BRNG 7145
Lynn Parrish Associate Teaching Professor Social and Political Theory, Philosophy of Art and Architecture, Philosophy of Technology lparrish@purdue.edu BRNG 7101
Sebastian Murgueitio Ramirez Assistant Professor Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics of Science smurguei@purdue.edu BRNG 7133
Sarah Robins Associate Professor
Graduate Admissions Director 		  skrobins@purdue.edu BRNG 7124
Eric Sampson Assistant Professor Ethics, Epistemology esampso@purdue.edu BRNG 7127
Lea Aurelia Schroeder Assistant Professor Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy schro168@purdue.edu BRNG 7129
Daniel Smith Professor Deleuze, Contemporary European Philosophy smith132@purdue.edu BRNG 7131
Dana Tulodziecki Associate Professor Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of Science dtulodzi@purdue.edu BRNG 7132
Maria Waggoner Assistant Professor Moral Psychology, Ethics, Epistemology waggonmr@purdue.edu BRNG 7154
Evan Westra Associate Professor Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Moral Psychology ewestra@purdue.edu BRNG 7141
Christopher Yeomans Head of Department
Professor 		Hegel and German Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Political Philosophy cyeomans@purdue.edu BRNG 7105D

Emeriti Faculty

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Mark Bernstein   mbernste@purdue.edu
Rod Bertolet   bertolet@purdue.edu
Patricia Curd   zeno@purdue.edu
William Gustason   ckpcpqq@purdue.edu
William McBride   wmcbride@purdue.edu
Donald W. Mitchell   dmitch@purdue.edu
Calvin Schrag   cschrag@purdue.edu
Charlene Haddock Seigfried   seigfrie@purdue.edu

Staff

Name Title(s) Email Room
Suzanne Ferguson Administrative Assistant kenned66@purdue.edu BRNG 7105
Jessica Hathaway Business Assistant hathawa1@purdue.edu BRNG 1127
Samantha Ooley Academic Program Manager swalker@purdue.edu BRNG 7137
Vickie Sanders Administrative Assistant
Assistant Schedule Deputy
Grad Coordinator 		sanders@purdue.edu BRNG 7105E
Coleen Williams Undergraduate Advisor cwill@purdue.edu BRNG 1162

Graduate Student

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Ahmet Aktas Graduate Student   aaktas@purdue.edu
Theo Camp Graduate Student   camp33@purdue.edu
Duncan Cordry Graduate Student   dcordry@purdue.edu
James Day Graduate Student   day169@purdue.edu
Alex Dibelka Graduate Student   adibelka@purdue.edu
James Emery Graduate Student   emery26@purdue.edu
Gavin Foster Graduate Student   foste362@purdue.edu
Mickey L. Hernandez Graduate Student   herna684@purdue.edu
Hyemi Jun Graduate Student   hyemijun@purdue.edu
Frankie Knuckles Graduate Student   aknuckle@purdue.edu
Noah McKay Graduate Student   mckay24@purdue.edu
Bryan Noonan Graduate Student   noonan18@purdue.edu
Woomin Park Graduate Student   park1824@purdue.edu
Jashiel Resto Graduate Student   jrestoqu@purdue.edu
Darien Santmyer Graduate Student   dsantmye@purdue.edu
Rohitashwa Sarkar Graduate Student   sarkar60@purdue.edu
Daniel Schwartz Graduate Student   schwa206@purdue.edu
Sedong Seo Graduate Student   seo123@purdue.edu
Zoe Stein Graduate Student   steinz@purdue.edu
Alex Vrabely Graduate Student   avrabely@purdue.edu
Paul Wheatley Graduate Student   pwheatle@purdue.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Samuel Bennett Affiliated Faculty   benne119@purdue.edu BRNG 2251
Elise Frketich Affiliated Faculty   efrketic@purdue.edu
James Mollison Affiliated Faculty   jmolliso@purdue.edu BRNG 2274B
Rhodes Pinto Affiliated Faculty   rlpinto@purdue.edu BRNG 2247
Brandon Rdzak Affiliated Faculty   brdzak@purdue.edu
David Riesbeck Affiliated Faculty   driesbec@purdue.edu BRNG 2235

Department Librarian

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Daniel Frank Professor
Department Librarian 		Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, History of Political Philosophy, Ethics dfrank@purdue.edu BRNG 7135

Courtesy Faculty

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Olga Lyanda-Geller Courtesy Faculty Russian and Comparative Literature okogan@purdue.edu SC 180
Eugene Spafford Courtesy Faculty   spaf@purdue.edu LWSN 1183

Post-doctoral Fellow

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Marta Caravà Post-doctoral Fellow   mcarav@purdue.edu
Jordan Lavender Post-doctoral Fellow   rlavende@purdue.edu

Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Leonard Harris Professor
Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics 		American Philosophy, Continental European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy lharris@purdue.edu BRNG 7121

Courtesy Faculty

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Ralph M. Kaufmann Courtesy Faculty   rkaufman@math.purdue.edu

Director of Human Rights Program

Name Research/Focus Email Room
Rebekah A. Klein-Pejšová Director of Human Rights Program Human Rights History, Modern Jewish History, Modern (East Central) European History rkleinpe@purdue.edu BRNG 6156