Professor Roche (PhD, University of California at Davis) joined the department in 1985. He teaches courses in Greek philosophy, history of moral philosophy, ethical theory, and social and political philosophy. His work has appeared in Social Theory and Practice, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, and Phronesis. He is currently completing a book entitled Aristotle's Nicomachean Conception of Happiness.

Prof. Roche serves as Graduate Studies Coordinator.

"In Defense of an Alternative View of the Foundation of Aristotle's Moral Theory," Phronesis 38 (1992): 46-84.

"Ergon and Eudaimonia in Nicomachean Ethics I: Reconsidering the Intellectualist Interpretation," Journal of the History of Philosophy 26 (1988): 175-94.

"On the Alleged Metaphysical Foundation of Aristotle's Ethics," Ancient Philosophy 8 (1988): 49-62.