Department of Philosophy

People in the Department of Philosophy

Core Faculty

James Bahoh	Assistant Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies	Phenomenology, Ontology, German and French philosophy (Kant to present), Heidegger, Deleuze, German Idealism
Remy Debes	Associate Professor Chair, Department of Philosophy Co-Editor, Southern Journal of Philosophy	Ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of emotion, Scottish Enlightenment, Hume, Adam Smith
Shaun Gallagher	Moss Professor of Philosophy	Phenomenology, philosophy of mind, philosophical psychology, embodiment, intersubjectivity, hermeneutics
David Miguel Gray	Assistant Professor	Philosophy of race and racism, philosophy of psychology, African American philosophy, philosophy of mind
Mary Beth Mader	Professor Co-Editor, Southern Journal of Philosophy	20th-century Continental philosophy, feminist theory, ontology
Michael Monahan	Associate Professor Director of Graduate Admissions	Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, Africana philosophy, phenomenology
Thomas Nenon	Professor Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost	Husserl, Heidegger, Kant and German idealism, hermeneutics, philosophy of the social sciences
Timothy Roche	Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies	Greek and Roman Philosophy, history of philosophy, ethical theory, logic
Kas Saghafi	Associate Professor	Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Aesthetics, and Social/Political Philosophy
Daniel J. Smith	Assistant Professor Director of Placement	Kant and German idealism, Contemporary Continental Philosophy (esp. Foucault, Deleuze), Philosophy and the Life Sciences, Philosophy of History
Lindsey Stewart	Assistant Professor	African American philosophy, Black feminist philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
Deborah Tollefsen	Professor Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences	Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Social Ontology

Visiting Scholars

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Sofie Boldsen	PhD student in the Psychology Department, University of Copenhagen	Fall 2019. Social interaction in autism
Giovanni Pennisi	PhD student in Cognitive Science, University of Messina, Sicily	Fall 2019. Psychopathology and representation
Anita Avramides	Professor of Philosophy, Oxford	Fall 2019. Author of Other Minds (2001, Routledge); Editor. of Knowing Other Minds (2019, OUP)
Anna Ciaunica	Professor of Philosophy, University College, London; University of Porto	Fall 2019. Works with neuroscientists, artists & clinical psychologists on empathy and social cognition
Jessica Lindblom	Professor of Cognitive Science, Skövde University, Sweden	Fall 2019. Applications related to robotics
Dina Mendonça	Professor of Philosophy, New University of Lisbon	Fall 2019. Emotion in social cognition and pragmatism

Visiting Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Instructors

L. Manning Garrett	Senior Lecturer	319 Varnell-Jones (Lambuth campus) glmnning@memphis.edu
Marda Kaiser- Rehnelt	Adjunct Instructor	310 Clement Hall mkaiser@memphis.edu
Salman Khawaja	Instructor	309E Clement Hall Salman.Khawaja@memphis.edu
Sıla Özkara	Adjunct Instructor	sozkara@memphis.edu Office hours: By appointment.
Amit Sen	Instructor and Undergraduate Advisor	339B Clement Hall amitsen@memphis.edu
Kevin Taylor	Instructor and Online Coordinator	309D Clement Hall kctylor3@memphis.edu

Emeritus and Deceased Faculty

Pleshette DeArmitt	Associate Professor	Contemporary Continental philosophy, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, social and political thought
Gene James	Emeritus Professor	Value theory, applied ethics, American philosophy, philosophy of religion
Bill Lawson	Emeritus Professor	African American philosophy, social and political philosophy
Hoke Robinson	Emeritus Professor	Kant, rationalism, history of modern philosophy
Nancy Simco	Emeritus Professor	Analytic philosophy, metaphysics, advanced logic
John Tienson	Emeritus Professor	Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of language, British empiricists