People

Front Office

	Janet D. Stemwedel, Chair Ph.D., (Philosophy) Stanford; Ph.D., (Chemistry) Stanford Philosophy of Science (esp. Chemical Theory and Practice), Metaphysics (esp. Causation), other interests: Ethics of Science, History of Science, Feminist Philosophy of Science
	Hanh Le Department Administrator

Full-Time Faculty

	Karin Brown Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York Ethics and Political Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy
	Étienne Brown Ph.D., Université Paris-Sorbonne Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Social Epistemology
	Rebecca Chan Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; J.D., University of Colorado - Boulder Metaphysics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Religion
	Peter J. Hadreas Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley Phenomenology, Aristotle, Greek philosophy, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Economics, Business Ethics, Merleau-Ponty, 20th and 21st Century Continental Philosophy
	Thomas W. Leddy Ph.D., Boston University Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Plato, Nietzsche
	Jordan Liz Ph.D., University of Memphis Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics.
	Rita C. Manning Ph.D., University of California - Riverside Ethics, Political Philosophy, Feminism
	Bo Mou Ph.D., University of Rochester Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
	Carlos Alberto Sanchez Ph.D., University of New Mexico Phenomenology, Existentialism, Social and Political, History of Mexican Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy
	Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Ph.D., University of California - Santa Barbara Epistemology (esp. intuition, perception, and modality), Philosophy of Mind, Critical Thinking, Comparative Philosophy (esp. Classical Indian and Analytic Philosophy)

Affiliated Faculty

Chánh Phan (Humanities)
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Political Philosophy and Asian Philosophies, The Chou I Ching, Tao Te Ching

Jason Aleksander (Associate Dean of Faculty Success and Research, College of Humanities and the Arts)

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Dante Studies

Adjunct Faculty

	Fern Alberts M.A., San José State University
	Lisa Bernasconi M.A., San José State University Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics
	Javier Cardoza-Kon M.A. (Great Books), St. John's College Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz 20th Century Continental/ European philosophy.Technology and politics, deconstruction, Indigenous Science and Native American Philosophy.
	Andrew Delunas M.A. Philosophy, University of Missouri at St. Louis Early Modern Philosophy (especially Hume), pragmatism, consciousness
	Noah Friedman-Biglin Ph.D., Joint Programme in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews and the University of Stirling History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics
	Janet Giddings M.A. Philosophy, San José State University M.A. Theology, University of San Francisco Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Ethics, and Gambling
	Trevor Gullion M.A., (Philosophy) San José State University
	Tim Johnston Ph.D., Stony Brook University Philosophy and Aging, Feminist and Queer Theory, 20th Century French Philosophy, Care Ethics
	Michael Jordan M.A., San José State University Ethics, Phenomenology, and Existentialism
	James Lindahl Ph.D., University of Western Ontario Philosophy of Social Science, Cross-cultural criticism, Philosophical Issues in Anthropology (ethics of representation and translation theory)
	Tony Nguyen M.A., San José State University
	Nathan Osborne M.A., San José State University Existentialism and Critical Theory
	Krupa Patel Ph.D., University of New Mexico Epistemology (esp. perception)
	George J. Pinto M.A., London School of Economics, M.A., San Jose State University; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Business and Professional Ethics
	Casey Smith M.A., San José State University Philosophy of Expertise, Experimental Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, and Logic
	Elizabeth Sonnier Ph.D., Fordham, New York City's Jesuit University Philosophy of Science, Process Philosophy, Logic, and French Phenomenology and Existentialism
	John C. Wilhelmsson M.A., San José State University Ethics, Phenomenology, and Edith Stein
	Dan C. Williamson Ph.D., University of California - Riverside Continental Philosophies with a specialization in Foucault, Postmodernism and Gender Studies; emphasis on ethics in various registers and corresponding interests in American Studies
	Kyle Yrigoyen M.A., San José State University