Faculty

Department of Philosophy Faculty

Regular Faculty

Name	Areas of Research	Position	Office	Email
Gil Hersch	Social and Political Phil., Phil. of Social Science, Applied Ethics, PPE	Assistant Professor	820 Univ. City Blvd	hersch@vt.edu
Daniel Hoek	Phil. of Language, Decision Theory, Epistemology, Phil. of Mathematics	Assistant Professor	217 Major Williams	dhoek@vt.edu
Justin Horn	Metaethics, Ethical Theory	Collegiate Assistant Professor	233 Major Williams	justinhorn@vt.edu
Benjamin Jantzen	Phil. of Biology, Phil. of Physics, Phil. of Science, Logic of Discovery	Associate Professor	226 Major Williams	bjantzen@vt.edu
James Klagge	Moral Phil., Metaphysics, Wittgenstein	Professor	241 Major Williams	jklagge@vt.edu
Karen Kovaka	Phil. of Science, Phil. of Biology, Environmental Phil.	Assistant Professor	220 Major Williams	kkovaka@vt.edu
Douglas Lind	Phil. of Law, Pragmatism	Professor	229 Major Williams	douglas.lind@vt.edu
Jordan MacKenzie	Normative Ethics, Practical Ethics	Assistant Professor and Dir. of Grad. Studies	239 Major Williams	jmackenzie@vt.edu
Gregory M. Novack	Phil. of Science	Collegiate Assistant Professor	227 Major Williams	gmnovack@vt.edu
Wendy Parker	Phil. of Science, Phil. of Climate Science / Meteorology	Professor	237 Major Williams	wendyparker@vt.edu
Lydia Patton	Phil. of Science, History of Phil. of Science, History of Phil.	Professor	219 Major Williams	critique@vt.edu
Hannah Wildman Short	Global Ethics, Bioethics	Instructor	231 Major Williams	whann79@vt.edu
Kelly Trogdon	Metaphysics, Phil. of Mind	Associate Professor and Department Chair	229B Major Williams	trogdon@vt.edu
Philip Yaure	Social and Politiical Phil., Phil. of Race, Early Modern Phil.	Assistant Professor	224 Major Williams	philipyaure@vt.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Email
Richard M. Burian	rmburian@vt.edu
Deborah Mayo	mayod@vt.edu
Harlan Miller	hmiller@vt.edu
Joseph Pitt	jcpitt@vt.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Name	Position	Office	Email
Ashley Shew	Assistant Professor Faculty Affiliate (STS)	116 Lane Hall	shew@vt.edu

Part-Time Instructors

Name	Email
Jason Bowers	jasonb80@vt.edu
Claudio D'amato	c laudio1@vt.edu
Jordan Fallon	fjordan3@vt.edu
Tim Fuller	timothyfuller@vt.edu
Eric Lewis	lewis@vt.edu
Grace McGee	mcgeeg10@vt.edu
Shaun Respess	srespess@vt.edu
Melissa Schwartz	meliss1@vt.edu
Katy Shepard	kshepard@vt.edu

In Memoriam

Jack Good (1916-2009) University Distinguished Professor

Marjorie Grene (1910-2009) Honorary University Distinguished Professor

Lauren Fleming (1980-2011) Visiting Assistant Professor

Dieter Seltzer (1992-2012) Philosophy Undergraduate Major

J. J. Stinson (1992-2012) Philosophy Undergraduate Major

James M. Buchanan (1919-2013) University Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate

Palmer Talbutt (1927-2017) Associate Professor