Faculty

Philosophy Faculty

Departmental Chair	Christine Weigel
Associate Dept. Chair	Shannon Mussett
Student Advisor	Erin Donahoe-Rankin	(801) 863-6717
Administrative Assistant	Jamie Holdaway	(801) 863-8352

Faculty	Scott Abbott	Ph.D. German Literature, Princeton University M.A. German Literature, BYU B.S. AOS: German Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy
	Brian Birch	Ph.D. Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University M.S. Philosophy, University of Utah B.S. Philosophy, University of Utah. AOS: Philosophy of religion, ethics, and Wittgenstein
	Jeffrey W. Bulger	Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Tennessee-Knoxville M.A. Exegetical Theology, Western Seminary-Portland B.S. Geology/Petroleum Engineering minor in Mathematics, University of North Dakota-Grand Forks AOS: Theoretical and Professional Ethics
	Elaine Englehardt	Ph.D. Communication/Philosophy, University of Utah M.A. Communication, Brigham Young University B.A. Communication, Brigham Young University AOS: Ethics, ethics across the curriculum, communication ethics, media ethics, organizational ethics, interpersonal ethics, bioethics
	Jenny Gooch	M.Ed. Reading Specialist, University of Utah B.S. Public Health, University of Utah AOS: Ethics
	Larry Harper	M.A. English, Brigham Young University B.A. English, Brigham Young University AOS: Ethics
	David R. Keller	Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Georgia Graduate Certificate Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia M.A. Philosophy, Boston College B.A. English & Philosophy, Franklin & Marshall College AOS: Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Ecology
	Pierre Lamarche	Ph.D. Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin M.A. Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin B.A. Physics, University of Toronto AOS: existential phenomenology, critical theory, post-structuralism, Marxism, history of scepticism
	Michael Minch	Ph.D. Program in Political Thought, University of Utah M.Div. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary B.A. History, Grand Canyon College AOS: Political Philosophy, Democratic Theory, Peace and Justice, Moral Theory, and Christian Theology and Political Theory
	Karen Mizell	Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Oklahoma M.A. Philosophy, University of Oklahoma B.A. Philosophy, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio AOS: Philosophy of Childhood, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Education, and Ethics
	Shannon Mussett	Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University M.A. Philosophy, Villanova University B.A. Philosophy, Goucher College AOS: German Idealism, Existentialism, Feminist Theory and Psychoanalytic Theory
	R. Dennis Potter	M.A. Philosophy, Florida State University B.A. Philosophy, Brigham Young University AOS: Logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of religion, and history of analytic philosophy
	Michael Shaw	Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University AOS: Ancient philosophy
	Christine Weigel	Ph.D. Philosophy, Temple University B.A. Philosophy Lawrence University B.M. Music Performance, Lawrence University AOS: Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind
	Laurelyn Whitt	Ph.D. Philosophy of Science, University of Western Ontario M.A. Philosophy, Queen's University (Canada) B.A. Philosophy, College of William and Mary AOS: Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Justice Studies