Philosophy Faculty

Office Contact Information

Department of Philosophy & Religion
Central Michigan University
288 Anspach Hall
Mt.Pleasant, MI 48859
Telephone: (989) 774-3444
Fax: (989) 774-2830

Philosophy program coordinator:

Faculty

Andrew Blom (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago). Social and Political Philosophy, History of Ethics and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Peace and Conflict

Brian Coleman (Ph.D., Purdue University). Ethical Theory, History of Philosophy (Modern Period), Applied Ethics

Hadley Cooney (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020). Early Modern Philosophy

Gary Fuller (B. Litt., Oxford University). Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Music, Personal Identity

Matthew Katz (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania). Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Epistemology

Heather Kendrick (Ph.D., Michigan State University). Ethical theory, Kant, early modern philosophy, Applied Ethics (especially animal treatment issues)

Hope May (Ph.D., Michigan State University. J.D., Michigan State University College of Law, magna cum laude). Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Ancient Philosophy (especially Socrates and Aristotle), International Criminal Law,  Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law). Dr. May is the Director of the CMU Center for International Ethics. 

Robert Noggle (Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Chicago). Moral theory (and its relation to human nature and the nature of persons), moral psychology (esp. personal autonomy and moral development), the moral status of children, business ethics

Mark Shelton (Ph.D., Harvard University). Ethics, Political Philosophy, Kant, and Hegel

Joshua Smith (Ph.D., The Ohio State University). Epistemology

Robert Stecker (Ph.D., MIT). Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, History of Modern Philosophy