The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies is composed of eight full time faculty members with a variety of research interests:

Dr. Christopher Bache: Philosophical Implications of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Reincarnation Theory, Transpersonal Psychology, Teaching and Collective Consciousness

Dr. Mustansir Mir , Director of the Center for Islamic Studies (PhD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): Qur'anic Studies, Iqbal Studies

Dr. Deborah Mower (PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison): Philosophy of Mind/Psychology, Philosophy of Science, and Moral Psychology.


Dr. Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez (PhD Harvard University): (Director, Dr. James Dale Ethics Center): Ethics


Dr. Linda "Tess" Tessier (PhD Claremont Graduate School):


Dr. Alan Tomhave (PhD University of Missouri): Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics


Dr. Mark Vopat (PhD University of Western Ontario): Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Children's Rights.


Dr. Bruce Waller, Chair (PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill): Free Will and Responsibility, Ethics, Bioethics, Philosophy and Psychology, Legal Reasoning.


Dr. Victor Wan-Tatah (ThD Harvard University): (Director, Africana Studies Program):

Staff

Ms. Mary Dillingham
Administrative Assistant
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Mr. Jeff Butts
Research Assistant, Center for Islamic Studies

Gina Ponzio
Student Assistant