Faculty and Staff

Full-Time Faculty

David DeGrazia, Chair, Professor of Philosophy
Ethical theory, biomedical ethics, personal identity theory
(202) 994-6913
ddd at gwu.edu

Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Associate Director of the MA Program in Philosophy and Social Policy
Philosophy of law, ethics, political philosophy
(202) 994-6911
jbb at gwu.edu

Robert Paul Churchill, Professor of Philosophy
Environmental philosophy, ethics and international affairs, social and political philosophy, history of modern philosophy, logic
(202) 994-3351
rpchurch at gwu.edu

Michele Friend, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic, metaphysics
Foggy Bottom: (202) 994-7658 / Mount Vernon: (202) 242-6708
michele at gwu.edu

William B. Griffith, Elton Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Public Policy, Director of the MA Program in Philosophy and Social Policy
Ethics and policy, economic justice, ethics and social and political philosophy
(202) 994-8684
wbg at gwu.edu

Eric Saidel, Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, logic, metaphysics and epistemology
(202) 994-2009
saidel at gwu.edu

Thanassis Samaras, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ancient philosophy
samaras_at_gwu.edu

Geert Van Cleemput, Assistant Professor of Honors and Philosophy
Ancient philosophy, political philosophy, nationalism
geert_at_gwu.edu

Gail Weiss, Professor of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Human Sciences
Contemporary continental philosophy (esp. phenomenology and existentialism), feminist theory, philosophy of literature
(202) 994-4297
gweiss at gwu.edu

Tad Zawidzki, Assistant Professor
Philosophy of mind, cognitive science, philosophy of science
(202) 994-6444
zawidzki at gwu.edu

University Professor

Peter Caws, University Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Human Sciences
Contemporary continental philosophy, social and political philosophy, existentialism and phenomenology, philosophy and technology
(202) 994-8685
pcaws at gwu.edu

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Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty

Rebecca Carr, Assistant Professorial Lecturer
American philosophy
(202) 994-0429
rcarr at gwu.edu

Michael Cifone, Lecturer

Megan Davis, Lecturer
Philosophy of race, gender, sexuality, and disability
mvdavis at gwu.edu

Lloyd Eby, Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Business and professional ethics, ethics and technology, epistemology and philosophy of science
(202) 994-7658
lloydeby at verizon.net

Mitchel Hopper, Lecturer

Robert Leider, Lecturer
(202) 994-7658
rl72 at georgetown.edu

Tom Morris, Assistant Professorial Lecturer
(202) 994-0429
tfmorris at verizon.net

Gonzalo Palacios, Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Tatiana Romanovskaya, Assistant Professorial Lecturer
(202) 994-2315
tromanov at gwu.edu
 

Michael Sigrist, Lecturer
(202) 994-0429
msigrist at ic.sunysb.edu

Christopher Venner, Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Contemporary continental philosophy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis
(202) 994-2315
cvenner at gwu.edu

Mary (Tina) Wood , Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
(202) 994-0429
orchidlogic at worldnet.att.net

Faculty Emeritus

Kenneth Schaffner, University Professor of Medical Humanities, Professor of Philosophy

Richard Schlagel, Professor of Philosophy

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Staff and Student Assistants

Julia Louie, Executive Aide
(202) 994-6265
fax: (202) 994-8683
philosop at gwu.edu

Office Assistants