Philosophy Faculty
Ramón Alvarado
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Data Science Initiative
Data Ethics Coordinator/Graduate Placement Committee/Colloquium & Events Committee
Digital Humanities, Philosophy
Email: ralvarad@uoregon.edu
Office: 245 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 AM
Steven Brence
Distinguished Teaching Professor & Pre-Law Advisor
Director of Ethics Minor
Philosophy
Email: brences@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5553
Office: 250D Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesdays from 3-5 pm or by Appointment.
Research Interests: Social/Political, Ethics, Philosophy of Film, Pragmatism, 19th and 20th Century German
Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Email: gualdron@uoregon.edu
Office: 232 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Mondays and Wednesdays from 11am-12pm
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy (Social and Political), Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, 18th and 19th century German Philosophy (esp. Hegel and Nietzsche), 20th century Continental Philosophy
Mark Johnson
Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus
College Scholars, Philosophy
Email: markj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5548
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Metaphor Theory, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, American Philosophy, Kant, Moral Theory, Ethical Naturalism, Aesthetics.
Colin Koopman
Professor of Philosophy
Director of New Media and Culture Certificate Program & Pre-Law Advisor (on leave 2024)
Philosophy
Email: koopman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5980
Office: 250A Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Political Philosophy, Information Politics and Data Ethics, AI, History of Philosophy, Genealogy, Pragmatism
Caroline Lundquist
Pro Tem Instructor of Philosophy & Research Associate/Associate Director CGOEP
Philosophy
Email: lundc@uoregon.edu
Office: 310 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: Fridays: 2:30-3:30 p.m. AND by appointment during Spring 2021
Bonnie J. Mann
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusion Chair
Philosophy, Translation Studies
Email: bmann@uoregon.edu
Office: 234 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98139166536?pwd=ZGVGSVJ1RkJMbVFMMjVtd0dtN2s1QT09
Research Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
Cintia Martínez Velasco
Assistant Professor
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: cintiam@uoregon.edu
Office: 211D Susan Campbell Hall
Erin McKenna
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Ethics Minor Director//Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/Merit Review Committee/Undergraduate Philosophy Club
Philosophy
Email: emckenna@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9613
Office: 237 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:00-1:00
Research Interests: Animal Ethics, Feminist Theory, American Pragmatism, Ecofeminism
Nicolae Morar
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: nmorar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5547
Office: 250B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy
Barbara Muraca
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Associate Department Head (Philosophy)/Curriculum Committee (Chair)/GTF Appointment Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: bmuraca@uoregon.edu
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 11:30am-1:30pm & upon appointment; ask for Zoom link
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships
Jacob P. Neal
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: jpneal@uoregon.edu
Office: 211D Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: 12:45-2:45 Tuesdays
Research Interests: Philosophy of Biology, History & Philosophy of Science
Scott L. Pratt
Professor of Philosophy
Department Head
Philosophy
Email: spratt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5971
Office: 239 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Office Hours are Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 Pacific Time in person or by Zoom. Use this link (https://calendly.com/spratt-9/office-hours) to schedule a meeting. Other times are available on request.
Research Interests: American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Education
Camisha Russell
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Admissions/Diversity Focus Advisor/MAP Advisor
Disability Studies, Philosophy
Email: camishar@uoregon.edu
Office: 233 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday & Friday 11:00-11:50am or by appointment (in person or via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/92382926767)
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Ethics (esp. Bioethics), African American Philosophy, Feminist Theory
Beata Stawarska
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Advising/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/Graduate Placing Committee/Graduate Philosophy Club
Black Studies, Philosophy
Email: stawarsk@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5545
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophical Psychology, Feminism
Alejandro Vallega
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: avallega@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.
Daniela Vallega-Neu
Professor of Philosophy
DGS for Admissions
Philosophy
Email: dneu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5549
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays from 2:45-4:45pm or by appointment
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.
Peter A. Warnek
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: warnek@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5542
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays, 2-3 pm; Thursdays, 11 am -12 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy