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         Frederick R. Struckmeyer, Chairperson

Professor of Philosophy
B.A., King's College (N.Y.)
A.M., Ph.D., Boston University
fstruckmeyer@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: social philosophy, peace studies.

 


Brian Foley

Adjunct Instructor
B.H. (Humanities), Penn State University

M.A., West Chester University
Ph.D. (ABD), Temple University
bfoley@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  ancient philosophy, social/political philosophy, ethics

 


Daniel Forbes

Assistant Professor
B.A, Dickinson College

Ph.D.,  University of Georgia
dforbes@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  history of philosophy, Spinoza, epistemology, and teaching pedagogy

 


Jamey Heit

Adjunct Instructor
B.A., Davidson College (N.C.)

M.D. (Divinity), Princeton Theological Seminary
M. Th. (Theology), Princeton Theological Seminary
jheit@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: ethical theory, Christian ethics, contemporary moral issues

 


Frank J. Hoffman

Associate Professor
A.B., University of Missouri
M.A., University of Hawaii
Ph.D., University of London
fhoffman@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: philosophy of religion, Asian philosophy

 


Patrick McCauley

Adjunct Instructor
B.A., Ithaca College

M.A., SUNY Binghampton
Ph.D., University of Iowa
pmccauley@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: philosophical theology, Kant, aesthetics

 


Charlotte Moore

Adjunct Instructor

B.A., California Institute of Integral Studies

B.A., San Francisco State University

M.A.., West Chester University

cmoore@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  ethical theory, continental philosophy, philosophy of religion

 


Stephen O'Hanlon

Adjunct Instructor

B.A. Trinity College Dublin

M.Phil. The London School of Economics

J.D. (2008) Temple University, Beasley School of Law

sohanlon@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  ethics, political philosophy, legal philosophy

 


 

Matthew Pierlott

Assistant Professor

B.A., University of Scranton

Ph.D., Marquette University

mpierlott@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  philosophy of freedom, business ethics

 


Ruth Porritt

Associate Professor
B.A., John Carroll University
M.A., Purdue University
Ph.D., Purdue University

 rporritt@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  aesthetics, literary theory, feminist thought


Helen Daley Schroepfer

Assistant Professor
B.A., College of St. Benedict
M.A., Ecumenical Institute, St. Mary's Seminary
Ph.D., Temple University
hschroepfer@wcupa.edu

 

Areas of specialization: philosophy of religion, religion and ethics, contemporary continental thought

 


Barbara Tournier, RN

Adjunct Instructor
B.S., St. Joseph's College

M.S.N., Gwynedd-Mercy College
M.BE. (Masters of Bioethics), University of Pennsylvania
btournier@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: nursing, bioethics

 


I. Larry Udell

 

Adjunct Instructor

B.A., Ohio State University

M.A., Ohio State University

Ph.D., Ohio State University

iudell@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization:  social and political philosophy, philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of economics, philosophy of law

 

Joan Woolfrey

Associate Professor

B.S., North Dakota State University

M.A., New School for Social Research
Ph.D., University of Oregon
jwoolfrey@wcupa.edu

Areas of specialization: ethical theory, bioethics, feminist thought

 


 

 

Recent Emeriti


 

George Claghorn

 


 

Paul Streveler

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Thomas Platt

 


 

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