Full-time Faculty — Department of Philosophy

Full-time Faculty

	Vilde Lid Aavitsland Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Term) 306 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0456 PhD DePaul University, 2022 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Social & Political Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy
	Asaf Angermann Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought (Term) 307 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0455 Ph.D. Goethe University Frankfurt, 2013 RESEARCH INTERESTS: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School, Modern Jewish Thought, Jewish Mysticism, Modern European and Jewish Intellectual History, Critical Race Theory, Feminism and Philosophy of Gender, Aesthetics and Culture Studies.
	Guy Dove Professor of Philosophy 313B Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0450 Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2002 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Philosophy of Psychology & Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Linguistics
	Andreas Elpidorou Professor of Philosophy Vice-chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies 308 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0458 Ph.D. Boston University, 2013 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Psychology, Phenomenology
	Lauren Freeman Associate Professor of Philosophy Director of Graduate Studies 309 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0454 Ph.D. Boston University, 2010 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Feminist Bioethics, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Medicine, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophical Pedagogy
	Ryan Froese Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Term) 314 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0453 Ph.D. DePaul University, 2022 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Modern German Philosophy, Metaphysics, Theories of Normativity
	John Gibson Professor of Philosophy UofL Distinguished Service Award, 2018 313D Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0452 Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2001 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Language, Value Theory
	Avery Kolers Professor and Chair of Philosophy Director, Diversity Literacy Certificate Program UofL Distinguished Research Award, 2014 311 Bingham Humanities Building, 502-852-0448 Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2000 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Social & Political Philosophy, Applied & Normative Ethics
	David S. Owen Professor of Philosophy and Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences UofL Distinguished Faculty Award for Service to the University, 2014 Honorable Mention, President's Multicultural Teaching Award, 2008 Gardiner Hall, 2nd floor, 502-852-2234 Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Philosophy of Diversity, Philosophy & Race, Critical Social Theory, Frankfurt School
	Olivia Schuman Assistant Professor of Philosophy Bingham Humanities Rm. 314, 502-852-0453 Ph.D. York University, 2020 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Ethics, Bioethics, Normative Ethics
	K. Bailey Thomas ON RESEARCH LEAVE 2022-24 Pronouns: They/Them/Their(s) Assistant Professor of Philosophy Bingham Humanities Building 313C, 502-852-0451 Ph.D The Pennsylvania State University, 2021 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Social Epistemology (Esp. Theories of Ignorance, Oppression, Resistance, and Violence), Black American Feminist Philosophy (Esp. Knowledge Production, Ethics, and Politics), African American and Black American Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race, and Social and Political Philosophy