Loyola University Maryland

Philosophy Department

Faculty & Staff

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Chairs

	Richard P. Boothby Department Chair Ph.D., Philosophy, Boston University, 1987 Office: Humanities Center 050D 410-617-2890 boothby@loyola.edu Research Interests: Psychoanalysis and Philosophical Psychology, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Contemporary Continental Philosophy
	Paul Richard Blum T. J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy Ph.D. - University of München (Germany), 1978 Office: HU 050E 410-617-2815 prblum@loyola.edu Research Interests: History of Philosophy, Philosophy in the Renaissance, Jesuit and Modern Scholastic Philosophy
	Rev. John J. Conley, S.J. Bernard P. Knott Chair of Philosophy and Theology Docteur en philosophie, Université catholique de Louvain (1988) Office: HU O42M 410-617-2665 jconley1@loyola.edu Research Interests: Modern French Philosophy; Ethics; Aesthetics

Professors

	Drew Leder Ph.D. - Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1987 Office: HU 050o 410-617-2325 dleder@loyola.edu Research Interests: Cross-cultural Spirituality, Philosophy of the Body, Philosophy of Medicine, Asian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
	Graham McAleer D. Phil. Catholic University of Louvain Office: HU 050H 410-617-2027 gmcaleer@loyola.edu Research Interests: Business Ethics, Moral Theory, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Catholic Social Thought, Phenomenology, Medieval Philosophy

Associate Professors

	Paul J. Bagley Ph.D. The School of Mental and Moral Science, Trinity College, Dublin University Office: HU 050C 410-617-2929 pbagley@loyola.edu Research Interests: Early Modern Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Spinoza, Plato, Political Philosophy
	Frank Cunningham Ph.D. Fordham University (1974) Office: HU 050F 410-617-2500 fcunning@loyola.edu Research Interests: Plato, American Pragmatism, Process Philosophy, Bioethics
	Bret Davis Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University (Philosophy), 2001 Office: HU 050P 410-617-5697 bwdavis@loyola.edu Research Interests: Japanese Philosophy, with a focus on the Kyoto School, East Asian Buddhist Philosophy, with a focus on Zen, Continental Philosophy, with a focus on Heidegger, Cross-Cultural Philosophy, including hermeneutical and ethical issues, Comparative Philosophy, especially of Religion
	Catriona Hanley Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, 1997 Office: HU 050Q 410-617-2430 chanley@loyola.edu Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, esp. Aristotle, Continental Philosophy, esp. Heidegger, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Peace
	Dale Snow Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta GA 1984 Office: HU 050G 410-617-2026 Dsnow2@loyola.edu Research Interests: German Idealism, History of Modern Philosophy, Feminism
	Timothy J. Stapleton Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State University (1978) Office: HU 050N 410-617-2555 tstapleton@loyola.edu Research Interests: Phenomenology, Existentialism, History of Philosophy

Assistant Professors

	Mavis Biss Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011 Office: HU 050L 410-617-5972 mlbiss@loyola.edu Research Interests: Ethics, including feminist ethics, Kant’s ethical, social and historical philosophy, 19th century German philosophy
	Jeffrey C. Witt Ph.D. Philosophy, Boston College, 2012 Office: HU 050M 410-617-2947 jcwitt@loyola.edu http://jeffreycwitt.com Research Interests: Late-Medieval Philosophy, Fourteenth Century Thought, Philosophy of Religion
	Fuat Gursozlu Binghamton University, 2010 HU-050k 410-617-5229 fgursozlu@loyola.edu Research Interests: Social Political Philosophy.

Affiliate Professors

	Nina Guise-Gerrity HU-050n 410-617-2010 nguisegerrity@loyola.edu
	Stephen Webber HU-050h 410-617-5234 sweber@loyola.edu

Staff

Lisa M. Flaherty Administrative Assistant

lflaherty@loyola.edu