Full-Time Faculty
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James ConnellyAssociate Professor (Teaching Intensive) B.A. (University of Alberta), M.A. (University of Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (York) Office: Rm 175, Trent Durham, Phone: (905) 435-5102 x. 5056, Email: jamesconnelly@trentu.ca Research Interests: Wittgenstein; Russell; History of Analytic Philosophy; Philosophy of Language |
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Leo GroarkeProfessor; Trent University President and Vice-Chancellor Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Informal Logic; Argumentation Theory |
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Michael HicksonAssociate Professor, Department Chair Office: ECS 110, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 6040/7278, Email: michaelhickson@trentu.ca, michaelhickson.ca Research Interests: Early Modern Philosophy; Epistemology (especially skepticism); Ethics
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Moira HowesAssociate Professor Office: GCS 347, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7108, Email: mhowes@trentu.ca Research Interests: Philosophy of Science (especially biology); Epistemology; Metaphysics; Practical Reasoning |
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Douglas McDermidProfessor Office: CC G13, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7099, Email: dmcdermi@trentu.ca Research Interests: Metaphysics; Epistemology; Modern Philosophy |
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Kathryn NorlockProfessor; Kenneth Mark Drain Endowed Chair in Ethics Office: ECN 119, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7449, Email: kathrynnorlock@trentu.ca Research Interests: Ethics; Feminist philosophy; Environmental philosophy; Sociopolitical issues |
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Melanie Rosen Assistant Professor Office: ECN 130.2 Phone: (705) 748-1011 x6043, Email: melanierosen@trentu.ca Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science; |
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Byron StoylesAssociate Professor Office: ECS 110 Phone: (705) 748-1011 x7096, Email: byronstoyles@trentu.ca Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Ethical Theory; Applied Ethics; Death and end-of-life issues |
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Janice FengAssistant Professor (joint with Political Studies) Office: ECS 121 Phone: (705) 748-1011 x6371, Email: janicefeng@trentu.ca Research Interests: history of political thought, settler colonial studies and Indigenous political thought, feminist and queer theory, critical theory and continental philosophy, and post-colonial political thought |
Limited Term Appointments
Nicole Fice
Office: ECN 130.1
Email: nfice@trentu.ca
Boyd Millar
Office: CC E1.4
Email: boydmillar@trentu.ca
Martina Orlandi
Office: A169 (Durham)
Email: martinaorlandi@trentu.ca
Professors Emeriti
Constantin V. Boundas
M.A., Ph.D. (Purdue)
John W. Burbidge
Robert Carter
David Gallop
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Christine McKinnonProfessor Emeritus Research Interests: Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; Wittgenstein |
Michael Neumann
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Lionel Rubinoff |