Faculty & Research

James Connelly

  Associate 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

Leo Groarke

Professor; Trent University President and Vice-Chancellor
B.A. (Calgary), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Western)

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Informal Logic; Argumentation Theory

Michael Hickson

Associate Professor, Department Chair
Ph.D. (Western)

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

Moira Howes

Associate Professor
B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.

Office: GCS 347,  Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7108, Email: mhowes@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Philosophy of Science (especially biology); Epistemology; Metaphysics; Practical Reasoning

Douglas McDermid

Professor
B.A. (Western), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)

Office: CC G13, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7099, Email:  dmcdermi@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Metaphysics; Epistemology; Modern Philosophy

Kathryn Norlock

Professor; Kenneth Mark Drain Endowed Chair in Ethics
Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)

Office: ECN 119, Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7449, Email: kathrynnorlock@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Ethics; Feminist philosophy; Environmental philosophy; Sociopolitical issues

Melanie Rosen

  Assistant Professor
  B.A./B.F.A, M.A. (Auckland University), Ph.D. (Macquarie University)

Office:  ECN 130.2 Phone: (705) 748-1011 x6043, Email: melanierosen@trentu.ca

  Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science;  
  Altered States of Consciousness; Dreams; Delusions;
  Memory; Perception.

Byron Stoyles

Associate Professor
B.A. (Huron University College), M.A., Ph.D. (Western)

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

Janice Feng

Assistant Professor (joint with Political Studies)
B.A. (University of Alberta), M.A. (University of Victoria), Ph.D. (University of Michigan)

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

Christine McKinnon

Professor Emeritus
B.A. (McGill), B.Phil., D.Phil. (Oxford)

cmckinnon@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; Wittgenstein

Lionel Rubinoff

lrubinoff@trentu.ca