Faculty & Research

James Connelly

Associate Professor & Associate Chair (Durham)
B.A. (University of Alberta), M.A. (University of Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (York)

Trent Durham, Phone: (905) 435-5102 x. 5056,

Email:  jamesconnelly@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Wittgenstein; Russell; History of Analytic Philosophy;

 Philosophy of Language

Janice Feng

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

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

Leo Groarke

Professor of Philosophy; 8th President of Trent University
BA (Calgary), MA (Calgary), PhD (Western)

Phone: 705 748 7181

Email: leogroarke@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Logic, Informal Logic; Visual and Multimodal Argument, Argumentation Theory

Michael Hickson

Associate Professor, Department Chair
BA (Western), MA (Catholic University of America), PhD (Western)

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 6040/7278

Email:  michaelhickson@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Early Modern Philosophy; History of Skepticism; Philosophy of Religion

Moira Howes

Associate Professor
B.Sc., M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Western)

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)

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7099

Email:  dmcdermi@trentu.ca

Research Interests: History of Scottish philosophy, History of American philosophy, Philosophy of religion, and Philosophy and literature. 

Boyd Millar

Limited-Term Assistant Professor
B.A. (Mount Allison), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)

Phone: 705-748-1011 x6069

Email:  boydmillar@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Epistemology (especially social epistemology); Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Perception

Kathryn Norlock

Professor; Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences (Interim)
BA (Northern Illinois University), MA & PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7449

Email:  kathrynnorlock@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Ethics; Moral Psychology; Feminist philosophy; Social Philosophy

Dennis Papadopoulos

Limited-Term Assistant Professor
BA (York), MA (Concordia), PhD (York)

Email:  dennispapadopoulos@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Animal Ethics, Social-Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind

Melanie Rosen

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

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.

Matthew Scarfone

Limited-Term Assistant Professor
BA Acadia, MA Carleton, PhD McGill

Email:  matthewscarfone@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Ethics, Epistemology, Social-Political Philosophy

Byron Stoyles

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

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x7096

Email: byronstoyles@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Ethical Theory; Applied Ethics; Death and end-of-life issues

Christine Freeman-Roth

Head of Colleges, Principal of Lady Eaton College
BA (Guelph), MA (Waterloo),PhD (Waterloo) 

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 7625

Email: cfreemanroth@trentu.ca  

Research Interests: Ethical Theory; Applied Ethics (especially Biomedical Ethics and the Ethics of Leadership); Philosophy of Food.

Martina Orlandi

Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence Studies
Ph.D (McGill University)

Phone: (705) 748-1011 x 5261

Email: martinaorlandi@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Action; Moral Psychology; Epistemology

Website: https://www.martina-orlandi.com/