Northern Illinois University

Department of Philosophy

Regular Faculty

Valia Allori, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Rutgers)
philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics
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David J. Buller, Presidential Research Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern)
philosophy of biology, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of science
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Mylan Engel, Jr., Associate Professor (Ph.D., Arizona), Undergraduate Advisor
epistemology, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, Thomas Reid, animal rights
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Alicia Finch, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Notre Dame),
metaphysics, ancient Greek philosophy, philosophy of religion, feminist philosophy
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C. Michael Gelven, Distinguished Research Professor (Ph.D., Washington University)
metaphysics, Heidegger, Kant, Nietzsche, philosophy in literature, philosophy of war
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Carl Gillett, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Rutgers), Graduate Advisor
philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion
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Jason Hanna, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Colorado)
normative and applied ethics
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Tomis Kapitan, Presidential Teaching Professor (Ph.D., Indiana)
metaphysics, philosophy of language, international ethics
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Geoffrey Pynn, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Yale)
Epistemology, Early Modern Philosophy
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Sharon Sytsma, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Loyola)
ethical theory, biomedical ethics, ancient Greek philosophy
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William Tolhurst, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Connecticut)
moral epistemology, philosophy of art
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Visiting Faculty

Nicoleta Apostol, Instructor (M.A., Northern Illinois University)
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John Beaudoin, Instructor (Ph.D., Iowa)
philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of law
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Matthew Pamental, Instructor (Ph.D., Indiana)
American philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of education
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Emeritus Faculty

Harold Brown, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Northwestern)
philosophy of science, epistemology
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James Dye, Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Tulane)
ancient Greek philosophy, 18th century philosophy, philosophy of religion
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James Hudson, Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins)
ethics, social and political philosophy, analytic philosophy
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James King, Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Notre Dame)
ethics, philosophy of law, modern philosophy
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Theodore Kisiel, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Duquesne)
phenomenology, hermeneutics of natural science, history of philosophy, metaphysics
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E. W. van Steenburgh, Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Michigan)
philosophy of mind


Adjunct Faculty

Dorothy Coleman, Adjunct Associate Professor (Ph.D., Penn State)
Hume, Kant, modern philosophy, epistemology, ethics
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