- Department of Philosophy
- People
- Emeritus
Emeritus Faculty
- Harold I. Brown, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Northwestern)
philosophy of science, epistemology
hibrown@niu.edu - David J. Buller, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Northwestern)
philosophy of science, logic and philosophy of logic, history of analytic philosophy - James Dye (1934-2016), Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Tulane)
ancient Greek philosophy, 18th century philosophy, philosophy of religion - C. Michael Gelven (1937-2018), Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Washington University)
metaphysics, Heidegger, Kant, Nietzsche, philosophy in literature, philosophy of war - James Hudson, Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins)
ethics, social and political philosophy, analytic philosophy
jhudson@niu.edu - Tomis Kapitan (1949-2016), Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Indiana)
metaphysics, philosophy of language, international ethics - James King, Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Notre Dame)
ethics, philosophy of law, modern philosophy
jtking@niu.edu - Theodore Kisiel (1930-2021), Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Duquesne)
phenomenology, hermeneutics of natural science, history of philosophy, metaphysics - William Tolhurst (1947-2011), Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
ethical theory, aesthetics, Chinese philosophy - E. W. van Steenburgh, Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Michigan)
philosophy of mind - Sharon Sytsma, Associate Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Loyola)
ethical theory, biomedical ethics, ancient Greek philosophy
ssytsma@niu.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Dorothy Coleman, Adjunct Associate Professor (Ph.D., Penn State)
Hume, Kant, modern philosophy, epistemology, ethics
dcoleman@niu.edu
Contact Us
Department of Philosophy
Zulauf Hall 915
philosophy@niu.edu
815-753-0333
Undergraduate Advisor
Prof. Steve Daskal
Zulauf 1026
sdaskal@niu.edu
Graduate Advisor
Prof. Lenny Clapp
Zulauf 903
lclapp@niu.edu
Department Chair
Jason Hanna
Zulauf 902
jhanna@niu.edu