Philosophy Program

Faculty

Department Chair Michael Minch  
Associate Dept. Chair Karen Mizell  
Academic Advisor Erin Donahoe-Rankin (801) 863-6717, donahoer@uvu.edu, LA-109f
Administrative Assistant Jamie Holdaway (801) 863-8352
Faculty Scott Abbott Ph.D. German Literature, Princeton University
M.A. German Literature, BYU
B.S.
AOS: German Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy
Brian Birch Ph.D. Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University
M.S. Philosophy, University of Utah
B.S. Philosophy, University of Utah.
AOS: Philosophy of religion, ethics, and Wittgenstein
  Jeffrey W. Bulger Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
M.A. Exegetical Theology, Western Seminary-Portland
B.S. Geology/Petroleum Engineering minor in Mathematics, University of North Dakota-Grand Forks
AOS: Theoretical and Professional Ethics
  Elaine Englehardt Ph.D. Communication/Philosophy, University of Utah
M.A. Communication, Brigham Young University
B.A. Communication, Brigham Young University
AOS: Ethics, ethics across the curriculum, communication ethics, media ethics, organizational ethics, interpersonal ethics, bioethics
  Jenny Gooch M.Ed. Reading Specialist, University of Utah
B.S. Public Health, University of Utah
AOS: Ethics
  Larry Harper M.A. English, Brigham Young University
B.A. English, Brigham Young University
AOS: Ethics
  David R. Keller Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Georgia
Graduate Certificate Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia
M.A. Philosophy, Boston College
B.A. English & Philosophy, Franklin & Marshall College
AOS: Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Ecology
  Pierre Lamarche Ph.D. Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
M.A. Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Physics, University of Toronto
AOS: existential phenomenology, critical theory, post-structuralism, Marxism, history of scepticism
  Michael Minch Ph.D. Program in Political Thought, University of Utah
M.Div. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A. History, Grand Canyon College
AOS: Political Philosophy, Democratic Theory, Peace and Justice, Moral Theory, and Christian Theology and Political Theory
  Karen Mizell Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
M.A. Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
B.A. Philosophy, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio
AOS: Philosophy of Childhood, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Education, and Ethics
  Shannon Mussett Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University
M.A. Philosophy, Villanova University
B.A. Philosophy, Goucher College
AOS: German Idealism, Existentialism, Feminist Theory and Psychoanalytic Theory
  R. Dennis Potter M.A. Philosophy, Florida State University
B.A. Philosophy, Brigham Young University
AOS: Logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of religion, and history of analytic philosophy
  Michael Shaw Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University
AOS: Ancient philosophy
  Christine Weigel Ph.D. Philosophy, Temple University
B.A. Philosophy Lawrence University
B.M. Music Performance, Lawrence University
AOS: Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

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