Faculty
Carolyn Brighouse
B.A. University of Liverpool
M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California
Email: brighous@oxy.edu
Professor Brighouse’s interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of space and time and philosophy of physics more generally. She teaches some classes in these areas, but also teaches a course on philosophy and science fiction as well as other introductory philosophy courses.
Marcia Homiak
A.B. Mount Holyoke College
Ph.D. Harvard University
Email: homiak@oxy.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/homiak
Professor Homiak teaches courses in philosophy, women’s studies, and ancient history. Her primary philosophical interests are in topics in moral and political philosophy, especially as they are discussed by the three great Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Clair Morrissey
B.A. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: clair.morrissey@gmail.com
Clair Morrissey’s philosophical interests include moral and political philosophy, especially practical ethics and political philosophy. She teaches courses in these areas, particularly bioethics, environmental ethics, international justice and philosophy of race and gender. Clair has two current research projects – the first on the question of jurisdiction for international criminal prosecutions and the nature of the international community (focusing on the status of state sovereignty and cosmopolitanism), the second on ‘ethics methods’ in bioethics.
Kory Schaff
B.A. North Central College
M.A. Loyola University, Chicago
Ph.D. University of California – San Diego
Email: kschaff@oxy.edu
Kory Schaff specializes in moral and political philosophy, particularly in the tradition of Hegel and German Idealism. He teaches courses in these areas as well as philosophy of law, philosophy of economics, critical social theory, and feminist and queer theory. His current research focuses on Hegel and the ethical dimensions of work organization, constitutional issues regarding same-sex marriage, and the ethics and politics of the drug war
Saul Traiger
Chair
B.A. Binghamton University
M.A., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Email: traiger@oxy.edu
Homepage: http://traiger.net
Saul Traiger teaches courses in 17th and 18th century philosophy, the foundations of cognitive science, contemporary epistemology and the philosophy of mind. His research includes work on the historical and conceptual foundations of cognitive science, the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the philosophy of David Hume.
Hal Lauter
Professor Emeritus
B.A., M.A. University of Washington
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Email: lauter@oxy.edu
William Neblett
Professor Emeritus
B.A., M.A. Florida State University
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Email: neblett@oxy.edu