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Current UT students enrolled in the graduate program or majoring in Philosophy, as well as faculty and staff in the Philosophy Department, are encouraged to visit the Department's Blackboard site for more resources.

Welcome to our faculty page.  You may email our faculty members directly from this page or you may click on a faculty member's name for an extended description and further links.

Faculty

Name Title Areas of Interest Email
Richard Aquila, PhD, Northwestern Professor, Associate Department Head & Director of Graduate Studies history of modern philosophy, Kant and Schopenhauer, Sartre raquila@utk.edu
Brian Chance, PhD, University of Pennsylvania  Lecturer history of modern philosophy, Kant bchance@utk.edu
E.J. Coffman, PhD, Notre Dame Assistant Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, action theory ecoffma1@utk.edu
Adam Cureton, B.Phil., Oxford; Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill Assistant Professor Moral and Political Philosophy, Metaethics, Applied Ethics, Kant. adamcureton@utk.edu
Jon Garthoff, PhD, UCLA Assistant Professor Moral and Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Metaphysics garthoff@utk.edu
Adam Kadlac, PhD, University of Virginia Lecturer ethics, social and political philosophy akadlac@utk.edu
Shidan Lotfi, PhD, Florida State University Lecturer philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, ethics slotfi@utk.edu
J. Colin McQuillan, PhD, Emory University Lecturer Kant, History of Modern Philosophy, Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy jmcquill@utk.edu
John Nolt, PhD, Ohio State University Professor logic, environmental philosophy, Nietzsche nolt@utk.edu
David Palmer, PhD, University of Texas Assistant Professor metaphysics, philosophy of mind, action theory dpalmer6@utk.edu
Matthew Pamental, PhD, Indiana University Lecturer American Philosophy, Dewey, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Education mpamenta@utk.edu
David Reidy, PhD, University of Kansas; JD, Indiana University Professor & Head of Department political philosophy, philosophy of law,history of ethics dreidy@utk.edu
J. Clerk Shaw, PhD, Washington University-St. Louis. Assistant Professor ancient philosophy jshaw15@utk.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Name Title Email
Alfred D. Beasley, M.D. Director of Graduate Medical Education beasley1@utk.edu
Allen Dunn, Ph.D. Professor of English ardunn@utk.edu
Annette Mendola, PhD Clinical Ethicist, University of Tennessee Medical Center mendola@utk.edu
Carl Wagner, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics wagner@math.utk.edu

Emeritus, Retired, and Deceased Faculty

Name Title Email
Jim Bennett Retired Associate Professor jobennet@utk.edu
Kathy Bohstedt Retired Associate Professor kbohsted@utk.edu
Sheldon Cohen Professor Emeritus scohen@utk.edu
Rem Edwards Professor Emeritus remb@utk.edu
Glenn Graber Professor Emeritus ggraber@utk.edu
Phil Hamlin Retired Associate Professor phamlin@utk.edu
John Hardwig Professor Emeritus jhardwig@utk.edu
Betsy Postow Professor (Deceased)  
Lee Shepski Assistant Professor (Deceased)