Marcia Homiak
Professor and Chair
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.

Carolyn Brighouse
Associate Professor
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.

Alan Tomhave

Visiting Assistant Professor

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

M.A., St. John's College

M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri

Email: tomhave@oxy.edu

 

Alan Tomhave's interests fall into political philosophy and applied ethics.  His primary concern is the conflict between personal liberties and communal obligations, and the foundations of said liberties and obligations.  In addition, he works in the areas of Asian and comparative philosophy.

Kory Schaff
Assistant Professor
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
Professor
B.A. State University of New York at Binghamton
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