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Meet the Philosophy Faculty

Lance Factor Lance Factor, Chair
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1970
"I take seriously the search for an environmental ethic that will treat animals and habitats as possessing significant worth."
William Young William Young
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1992
Daniel Wack Daniel Wack
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2009
Brandon PoliteBrandon E. Polite
Visiting Instructor of Philosophy
Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois-Urbana

Cooperating faculty from other programs

Jason Helfer Jason Helfer
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Frederick HordFrederick Hord
Professor of Black Studies
Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987
"My most immediate projects are in the areas of Black Studies theory, African American literary criticism, Black psychology traditions, and the status of Blacks in Latin America."
Emeritus faculty

William Frederick Matthews
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion

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Academic News

KnoxReads Online Book Club Makes Debut

Knox College introduces KnoxReads, an online book discussion. The first selection is "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World," by writer and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright, who visits Knox on February 28.

Knox Student Polishes Spanish Skills in Costa Rica

After struggling in Spanish courses, Knox College student Matt McKinney participates in a study abroad program in Costa Rica, where he finds that 'Spanish suddenly made sense to me.'

Knox Student Interns in Germany with Dance-Focused Group

Erin McKinstry, who is majoring in modern languages at Knox, applies what she's learned in the classroom while completing a summer internship in Berlin.

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