Faculty
Meet the Philosophy Faculty
Lance Factor, Chair George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1970
"My paper, 'Critical Features Theory: The Wetlands Example,' draws on ideas from discussions and field trips in my environmental ethics class-showing how teaching and research often strengthen each other."
Brandon E. PoliteVisiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois-Urbana
Cooperating faculty from other programs
Jason HelferAssociate Professor of Educational Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Frederick HordProfessor 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."
William Frederick Matthews
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion
