
Years at Knox: 1992 to present
Education
Ph.D., 1992, University of Notre Dame.
B.A., 1976, University of Rhode Island.
Teaching Interests
Philosophies of feminism, moral life in literature, existentialism, modern philosophy, philosophy of science, postmodernism, philosophy and fantasy, symbolic logic
Recent Recognition
Awards
Knox Faculty Development Award, 1998.
Recent Accomplishments
Publications
"Morality at Sea." The Journal of Philosophy and Literature. Forthcoming.
"Resentment and Impartiality." Southern Journal of Philosophy, 1998.
Campus & Community Involvement
Executive Committee of the Faculty, Knox College.
Contact
309-341-7310
wyoung@knox.edu
The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, Knox Wind Ensemble, and individual music students perform in concert and recital, November 13 through 17 at Knox College.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Elisabeth Herrmann of the University of Alberta gives the 2009 Johnson Lecture, "Mapping Germany from a Cultural Perspective Twenty Years after the Fall of the Wall," November 13 at Knox College.
Severed heads, a ghost in the well -- the Knox College Japanese Club marks Halloween by building a "Kimodameshi," which led visitors through scenes drawn from traditional Japanese ghost stories.