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Faculty

David K. Phillips

David K. Phillips, Professor and Chair
(713) 743-3120
dphillips@uh.edu
511 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., Cornell University
Ethics, History of Ethics

 

D. Justin Coates

D. Justin Coates, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
(713) 743-3010
djcoates@uh.edu
501 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Ethics, Philosophy of Action

 

Helen Hattab

Helen Hattab, Professor
(713) 743-4147
hhattab@uh.edu
502 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Early Modern Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy

 

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Yael Rebecca Loewenstein, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
(713) 743-7322
yrloewenstein@uh.edu
509 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., University of Arizona
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

 

Christy Mag Uidhir

Christy Mag Uidhir, Associate Professor
(713) 743-4458
cmaguidhir@gmail.com
510 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., Rutgers University
Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

 

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Luis R. G. Oliveira, Associate Professor
lrolivei@central.uh.edu 
(713) 743-7357
505 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Epistemology, Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Religion

 

Tamler Sommers

Tamler Sommers, Professor 
(713) 743-3032
tssommers@uh.edu
514 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., Duke University
Ethics, Moral Psychology, Free Will and Moral Responsibility

 

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Alejandro Vesga, Assistant Professor 
(713) 743-6814
ajvesgap@central.uh.edu
507 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., Cornell University
Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Social Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy.

 

Josh Weisberg

Josh Weisberg, Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions
(713) 743-3200
jweisberg@uh.edu
515 Agnes Arnold Hall

Ph.D., City University of New York
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science

 

Instructors and Affiliate Faculty

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Edwin Aiman, Lecturer 
654 Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-3632
eaiman@uh.edu

Nick Drapela

Nick Drapela, Lecturer
ngdrapel@central.uh.edu 

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Curtis Haaga, Lecturer 
654 Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-3632
chaaga@uh.edu

Iain Morrison

Iain Morrison, Honors College Faculty
204c M.D. Anderson Memorial Library
(713) 743- 9022
imorrison@uh.edu

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Andrew Werner, Lecturer
PhD University of Chicago 2017
Kant and German Idealism, 20
th Century Continental
AH 504
Website
atwerner@uh.edu

Emeritus Faculty

William H. Austin, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Yale University
Philosophy of Religion, Inductive Logic and Decision Theory
waustin410@comcast.net

 
Gregory A. Brown, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Maryland
History of Early Modern Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science
gbrown@uh.edu 

Cynthia A. Freeland, Moores Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
cfreeland@uh.edu 

James W. Garson, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Logic, Modal Logic, Formal Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Mathematics
jgarson@uh.edu
 
William N. Nelson, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Cornell University
Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law 
wnelson@uh.edu

 

Staff

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Sue Schindler, Academic Advisor
503 Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-4145
bschindler@uh.edu 

Students

Graduate Students