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Faculty

Cameron BucknerCameron Buckner, Associate Professor
713.743.3079
cjbuckner@uh.edu
509 Agnes Arnold Hall

B.A., B.S. Texas Tech University
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence
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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 2012
Ethics, Philosophy of Action
Website

James W. Garson

James W. Garson, Professor
(713) 743-3205
jgarson@uh.edu
504 Agnes Arnold Hall

B.A., Haverford College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Logic, Modal Logic, Formal Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Mathematics
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Helen Hattab

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

B.A., Trenton State College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Early Modern Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Renaissance and Early Modern Science, Medieval Philosophy
website

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

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

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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
Website

David K. Phillips

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

B.A., Oxford
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Ethics, History of Ethics
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Tamler Sommers

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

B.A. (English), University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. (Philosophy), Duke University
Ethics, Moral Psychology, Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Website

Josh Weisberg

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

B.A., New York University
M.A., Ph.D., City University of New York
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Website

 

Instructors and Affiliate Faculty

Edwin Aiman

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

Iain Morrison

Iain Morrison, Instructional Assistant Professor (Honors College)
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 B.A., Wesleyan University; B.D. Yale University; Ph. D., Yale University
    Philosophy of Religion, Inductive Logic and Decision Theory
    waustin410@comcast.net
  • Cynthia A. Freeland,  Moores Professor Emeritus
    B.A., Michigan State University
    M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
    Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
    cfreeland@uh.edu
    Website

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

  • William N. Nelson , Professor Emeritus
    B.A., Harvard University, Ph.D., Cornell University
    Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law 
    wnelson@uh.edu

 

Staff

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

Students

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