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View the team that makes up the Department of Philosophy & Religion.

Philosophy and Religion Faculty

Jamie L.
Brummitt

Jamie L. Brummitt

Associate Professor

Theodore
Burgh

Theodore Burgh

Professor

Dara
Delgado

Dara Delgado

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Dorcas
Dennis

Dorcas Dennis

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Matthew C.
Eshleman

Matthew C. Eshleman

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Margaret A Fife

Margaret A
Fife

Margaret A Fife

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Don
Habibi

Don Habibi

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Scott M.
James

Scott M. James

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Beverley Foulks McGuire

Beverley Foulks
McGuire

Beverley Foulks McGuire

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Diana
Pasulka

Diana Pasulka

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Matthew J.
Sayball

Matthew J. Sayball

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Robert H Smithson

Robert H
Smithson

Robert H Smithson

Associate Professor

W. Heath
White

W. Heath White

Department Chair

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Dr. W. Thomas Schmid

Professor: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy

Bear Hall 270
910.962.3409
schmidt@uncw.edu

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Dr. Eric Brandon

Instructor: Philosophy

Bear Hall 201A
brandone@uncw.edu

Dr. Joseph Dunne

Instructor: Philosophy

Bear Hall 201A
dunnej@uncw.edu

Dr. Gaylyn Eddy

Instructor: Religion

910.962.3709
eddyg@uncw.edu

Dr. Joseph Gouverneur

Instructor: Religion

Morton Hall 220
gouverneurj@uncw.edu

Dr. Hammad Hussain

Instructor: Philosophy

Bear Hall 201A
910.962.3709
hussainh@uncw.edu

Mr. Christopher Moreland

Instructor: Religion

morelandc@uncw.edu

Mr. Derrick Nantz

Instructor: Philosophy

nantzd@uncw.edu

Dr. Emilia Sorensen

Instructor: Philosophy

sorensene@uncw.edu

Mr. Anthony Whitley

Instructor: Religion

910.962.3709
whitleya@uncw.edu

Dr. Henry Young

Instructor: Religion

Bear Hall 201A
youngh@uncw.edu

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Roxanne Aikey

Administrative Associate

Bear Hall 269
910.962.3709
aikeyr@uncw.edu

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Dr. Ferenc Altrichter

Dr. Walter H. Conser

Dr. Candace C. Gauthier

Dr. James K. McGowan

Dr. James J. Megivern

Dr. Nathaniel Samuel Murrell

Dr. Gerald Shinn

Dr. Joe Bransford Wilson

Dr. Jenny Yates

Dr. George Zervos