For further information about individual faculty members, click on their names.
Full-time Professors
Anthony J. Ellis, M.A. (University of London):
ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law; ajellis@vcu.edu
Eugene Mills, Ph.D. (University of California
at Berkeley): philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology; emills@vcu.edu
Donald Smith, Ph.D. (University of Notre
Dame), Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of
Religion, Logic, and Epistemology; dpsmith@.vcu.edu
Mikhail (Mike) Valdman, Ph.D. (Rutgers): Ethics, Politics; mvaldman@vcu.edu
Ken Akiba, Ph.D. (University of Southern California): Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic; kakiba@vcu.edu
John-Michael Kuczynski, Ph.D. (University of California at Santa Barbara): Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Poltical and Legal Philosophy
Emeritus Professor
Robert Redmon, Ph.D. (University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill): philosophy of language, history of modern philosophy, logic;
rbredmon@vcu.edu
Adjunct Instructors (Part-time)
Stephen Carey, Ph.D. (Duquesne University): social and political
philosophy, ethics; svcarey@mail1.vcu.edu
Brian Deane, M.A. (University of Dayton): Taoism, critical thinking
Jonathan Shear, Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley): philosophy of
mind, eastern philosophy; jcs@infionline.net
James Scow, Ph.D. (Columbia University): Logic, Metaphysics, Language, Ethics; jwscow@mail1.vcu.edu
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Anthony Ellis, Department Chair: ajellis@vcu.edu
Diane Bentley, Secretary: dbentley@vcu.edu
Webmaster e.mail: ajellis@vcu.edu
Revised 08/31/2006