Faculty & Staff

Jessica Pfeifer
Associate Professor and Department Chair
BA, Wesleyan University;
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology,
Natural Necessity, Probability

pfeifer@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2014
PAHB 462

Lisa Cassell
Assistant Professor
B.Comm., Concordia University; MA, University of Western Ontario; PhD, UMass, Amherst

Epistemology, Decision Theory, Philosophy of Science

lcassell@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2038
PAHB 463

Blake Francis
Assistant Professor
BA, Northern Arizona University; MA, University of Montana; Ph.D., Stanford University

Environmental Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Ethics of Technology,
History of Political Philosophy

bfrancis@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 6267
PAHB 467

Mark Hopwood
Assistant Professor
BA, University of Oxford; BPhil, University of Oxford; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Ethics, Political Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy and Literature

mhopwood@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2155
PAHB 461

Joonho Lee
Assistant Professor
BA & MA, Yonsei University
Ph.D., University of Utah

Ancient Chinese Philosophy, Virtue Ethics

joonho.lee@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2103
PAHB 466

Michael Nance
Associate Professor
BA, Hendrix College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

German Social and Political Philosophy from Kant to the Present, especially Kant, Fichte, and Hegel; History of Modern Philosophy, 17th – 19th Centuries; Social and Political Philosophy

nance@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2005
PAHB 455

Greg Ealick
Associate Teaching Professor
BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
MA, Rice University

ealick@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2010
PAHB 464

James Thomas
Associate Teaching Professor
BA ; MA, University of Maryland, College Park

jathomas@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2015
PAHB 468

Patrick Mayer
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
Ph.D., Cornell University

pmayer1@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2025
PAHB 460

Andrew Bridges
Instructor
BA ; M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Critical Thinking

andrew.bridges@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2005
PAHB 458

Daniel Jenkins
Instructor
BA ; MA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

djenki2@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 3843
PAHB 468

Amy Payne
Instructor
B.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
M.A. University of Pittsburgh

Introduction to Philosophy

amypayne@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 3282
PAHB 458

Vanessa Capuano
Academic Program Specialist
BS, York College of Pennsylvania

vanessa@umbc.edu
+1 410 455 2103
PAHB 452

Steve Yalowitz
Associate Professor Emeritus