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Randall Auxier, Professor
Communication Studies and Philosophy
Randall Auxier was educated in the philosophy departments of the University of Memphis (B.A. 1986 and M.A. 1988) and Emory University (MA 1991 and Ph.D, 1992). His specialization in semiotics and symbol theory prepared him for a career spanning from extensive work in logic and metaphysics to popular culture and practical ethics, all based on symbolic and semiotic systems.
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Matthew Brown, Professor, Director of Center for Dewey Studies
Philosophy
Matthew J. Brown specializes in Pragmatism and American Philosophy (esp. John Dewey), 19th and 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science, Comics Studies. He is the author of Science and Moral Imagination: A New Ideal for Values in Science (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020), which explores the role of values in science and the scientific basis of values from a broadly pragmatist perspective.View Full Bio
Alwin C. Carus, Professor and Archivist
Philosophy
Nicholas Guardiano specializes in American transcendentalism and pragmatism (esp. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Peirce), metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of nature, semiotics, and nineteenth-century American art. He teaches broadly in the history of philosphy, and he oversees the philosophy collections at the Special Collections Research Center.
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Alfred Frankowski, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy
Alfred Frankowski specializes in Critical Philosophy of Race, African American and Africana Philosophy, Aesthetics, Post-Colonialism and Critical Genocide Studies. He also specializes in19th and 20th Century European Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy and Contemporary Global Political Philosophy.View Full Bio
Faner, Room 3331
618-453-7435
alfred.frankowski@siu.edu
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Robert Hahn, Professor, Director of Ancient Legacies Program
Philosophy
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, Yale University, May 1976
M. Phil., Philosophy, Yale University, May 1975
M.A., Philosophy, Yale University, December 1975
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Joseph Smith, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Philosophy
Philosophy, Africana Studies
Dr. Joseph L. Smith has a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor in the School of Africana and Multicultural Studies, and the School of History and Philosophy. Smith received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2020), an LL.M. in International Economic Law from Xiamen University (2021), M.A. in Black Theology from Union Theological Seminary in NYC (2006), and a B.A. in Philosophy from Kutztown University (2001). Smith's teaching and research interests include Black Male Studies, Africana Philosophy, Foucault Studies, Prison Studies, and the emergence of the Breton-Woods Institute, WTO, Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements.View Full Bio
Faner 4032
618-453-7145
smithjl@siu.edu
F: 618-453-7131
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Kenneth Stikkers, Professor
Philosophy
Kenneth Stikkers earned his PhD at DePaul University and arrived at SIUC in 1997. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He has also been a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico, the University of Warsaw, the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and Ca'Foscari University, Venice, Italy. His areas of specialization are American philosophy (Wm. James, African American philosophy), contemporary continental philosophy (Max Scheler, Michel Foucault), and philosophy of economics. He has published three books and over 90 chapters and articles. His most recent book is "Philosophy in the Time of Economic Crisis." Recently he received the Stuart Hall Award, for outstanding mentorship.View Full Bio
Faner, Room 3022
618-453-7433
kstikker@siu.edu
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Andrew Youpa, Professor, Program Coordinator
Philosophy
Andrew Youpa specializes in early modern philosophy, history of ethics, and contemporary ethics. He is the author of The Ethics of Joy: Spinoza on the Empowered Life (Oxford University Press, 2020). He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2002 from the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Youpa joined the faculty in the Department of Philosophy at SIU in 2003.
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