.jpg) Mary Ann Cutter holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Georgetown University through the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Program. She is the author of numerous publications on the philosophy of disease and bioethical topics, including AIDS, genetics, death and dying, and women’s health care. In 1997, Professor Cutter received a university-wide Service Award for her work in developing genetic protection legislation for the State of Colorado. She serves on numerous ethics boards on local, regional, state, national, and international organizations.Email: mcutter@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4088 Office: CoH 2035 |
 Raphael Sassower received his MA and PhD from Boston University and his BAs in economics and philosophy from Lake Forest College. His areas of prime interest are postmodern technoscience as applied to all the sciences and cultural studies. He has published in the areas of economic and medical theory and methodology, science and technology, postmodernism, education, aesthetics, and Popperian philosophy. Email: rsassowe@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4090 Office: CoH 2031 |
 Dorothea Olkowski, BA, SUNY Binghampton (Philosophy), MA, PhD, Duquensne University. Dorthea Olkowski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Director of the Cognitive Studies Minor. She is the former Chair of the Dept. of Philosophy and former Director of Women's Studies. Specializing in feminist theory, phenomenology and contemporary French philosophy, she has been a Fellow at the University of Western Ontario, Rotman Institute of Philosophy and Science and the Australian National University in Canberra. Her publications include Gilles Deleuze and the Ruin of Representation (University of California Press,1999) and Resistance, Flight, Creation, Feminist Enactments of French Philosophy (Cornell, 2000), as well as Feminist Interpretations of Merleau-Ponty (with Gail Weiss, Penn State University Press, 2006) and The Universal (In the Realm of the Sensible) Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University Press, 2007. Her most recent books, Time in Feminist Phenomenology (with Christina Schües and Helen Fielding) and Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn, are both forthcoming from Indiana University Press.Email: dolkowsk@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4086 Office: CoH 2039 |
 Rex Welshon B.A, Colorado State University (Philosophy), 1981; MA, Colorado State University (Philosophy), 1983; Ph.D, Brown University (Philosophy), 1992. My primary areas of interest include philosophy of mind, cognitive science, Nietzsche, and event theory; areas of competence include logic and American pragmatism. I've written a couple of books on Nietzsche. The first is Nietzsche's Perspectivism, co-authored with Steve Hales (Illinois, 2000) and the second is Nietzsche's Philosophical Thought (Acumen, 2004). I'm currently writing a book called Problems of Consciousness (Acumen, 2007). I'm married to Perrin Cunningham and we have two kids, Anna and Calvin. We ski, hike, ride horses, and go canyoneering in Utah. Email: rwelshon@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4059 Office: CoH 2025A |
 Sonja Tanner M.A, Ph.D the New School for Social Research, BA, History, and BA, Gender Studies, University of California at Irvine. Her areas of specialization are Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy, and Ethics. The classes she teaches include Ancient Philosophy, Hellenistic Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy, and Ethics. Her current research interests include imagination in ancient Greek thought and the comedic dimensions of Platonic dialogues. Email: stanner@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4085 Office: CoH 2041 |
 Lorraine Marie Arangno, MA, University of Georgia, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder. She has served on the Medical Ethics Committee at Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO, and the St. Francis Ethics Committee in Colorado Springs, CO. She also served on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee at UCCS, and now serves as a member of the Student Retention Program. She is the author of several articles including, "Transcendence of the Imminent," "The Technological Imperative: A Commentary on Baby Fae," and "The Ethicist." Current interests and research include: the ethical standing of foster care children; the humane treatment of animals destined for slaughterhouses; the concept of personhood in non-human animals; and the philosophical principles involved in the "Freedom to Roam" initiative.Email: larangno@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4084 Office: CoH 2043 |
Mary Jane Sullivan  Email: msulliva@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4072 Office: CoH 2031 |
 Patrick Yarnell Email: pyarnell@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4072 Office: CoH 2038 |
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Jeff Scholes Jeff's Areas of interest include Christianity and Political Economy, Material Religion and Culture, and Religion and Sports. Email: jscholes@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4089 Office: COH 2033 |
 Erik Hanson holds a BA, University of Colorado, Boulder; an MA, Ancient Philosophy, Bristol University; an MPhil, Kings College London; and his PhD from Purdue University. Erik specializes in Philosophy of Religion and Nineteenth Century Philosophy, particularly Kant, Kierkegaard, and German Idealism. However, he is also interested in Existentialism, Virtue Theory, and Philosophy and Technology. He is currently researching Kierkegaard’s theory of the self and absolute moral categories.Email: ehanson2@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4084 Office: CoH 2043 |
 Allison Postell completed her at BA at Saint Norbert College, in De Pere, WI, and her MA at the University of Dallas, where she is currently finishing her PhD. Her dissertation focuses on how the elementary structures of human thought lead to an understanding of human nature and normative action.Email: apostell@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4010 Office: CoH 1005 |
 Jennifer Jensen received her PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 2008. Her primary areas of interest are metaphysics, free will, and philosophy of religion. She also has interests in applied ethics, especially the ethics of assistance. She began teaching at UCCS in the spring of 2011. She teaches Critical Thinking.Email: jjensen@uccs.edu Office Phone: (719) 255-4072 Office: CoH 2033 |
 Geoffrey Ashton holds a B.A., Loyola Marymount University (Philosophy, Spanish), 1999; M.A., University of Chicago (South Asian Languages and Civilizations), 2004; M.A., Ph.D., University of Hawai‘i (Philosophy), 2011. Geoff has studied Sanskrit and Thai and conducted research at numerous institutions of higher learning in Asia, including Deccan College (Pune, India), the Jñāna-Pravaha Institute (Varanasi, India), Chiang Mai University (Chiang Mai, Thailand), and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand). His areas of specialization include Indian philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, philosophy of religion, and aesthetics. Geoff is currently working on a book that examines Indian models of soteriology through developments in philosophical aesthetics. A separate project of his explores the interrelation between Buddhist meditation practices and social engagement in the writings of the 20th century Thai Buddhist philosopher, Buddhadāsa.Email: gashton@uccs.edu Office Phone: Contact Philosophy Dept. Office: Contact Philosophy Dept. |
 Joseph Kuzma was hired in 2012, from Warwick University, England.Email: joseph.d.kuzma@gmail.com Office: CoH 2038 |
 Fred Bender was hired in 1984, not only to chair the Department, but also to plan its future course and to develop faculty, curriculum, and a major and a minor program. His areas of teaching and scholarship include Environmental Philosophy, Comparative Religions, and Chinese and Indian Philosophy. His work in the area of non-western history of philosophy has become an organic part of the Department’s curriculum. Professor Bender was hired as a Full Professor in the Department. Professor Bender retired in May 2011 and received the honor of Professor Emeritus status at UCCS.Email: fbender@uccs.edu Office Phone: Contact Philosophy Dept. Office: Contact Philosophy Dept. |
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