Faculty

Regular Faculty

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Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr., Chair

Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., P.h.D., U.C. Riverside
Robert Sanchez specializes in Mexican/Latinx/Latin American philosophy, as well as existentialism, and he has interests in the philosophy of race, the philosophy of food, and the history of philosophy. He co-hosts a blog on Mexican philosophy. 
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Season Blake

Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Indiana University
Susan Blake's teaching and research interests include theory of knowledge, early Chinese philosophy, philosophy of perception, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.
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Carolyn Brighouse

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs; Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy
B.A., University of Liverpool; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Caro Brighouse's interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of space and time, and philosophy of physics.
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Professor Clair Morrissey

Clair Morrissey

Professor, Philosophy
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Clair Morrissey is a moral philosopher who specializes in practical ethics and political philosophy.
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Professor Ryan Preston-Roedder

Ryan Preston-Roedder

Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., New York University
Ryan Preston-Roedder specializes in moral and political philosophy, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion.
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Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Erica Preston-Roedder

Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A. Stanford University; M.S., UNC Chapel Hill; Ph.D., New York University
Erica Preston-Roedder specializes in applied ethics. She also has interests in philosophy of race/gender, public philosophy, and philosophy of psychology.  In recent work with Occidental College…
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Professor Dylan Sabo

Dylan Sabo

Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dylan Sabo’s areas of philosophical interest include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of language. 
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Emeriti/ae Faculty

Professor Marcia Homiak
Marcia Homiak
Professor, Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)
Philosophy
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
homiak@oxy.edu

Marcia Homiak taught courses in philosophy, women's studies and ancient history.

Professor Saul Traiger
Saul Traiger
Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy; Emeritus (1985-2021)
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
traiger@oxy.edu

Saul Traiger teaches courses in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, the foundations of cognitive science, contemporary epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.

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Swan Hall 203
Phone: (323) 259-2792
philosophy@oxy.edu

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