Faculty

David Cain
Distinguished Professor of Religion

Kierkegaard studies, Elie Wiesel, religion and literature, contemporary Christian theology, theodicy, dialogue among religions
dcain(at)umw.edu

Craig Vasey
Chairperson for Classics, Philosophy & Religion; Professor of Philosophy

Contemporary French and German philosophy, Marx, Nietzsche, feminism, race, phenomenology and existentialism
cvasey(at)umw.edu

David Ambuel
Professor of Philosophy; Kurt F. Leidecker Chair of Asian Studies

Ancient Greek philosophy, Indian and Asian philosophy, history of philosophy, Kant, philosophy of logic
dambuel(at)umw.edu

Mehdi Aminrazavi
Professor of Philosophy & Religion; Kurt F. Leidecker Chair of Asian Studies

Medieval philosophy, Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Eastern religions, metaphysics
maminraz(at)umw.edu

James Goehring
Professor of Religion

Coptic language and literature, early Christian studies, late antique Egypt, Asceticism, Gnosticism
jgoehrin(at)umw.edu

Nina Mikhalevsky

Professor of Philosophy

Aesthetics, ethics, political and social theory, history of philosophy
nmik(at)umw.edu

Liane Houghtalin
Associate Professor of Classics

Greek and Roman archaeology, Greek and Latin languages and literatures, ancient numismatics
lhoughta(at)umw.edu

Joeseph Romero
Associate Professor of Classics

Latin Literature, European Lyric, History of Ideas
jromero(at)umw.edu

Angela Gosetti-Murrayjohn
Associate Professor of Classics

agosetti(at)umw.edu

Mary Beth Matthews

Assistant Professor of Religion

Religion in America
mmathews(at)umw.edu

Jason Matzke

Assitant Professor of Philosophy

Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Thinking
jmatzke(at)umw.edu

Samantha Moody

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

Logic, Aesthetics
smoody(at)umw.edu

Diane Hatch
Professor of Classics

Greek and Latin languages, Homer, Greek tragedy, Augustan poetry, women in antiquity
dhatch(at)umw.edu

Janet Wishner
Professor of Philosophy