Le Moyne College

Full-Time Faculty:

Lynne Arnault (1984).

Associate Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.
email: arnaulls@lemoyne.edu

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer (2008).

Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer taught at American University of Sharjah (AUS), Colorado College, and the University of Chicago, where he received the Booth Prize for teaching. He wrote The ecological life: discovering citizenship and a sense of humanity (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), and has written for the Arab Urban Development Institute's and the World Bank's volume on improving education for children and youth in the Middle East and North Africa regions, L'annuaire français de relations internationales, Social Theory and Practice, Ethics, Philosophical Practice, Conservation Biology, and Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.  In the UAE, he was a columnist for one of Dubai's widest circulation daily papers and a radio talk-show host.  Jeremy grew up in New Hartford, NY.
email: keymerjd@lemoyne.edu
"Species extinction and the vice of thoughtlessness"
"The United States and Human Rights"
"Wantonness in the heart"

Thomas Brockelman (1994).

Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook.

Thomas Brockelman is the author of Zižek and Heidegger: The Question Concerning Techno-capitalism (Continuum, 2008), The Frame and the Mirror: on Collage and the Postmodern (Northwestern, 2001), and numerous articles in architectural theory, aesthetics and psychoanalytic theory. His research interests include modern and postmodern studies and critical theory. Beyond his duties in Le Moyne’s Core curriculum and the program in Integral Honors, he teaches departmental courses in philosophy and technology, Freud and philosophy, aesthetics and the history of philosophy.
email: brocketp@lemoyne.edu

William Day (1997).

Associate Professor of Philosophy. B.A., St. John's College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. 

William Day writes on aesthetics and moral perfectionist thought, with particular focus on the work of Wittgenstein, Cavell, Emerson, and Confucian thinkers.  He is contributing co-editor (with Victor J. Krebs) of Seeing Wittgenstein Anew (Cambridge UP, in production, scheduled release 1/2010). Other publications include articles and book chapters on jazz and on film.  He teaches courses in the philosophy of art, American philosophy, theory of knowledge, and the philosophy of language, as well as in the core and integral honors curriculums. When attending meetings of the American Society for Aesthetics he transmogrifies into the pianist for their resident jazz group Aesthetic Attitude.
email: daywb@lemoyne.edu
William Day's curriculum vitae
William Day's web page at Academia.edu 

C. Tabor Fisher (Associate Chair) (2002). 

Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Taylor University; M.A., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton.

Tabor Fisher researches philosophy of space in relation to social justice, focusing especially on questions of race, gender, sexuality, and class.  She is a contributor to What Is a City? Rethinking the Urban after Hurricane Katrina (University of Georgia, 2008) and has written about space, oppression, and resistance in the works of Plato and Locke.  Along with upper division courses on space, ethics, and location, Tabor enjoys teaching incoming students in Philosophical Foundations, including teaching in the CLAS Act Learning Community and the Le Moyne Scholars Institute for outstanding high school students.  If you have questions about Phi Sigma Tau (the philosophy honor society), Tabor is the person to see, speak to or email.
email: fisherct@lemoyne.edu 

Robert Flower (Chair) (1973).

Associate Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

email: flower@lemoyne.edu

Michael Kagan (1988).

Associate Professor of Philosophy. A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Washington University; M.A., Hebrew Union College.
email: kagan@lemoyne.edu
Michael Kagan's website

Irene Liu (2005).

Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Irene Liu specializes in ancient Greek philosophy, with a particular emphasis on the Hellenistic period. She teaches courses in the history of philosophy and ancient Chinese thought.
email: liui@lemoyne.edu

Karmen MacKendrick combines philosophy with theology, cultural studies, and literary theory to pursue her fascinations with language and all things somatic. She is the author of Fragmentation and Memory: Meditations on Christian Doctrine (Fordham, 2008), Word Made Skin (Fordham, 2004), Immemorial Silence (SUNY, 2001), and counterpleasures (SUNY, 1999), along with various articles on related subjects.  She teaches core classes (PHL 101, 201, and 409), philosophy electives, and Honors courses. She was recently named the Joseph C. Georg Endowed Professor for 2009-2012.
email: mackendk@lemoyne.edu
Karmen MacKendrick's website

Charles Onyango Oduke, S.J. (2005; on leave 2009-10).

Assistant Professor of Philosophy. A.B., Spiritan Missionary Seminary; Ph.L., Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth; M.Div., Hekima College Jesuit School of Theology; Ph.D., Boston College.
email: odukeco@lemoyne.edu

Mario Sáenz (1989; on sabbatical leave Fall 2009).

Professor of Philosophy. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University.

Mario Sáenz's work focuses mainly on late modern Latin American and Continental European philosophy. His publications include The Identity of Liberation in Latin American Thought (Lexington, 1999) and (as editor) Latin American Perspectives on Globalization (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) as well as articles on René Descartes, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Rigoberta Menchú, Leopoldo Zea, and Enrique Dussel. Sáenz has presented his work at universities and conferences in the U.S., Cuba, Kenya, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela. Sáenz's scholarship has resulted in several academic honors, including being named Le Moyne College Scholar of the Year in 2000 and being awarded the Joseph C. Georg Endowed Professorship for 2006-2009.
email: saenz@lemoyne.edu
Mario Sáenz's website

Jonathan Schonsheck (1978).

Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Valparaiso University; M.A., University of Dayton; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.
email: schonsjc@lemoyne.edu

Adjunct Faculty:

David Bzdak (2000).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. B.A., Bloomsburg University; Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University.
email: dbzdak@gmail.com

Richard Cocks (2002).

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., M.A. (hons), University of Canterbury; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.
email: rcocks@oswego.edu

Mary Giegengack-Jureller (1996).

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., College of New Rochelle; Ph.D., Georgetown University.
email: giegenme@lemoyne.edu

Amber E. George (2009).

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., SUNY Cortland; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton.
email: georgeae@lemoyne.edu

Deke Gould (2008).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. B.A., Flagler College; M.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University.
email: degould@syr.edu
Deke Gould's website

Kora Gould (2009).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. B.A., Dalhousie University; Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University.
email: kosmith@syr.edu

John Hartung (2006).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. B.A., Belhaven College; M.S., University of Mississippi.
email: hartunjg@lemoyne.edu

Max Malikow (1998).

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.S., University of Nebraska; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; M.Div., Th.D., Boston University of Theology.
email: malikowm@lemoyne.edu

Charles F. Maxfield (2003).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. B.A., SUNY Potsdam; M.A., Ohio University.
email: cfmaxfield@yahoo.com

Edward F. Mooney (2002).

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy (also Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University). B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara.
email: efmooney@syr.edu
Edward Mooney's website

Jeremy Pierce (2003).

Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy.  B.A., Brown University; Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University.
email: piercejr@lemoyne.edu

Professors Emeriti: 

Thomas V. Curley (1966).

Professor Emeritus of Education and Philosophy. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University.

Katherine Rose Hanley (1961).

Professor Emerita of Philosophy. B.A., Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Ph.B., Ph.L., Ph.D., University of Louvain.
email: hanleykr@lemoyne.edu

Charles J. Kelly (1968).

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. B.A., Manhattan College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.
email: kellycj@lemoyne.edu