Department Faculty

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Dr. John Barker

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chair of Philosophy Department

Ph.D. Princeton University, 1999
Teaching Concentration: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind
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Contact

Email: jbark3@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8244
Office:  BRK 392

Peter Boltuc

Dr. Peter Boltuc

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D.s Moral and Political Philosophy – Bowling Green State University; Philosophical Anthropology – Warsaw University
Teaching Concentration: Consciousness, Philosophy of Mind, Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
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Contact

Email: boltuc.peter@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7422
Office:  BRK 377

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Dr. Roxanne Marie Kurtz

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Director of Placement

Ph.D. Philosophy – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Concentration: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics
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Contact

Email: rkurt3@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8218
Office: BRK 391

Associated Faculty

William Kline

Dr. William Kline

Associate Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D. Philosophy - Bowling Green State University
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Contact

Email: wklin2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8138
Office: UHB 4056

Emeriti Faculty

Larry Shiner

Dr. Larry Shiner

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, History, Visual Arts

Ph.D.s Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy - Université de Strasbourg, France
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Contact

Email: shiner.larry@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7194

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Dr. Peter Wenz

University Scholar of the University of Illinois
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

Contact

Email: wenz.peter@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7429

Adjunct Faculty

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Dr. Lydia Amir

Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D. Philosophy - Tel-Aviv University
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Contact

Email: lydamir@colman.ac.il

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Dr. Ewa Bogusz-Boltuc

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D. Philosophy - Warsaw University
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Contact

Email: ebogu01s@uis.edu

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Dr. Pentti Haikonen

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy - Helenski University of Technology
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Dr. Michael Thau

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D. Philosophy – Princeton University
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Contact

Email: mthau2@uis.edu

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Dr. Terry Weldin-Frisch

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D. Philosophy – Trinity College and Theological Seminary
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Contact

Email: TWeldin-Frisch@ildceo.net