Lok Chui Choo
Research interests:
Classical Chinese Philosophy, Neo-Confucianism, Chinese Buddhism, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Metaphysics
Courses Taught:
Ethical Theory (301)
David C Falgout
Research interests:
Pedagogy of critical literacy and argument in Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic religion and philosophy; cultural and theoretical intersections involving aesthetics, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics, and methodology in the study of religion.
Courses Taught:
Introduction: Survey of Problems (100), Introduction: Morals and Society (101), Introduction: Asian Traditions (102), Introduction to Deductive Logic (110), Between Ancient and Modern Philosophy (212), Philosophy of Religion (305), Islamic Philosophy (330)
Taylor Hunter
Research Interests:
Environmental Political Philosophy: Climate Injustice, Indigenous Injustice, Political Feasibility; Social Epistemology: Feminist and Indigenous Epistemologies; Embodied Phenomenology; Evolutionary Theory; and Indian Philosophy: Buddhism and Advaita Vedānta.
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Phil: Survey of Prob (100), Introduction: Morals and Society (101), Women Philosophers (218).
Michael Schainfeld, PhD Candidate
Research Interests:
Classical Chinese Philosophy, American Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Death and Dying
Courses Taught:
Introduction: Survey of Problems (100), Introduction to Inductive Logic (111), Chinese Philosophy (370)
Cynthia Scheopner, JD, PhD
Spanish MA
Research Interests:
Philosophy of law, philosophy of religion, Hawaiian philosophy, Spanish philosophers
Courses Taught:
Critical Thinking: Pre-law (317)
Neil Sims, PhD Candidate
Research Interests:
Indian Philosophy, Ch’an/Zen Buddhism, Philosophy of Mind, Logic and Language philosophy, Epistemology, especially as it relates to science, and Phenomenology
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Deductive Logic (110), Introduction to Inductive Logic (111), Meaning of War (387).
Bruce Watson, PhD
Research Interests: ʻŌiwi Philosophy, AinaMoana/Pasifika Philosophies, History of Hawaiʻi, History of Education,
Courses Taught: Hawaiian Philosophy (340)
