Don Blakeley, Emeritus Professor retired, now Adjunct Lecturer
Research interests:
Epistemology, Comparative, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
Courses Taught:
Introduction: Morals and Society (101), Introduction: Asian Traditions (102), Ancient Greek Philosophy (211), Social Philosophy (303), Metaphysics (304), and Philosophy of Religion (305).
Reed Dasenbrock
Research interests:
Influence of Confucianism on
modern literature
Courses Taught:
Ethical Issues in the Law (319), Philosophy of Science (308), Philosophy of Language (436), Business Ethics (300).
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)
Brooke Hunter
e: tbhunter@thedepartment
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).
Emma Irwin-Herzog, PhD Candidate
e: ejirwin@thedepartment
Research Interests:
Metaphysics of Consciousness, Classical Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Moral Psychology
Courses Taught:
Intro to Phil: Survey of Prob (100), Introduction to World Philosophy I (130), Introduction to World Philosophy II (131), Between Ancient and Modern Phil (212), Modern Philosophy (213), Women Philosophers (218)
Benjamin Lukey
Research Interests:
Philosophy for Children, Philosophy and Disability, Comparative Philosophy, Applied Philosophy
Courses Taught:
Introduction: Morals and Society (101), Introduction to Deductive Logic (110), Philosophy of Education (309), American Philosophy (320), Understanding Place (473), Philosophy with Children (492), Teaching Philosophy (493).
Sharon Rowe, PhD, MFA
Professor of Community Colleges (Retired)
Research Interests:
Currently: Hawaiian Philosophy/Hula, Health Care Ethics, Women in Philosophy
Courses Taught:
Introduction: Survey of Problems (100), Introduction: Morals and Society (101), Introduction: Environmental Philosophy (103), Introduction to Deductive Logic (110), Ancient Philosophy (211), Modern Philosophy (213), Women Philosophers (218); Business Ethics (300), Social Philosophy (303), Ethics in Healthcare (310), Philosophy of Law (318); Feminist Issues in Philosophy (418).
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)
