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Regular Faculty


Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program
108B Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

rationality, philosophy and public policy, moral psychology, philosophy of economics, formal epistemology

Assistant Professor

207E Caldwell Hall
rchaplin@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

Kant (especially theoretical), early modern philosophy, ethics, moral psychology

Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

212 Caldwell Hall
emailtom@unc.edu 
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

ethics, political philosophy

Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

215C Caldwell Hall
simone.gubler@unc.edu 
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of law

Professor
Director of Graduate Admissions
214B Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

104 Caldwell Hall
mkohl17@email.unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

History of Philosophy (especially Kant and Nietzsche)

Professor
Department Chair
101B Caldwell Hall
(919) 962-2486 (phone)
Areas of special interest:

epistemology, philosophy of science, formal epistemology, practical reason

Theda Perdue Distinguished Professor
112A Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

philosophy of science (including philosophy of physics and philosophy of biology), metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of math

Professor
Associate Chair
102B Caldwell Hall
(919) 962-2280 (phone)
Areas of special interest:

ancient philosophy, with special interests in Aristotelian natural philosophy, philosophy of science and virtue ethics

Assistant Professor
Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
207G Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

philosophy of mind, metaphysics

Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

203 Caldwell Hall
daniel.munoz@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

ethics, PPE

Professor
109C Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

early modern philosophy, history of analytic philosophy

Professor
Director of Placement
109B Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

epistemology

Professor

108A Caldwell Hall
jimpryor@unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, metaphysics

Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor
Areas of special interest:

ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle

Professor
215B Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

laws of nature, interpretations of probability, induction, time travel

Morehead-Cain Alumni Distinguished Professor
Director, UNC Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program
201 Caldwell Hall
(919) 627-1403 (phone)
Areas of special interest:

metaethics, moral theory, history of philosophy (especially Hume and Smith), epistemology, PPE

Professor
Director, Parr Center for Ethics

207D Caldwell Hall
(919) 962-3317 (phone)
sarah.stroud@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

ethics, moral theory, moral psychology, metaethics, related aspects of philosophy of action and epistemology

Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Social Medicine
204 Caldwell Hall
Areas of special interest:

bioethics, animal ethics, methods of practical ethics, distributive justice, virtue ethics

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies; Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

202B Caldwell Hall
aworsnip@unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

epistemology, normativity, rationality, metaethics, related parts of philosophy of language and mind

Teaching Faculty


Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor

11A Caldwell Hall
abbey.burke@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

human rights, philosophy of law, freedom of expression, migration, refugees

Teaching Assistant Professor

gclay@email.unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

early modern philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of technology

Teaching Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

214A Caldwell Hall
sdishaw@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

moral philosophy, social philosophy, epistemology

Teaching Assistant Professor

112C Caldwell Hall
rhanlon@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (esp. Aristotle); Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Film; Moral Psychology; Early Modern Philosophy; Wittgenstein

Visiting Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

202A Caldwell Hall
morf@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

social epistemology, applied epistemology

Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Teaching Assistant Professor, Peace, War & Defense

403 Hamilton Hall
drjaross@email.unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

history of human rights, history of philosophy, legal and political philosophy, just war theory, epistemology, logic

Teaching Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

11 Caldwell Hall
gjrothfu@unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

decision theory, formal epistemology, normative ethics

Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor

10 Caldwell Hall
sslank@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

ethics, feminist philosophy, political philosophy, moral epistemology

Teaching Assistant Professor
Director of Outreach

207A Caldwell Hall
919-962-3326 (office)
michael.vazquez@unc.edu
Personal Homepage

Areas of special interest:

ancient philosophy, ethics, philosophy of education

Teaching Assistant Professor
Core Faculty, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

215A Caldwell Hall
yzhang7@unc.edu

Areas of special interest:

normative ethics, metaethics, political philosophy