People

Tenure Stream Faculty

Photo Name Position Contact Research Areas
Hannah Bacon Hannah Bacon

Assistant Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

117 Coates Hall
225-578-2380
Contemporary and 20th-century Continental Philosophy
Jon Cogburn Jon Cogburn

Professor

Department Chair

jcogbu1@lsu.edu
107 Coates
225-578-2272
 
Deborah Goldgaber Deborah Goldgaber

Associate Professor
Section Head

dgoldgaber@lsu.edu
208A Coates Hall
225-578-1043
Contemporary French phil., 19th-20th cen. continental, feminist phil., phenomenology
Anthony Kelley Anthony Kelley

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

210 Coates Hall
225-578-6311
Theoretical and practical ethics
Usha Nathan Usha Nathan Assistant Professor
110 Coates Hall
225-578-5508
Ancient philosophy
François Raffoul François Raffoul

Professor

fraffo1@lsu.edu
106 Coates
225-578-2278
Contemporary continental philosophy, contemporary French thought
Jeff Roland Jeffrey Roland

Associate Professor

jroland@lsu.edu
108 Coates
225-578-2388
Philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, philosophy of science, logic

 

Instructors

Photo Name Position Contact Research Areas
Chris Blakley Chris Blakley Distinguished Instructor

blakley@lsu.edu

210B Coates

225-578-5158

 
Chris Wells Chris Wells Instructor

cwells10@lsu.edu

118 Coates

225-578-0790

Ethics and politics in contemporary Continental philosophy, especially Emmanuel Levinas
 

Affiliate Faculty

Photo Name Position Contact Research Areas
Juan J Colomina-Alminana Juan J. Colomina-Alminana Assistant Professor (Affiliate)

jcolom3@lsu.edu

309 Hodges

225-578-5175

 
Ken Levy Ken Levy Associate Professor (Affiliate)

ken.levy@law.lsu.edu

420 Law Center

225-578-7365

Criminal theory, ethics, free will and responsibility, paradoxes
  Alexander Orwin Assistant Professor (Affiliate)

aorwin1@lsu.edu

202 Stubbs Hall

225-578-2553

Political theory (ancient, medieval, modern); Islamic political thought; Comparative political theory (especially Islamic and Western)
John Protevi John Protevi Professor (Affiliate)

protevi@lsu.edu

408 Hodges

225-578-6664

20th century French philosophy (Foucault and Deleuze), enaction in cognitive and life science
 

Emeritus Faculty

Photo Name Position Contact Research Areas
Ed Henderson Ed Henderson Professor Emeritus & Department Chair Emeritus ehender@lsu.edu  
Gregory Schufreider Gregory Schufreider Professor Emeritus gschufr@lsu.edu  
Husain Sarkar Husain Sarkar Professor Emeritus husains@lsu.edu

Descartes, Kant, ethics, and philosophy of science

Mary Sirridge Mary Sirridge Professor Emerita pisirr@lsu.edu 

 

 

Philosophy M.A. Students

Name Office Contact
Melissa Altsman 308 Coates maltsm1@lsu.edu
Gabriel Connor 308 Coates gconno7@lsu.edu
Lama Hantash 309 Coates lhanta2@lsu.edu
Christopher Johnson 314 Coates cjoh514@lsu.edu
Prat Parhi 312 Coates pparhi1@lsu.edu
Chris Rinderle 316 Coates crinde3@lsu.edu
Joshua Severud 315 Coates jsever5@lsu.edu
Mike Waldeck 316 Coates jwalde5@lsu.edu

 

Staff

Photo Name Position Contact
 photo of Lisa Dieckman Lisa Munson Assistant to the Chair lmunson@lsu.edu
102 Coates Hall
225-578-2188
  Kimberly Roser Coordinator of Office Operations

kroser@lsu.edu

102 Coates Hall

225-578-0696