Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Brendan Matthew Cline

Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Philosophy and Neuroscience

781-736-2791 bcline@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 316

Office Hours: Tuesday, 1-3 p.m. (and by appointment)

Expertise: Metaethics, moral psychology, environmental ethics.

Robert Greenberg

Professor of Philosophy

781-736-2786 rgreenbe@brandeis.edu Rabb 311

Office Hours: On leave through spring 2020

Expertise: Metaphysics, history of philosophy, Kant.

Eli Hirsch

Charles Goldman Professor of Philosophy

Undergraduate Adviser

781-736-2785 hirsch@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 331

Office Hours: Friday, 2-4 p.m. (and by appointment)

Expertise: Metaphysics, epistemology, medical ethics. Personal website

Berislav Marušić

Associate Professor of Philosophy

781-736-2696 marusic@brandeis.edu Mandel Center for the Humanities, 109

Office Hours: On leave through spring 2020

Expertise: Epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind. Personal website

Jennifer Marušić

Associate Professor of Philosophy

781-736-3515 jmarusic@brandeis.edu Mandel Center for the Humanities, 112

Office Hours: On leave through spring 2020

Expertise: History and philosophy of science, epistemology, logic. Personal website

Kathleen A. Moran

Associate Professor, Chair, and Acting Director of Graduate Studies

Director, History of Ideas Program

781-736-2695 kmoran@brandeis.edu Mandel Center for the Humanities, 111

Office Hours: Wednesday, noon-2 p.m. (and by appointment)

Expertise: Immanuel Kant, moral philosophy, history of philosophy. Personal website

Jerry Samet

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Acting Minors Adviser; Colloquium Co-chair

781-736-2783 samet@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 305

Office Hours: Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-noon (and by appointment)

Expertise: Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science, history of philosophy, philosophy of science.

Umrao Sethi

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Colloquium Co-chair

781 736-2794 sethi@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 330

Expertise: Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, early modern philosophy, metaphysics of perceptual experience and the nature of sensible qualities.

Marion Smiley

J.P. Morgan Chase Professor of Ethics

Honors' Adviser

781-736-2792 smiley@brandeis.edu Mandel Center for the Humanities, 110

Office Hours: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.-noon; Thursday, 11 a.m.-noon

Expertise: Moral, social and political philosophy.

Andreas Teuber

Associate Professor of Philosophy

781-736-2787 teuber@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 306

Office Hours: On leave fall 2019

Expertise: Political philosophy, moral philosophy, aesthetics, modern social theory, history of political thought, John Stuart Mill.

Palle Yourgrau

Harry A. Wolfson Professor of Philosophy

781-736-2782 yourgrau@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 332

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 5-5:45 p.m. (and by appointment)

Expertise: Philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of time, ancient Greek philosophy.

Affiliated Faculty

William Flesch, Professor of English
Richard Gaskins, Professor of American Studies; Director, Legal Studies Program
Sophia Malamud, Associate Professor of Language and Linguistics
Eugene Sheppard, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought

Associated Faculty

Jon Levisohn, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Educational Thought
Director, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education
Laura Quinney, Professor of English

Staff

Julie Seeger

Academic Administrator

781-736-2789 jseeger@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 303

Julie Seeger has served since 2004 as academic administrator for the philosophy department. Prior to joining Brandeis, she worked as a project manager at two computer software firms, Banta Integrated Media and Electronic Press Services Group.

Seeger is a graduate of Union College and holds a master's in philosophy from SUNY Binghamton. In 2010, she received the Lou Ennis Staff Award, presented annually to an administrator who demonstrates loyalty and dedication to the university and goes above and beyond the requirements of the job.

Department of Philosophy