Dr. Mary Brodnax

Brodnax, Mary M., Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1978; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1980; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1987

Dr. Roksana Alavi

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Kansas

Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies, University of Kansas, May 2004.

M.A., Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, August 2001.

B.A., Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, May 1996.

Dissertation Title: Race and Oppression: Philosophical Reflections in Voluntary Oppression. Ann E. Cudd, Director, University of Kansas

Master's Thesis Title: Martha Nussbaum's Capability Argument: Oppression, and Female Genital Mutilation. Michael Taylor, Director, Oklahoma State University

Areas of Research

AOS: Ethics, Moral/Racial Identity, Stereotyping, Feminist Ethics, Women of Middle-East, Social and Political Philosophy: Oppression, Right.

AOC: Logic, Critical thinking, Race Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Women and Pop Culture, Trafficking of Women, General Humanities.

Publications

Articles

"Race, Identity, Stereotyping and Voluntary Oppression," Global Virtues Ethics Review. Vol. 6, no. 1,2010.

"Robert Kane, Free Will and Neural Indeterminism," Philo: A Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 8, no. 2, Fall-Winter 2005.

"Female Genital Mutilation: A Capabilities Approach," in Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy. Vol. XXVI, no. 2, 2003.

Documentary Production

Dr. Rick Chew

Chew, Rick, Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1966; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 1969; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1999

Dr. Jamie Childs

Childs, Jamie, Lecturer, Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1972; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1987; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma 2004

Dr. Eva M. Dadlez

Dadlez, Eva M., Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., Syracuse University, 1978; M.L.S., Syracuse University, 1982; M.A., Syracuse University, 1986; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1991

Dr. Eva M. Dadlez is a Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, University of Central Oklahoma. She received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She writes on issues at the intersection (often at the collision) of aesthetics, ethics and epistemology. She has written two books on the preceding: What's Hecuba to Him? Fictional Events and Actual Emotions (Penn State University Press, 1997) and Mirrors to One Another: Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David Hume (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). She is also a feminist ethics dilettante.

Courses Taught

PHIL 1123, Contemporary Moral Problems

PHIL 4203, Women and Values

PHIL 4213, Philosophy and Fiction

Dr. Darian Debolt

DeBolt, Darian, Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., Oklahoma University, 1968; FBINA, University of Virginia, 1984; M.A., Oklahoma University, 1985; Ph.D., Oklahoma University, 1993

Dr. Siegfried Heit

Heit, Siegfried E., Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1963; M.A., University of North Dakota, Eberhard-Karls University, Tuebingen, FRG, 1969; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1975

Dr. Sarah Kyle

Kyle, Sarah R., Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Western Ontario, 2000; M. A., Queen's University, 2002; Ph.D., Emory University, 2010.

Dr. Stephen Law

Law, Stephen C., Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., Florida State University, 1978; M.A., Florida State University, 1980; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1986

Dr. James Mock

Mock, James W., Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., LeMoyne College, 1968; M.A., Syracuse University, 1977; M.L.S., Syracuse University, 1979; M.Ph., Syracuse University, 1984; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1988

Dr. John Murphy

Murphy, John A., Lecturer, Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 1999; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2002

Dr. Margaret Musgrove

Musgrove, Margaret W., Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1984; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1987; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1991

Dr. Mark Silcox

Silcox, Mark, Assistant Chairperson and Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Toronto, 1992; M. A., University of Toronto, 1993; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2002

Dr. Richard Sneed

Sneed, Richard L., Lecturer, Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Texas, 1983; M.Div., Southern Methodist University, 1987; M.A., Michigan State University, 1989; Ph.D., Florida State University, August 1995

Susan Taylor

Taylor, Susan C., Lecturer, Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B. F. A., University of Montana, 1980; M. F. A. Wichita State University, 1987

Dr. Theresa Vaughan

Vaughan, Theresa A., Chairperson and Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
B.A., University of Michigan, 1990; M.A., Indiana University, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1999

Dean Fisher

B. A. University of Central Oklahoma, 1984; M. A., University of Central Oklahoma, 1987

Dr. Dara Fogel

B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1998; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2002; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2006

Dr. Aaron Fortune

B.A., Oklahoma City University, 2000; M.A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2003; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2007

Dr. Thomas Kirk

B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1984; M.A., New York University, 1988; Ph.D., European University Institute, 1996

Casey McCulley

B.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 1989; M.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 1992

Ronald Schlittler

B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1985; M.A., Oklahoma State University, 1991

Melissa Shelton

B.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 2006; M.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 2010

David Slakter

B. A., University of Central Oklahoma, 2003; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2005; M. Res., University of Liverpool, 2007.

Joshua Spears

B.A., Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College, 2001; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2006

Sandra Stanley

B. Mus. Converse College, 1964; M.A., University of Central Oklahoma, 1994

Dr. Acharya Vedala

B.A., Andhra University, Waltair, India, 1979; M.A., Andhra University, Waltair, India, 1982; Ph.D., Andhra University, Waltair, India, 2000

Christopher Weigand

B.A., Trinity University, 1987; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1992

Dr. Sarah Woolwine

B.A., Oklahoma City University, 2003; M.A., Southern Illinois University, 2006; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2010

Dr. Brian Chance

B.A., Middle Tennessee State University, 2001; PhD., University of Pennsylvania, 2009.

Ms. Katherine Saffle

B.A., Valparaiso University, 2007; M.A.L.S., University of Oklahoma, 2012.