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The faculty of Philosophy are dedicated to helping all students achieve their higher education goals. They serve as teachers, mentors, and resources for student success.

Randall Auxier, Professor

Communication Studies and Philosophy

Randall Auxier was educated in the philosophy departments of the University of Memphis (B.A. 1986 and M.A. 1988) and Emory University (MA 1991 and Ph.D, 1992). His specialization in semiotics and symbol theory prepared him for a career spanning from extensive work in logic and metaphysics to popular culture and practical ethics, all based on symbolic and semiotic systems. 



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Randall Auxier

Office: Comm Bldg, Room 2242
Phone: 618-453-1882
personalist61@gmail.com

Matthew Brown, Professor, Director of Center for Dewey Studies

Philosophy

Matthew J. Brown specializes in Pragmatism and American Philosophy (esp. John Dewey), 19th and 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science, Comics Studies. He is the author of Science and Moral Imagination: A New Ideal for Values in Science (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020), which explores the role of values in science and the scientific basis of values from a broadly pragmatist perspective.

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Alfred Frankowski, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Philosophy

Alfred Frankowski specializes in Critical Philosophy of Race, African American and Africana Philosophy, Aesthetics, Post-Colonialism and Critical Genocide Studies. He also specializes in19th and 20th Century European Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy and Contemporary Global Political Philosophy.

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Alfred Frankowski

Faner, Room 3331
618-453-7435

alfred.frankowski@siu.edu
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Nicholas Guardiano, Associate Professor

Philosophy

Nicholas Guardiano specializes in American transcendentalism and pragmatism (esp. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Peirce), metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of nature, semiotics, and nineteenth-century American art. He teaches broadly in the history of philosophy, and he oversees the philosophy collections at the Special Collections Research Center.

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Nicholas Guardiano Morris Library 124C
618-453-1499
nguardia@siu.edu
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Robert Hahn, Professor, Director of Ancient Legacies Program

Philosophy

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Philosophy, Yale University, May 1976
M. Phil., Philosophy, Yale University, May 1975
M.A., Philosophy, Yale University, December 1975



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Robert Hahn Faner, Room 3034
618-453-7438

hahnr@siu.edu
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Joseph Smith, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Philosophy

Philosophy, Africana Studies

Dr. Joseph L. Smith has a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor in the School of Africana and Multicultural Studies, and the School of History and Philosophy. Smith received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2020), an LL.M. in International Economic Law from Xiamen University (2021), M.A. in Black Theology from Union Theological Seminary in NYC (2006), and a B.A. in Philosophy from Kutztown University (2001). Smith's teaching and research interests include Black Male Studies, Africana Philosophy, Foucault Studies, Prison Studies, and the emergence of the Breton-Woods Institute, WTO, Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements.

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Joseph Smith

Office: Faner 4032
Phone:
 (618) 453-7145
Email: smithjl@siu.edu
Fax: (618) 453-7131
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Kenneth Stikkers, Professor

Philosophy

Kenneth Stikkers earned his PhD at DePaul University and arrived at SIUC in 1997. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He has also been a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico, the University of Warsaw, the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and Ca'Foscari University, Venice, Italy. His areas of specialization are American philosophy (Wm. James, African American philosophy), contemporary continental philosophy (Max Scheler, Michel Foucault), and philosophy of economics. He has published three books and over 90 chapters and articles. His most recent book is "Philosophy in the Time of Economic Crisis." Recently he received the Stuart Hall Award, for outstanding mentorship.

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Kenneth Stikkers

Faner, Room 3022
618-453-7433
kstikker@siu.edu
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Andrew Youpa, Professor, Program Coordinator

Philosophy

Andrew Youpa specializes in early modern philosophy, history of ethics, and contemporary ethics. He is the author of The Ethics of Joy: Spinoza on the Empowered Life (Oxford University Press, 2020). He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2002 from the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Youpa joined the faculty in the Department of Philosophy at SIU in 2003.



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Andrew Youpa

Faner, Room 3333
618-453-3161

ayoupa@siu.edu
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