Philosophy at the Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham University

Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at LC: Dr. John Davenport
Phone: 212-636-7928
Fax: 212-636-7153
 Email: davenport@fordham.edu
Office Hours: (Spring 2008): Mondays & Thursdays 4-6 PM and by appt at LC; Fridays 4-5 pm at RH.
 Office: Lowenstein building, room 916c; 113 West 60th St., New York, NY 10023

As a flagship department at Fordham University, Philosophy offers unique resources to the undergraduate.  The faculty of the Philosophy Department is among the most distinguished in the University, and offers one of the richest array of courses to meet diverse student interests.  Every professor, including those involved in teaching graduate students for the Ph.D., is involved in and committed to excellence in undergraduate education.

We are one department serving two campuses and four undergraduate colleges. At Lincoln Center, our daytime courses are offered in Fordham College of Lincoln Center and our evening courses are offered in Fordham College of Liberal Studies; 10 full-time professors offer a broad range of electives in both historical and contemporary topical areas of philosophy, from ethics and political philosophy to theory of knowledge, logic, and metaphysics. We also offer freshman and sophomore core courses and Senior Values seminars. Since Philosophy is a large department with a relatively small number of majors, each student in the major can receive a much greater level of individual attention than is possible in the most popular departments.  This focus on getting to know each student personally helps explain why our Philosophy majors do so well both at Fordham and in careers and graduate study following the B.A. degree.

With direction from an advisor, an undergraduate major can pursue particular areas of interest within Philosophy in greater depth, designing a sequence of electives according to their interests.  Our distribution requirements assure that all students gain both core historical knowledge about the development of philosophical traditions in within broader intellectual history, and skills in the critical analysis of complex argument. The major has been growing at both campuses in recent years due to expansion of our offerings and the hiring of more faculty members conducting novel research in their areas of specialty, which they often bring into their seminars.  Please see the faculty listing below these links.

Faculty Teaching at the Lincoln Center Campus    

Babette Babich, Professor.
Ph.D. Boston College.
Areas: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Philosophy of Science and Technology, Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy

Christopher Cullen, S.J., Associate Professor.
Ph.D. Catholic University.
Areas: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

John Davenport, Associate Chair for LC and Magis Fellow; Associate Professor; and Associate Director of Environmental Studies.
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame.
Areas: Moral Theory; Moral Psychology (action theory, motivation, free will, and moral responsibility); Existential Philosophy (especially Kierkegaard); Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion.

Bryan Frances, Associate Professor.
Ph.D.  University of Minnesota. 
Areas: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Mind, Philosophy of Time, Philosophy of Language

William Jaworski, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame.
Areas: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy

Brian Johnson, Assistant Professor.
Ph.D. University of Chicago.
Areas: Ancient Ethics, Stoics, Aristotle, Hellenistic Philosophy, and Business Ethics.

Charles Kelbley, Associate Professor.
Ph.D. The Sorbonne; JD. Fordham University.
Areas: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Justice, Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics

Astrid O'Brien, Associate Professor.
Ph.D Fordham University.
Areas: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Robert O'Brien, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean
Ph.D. Fordham University.
Areas: Modern Philosophy, Existentialism, Philosophy of Person, Philosophy of Psychology

Stan Tyvoll, Post-Doctoral Fellow.
Ph.D. St. Louis University.
Areas: Medieval Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Free Will, Aesthetics.                                                                                  

Graduate Teaching Fellows: Our full-time faculty is ably assisted by several graduate students who have completed their master's degree and are working towards their Ph.D. in Philosophy.

Page last updated January 6, 2008.  Comments to davenport@fordham.edu