UMass Boston

Philosophy

Adam Beresford
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6554
adam.beresford@umb.edu

Expertise: Ancient philosophy, Greek and Latin philology

Maria Brincker
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6099
Maria.Brincker@umb.edu

Expertise: Phil. of Mind & Neuroscience, Privacy & Technology

Nir Eisikovits
Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6545
Nir.Eisikovits@umb.edu

Expertise: Transitional Justice and Post War Reconstruction

Meredith Gunning
Senior Lecturer II in Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6530
meredith.gunning@umb.edu

Yumiko Inukai
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6518
yumiko.inukai@umb.edu

Expertise: Early modern philosophy (esp. Hume), William James, nature and phenomenology of the self

Larry Kaye
Senior Lecturer II in Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts 

617-287-6534
larry.kaye@umb.edu

Expertise: Philosophy of mind/cognitive science, Kant, epistemology (esp. perception), philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science

Nelson Lande
Senior Lecturer II in Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts 

617-287-6537
np.lande@umb.edu

Expertise: Medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophy, history of moral philosophy, history of political philosophy, metaphysics (Spinoza & Leibniz), Kant’s moral philosophy

Steven Levine
Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-7245
steven.levine@umb.edu

Expertise: Pragmatism, Philosophy of Mind, German Idealism

Dana Miranda
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6530
dana.miranda@umb.edu

Expertise: Africana Philosophy

Andrés Pérez-Carrasco
Lecturer in Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6530
Andres.PerezCarrasco@umb.edu

Expertise: Continental philosophy, aesthetics

Mickaella Perina
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6804
Mickaella.Perina@umb.edu

Expertise: Philosophy of law, social and political philosophy, contemporary French philosophy, Caribbean philosophy, Philosophy of race

Lisa Rivera
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6528
lisa.rivera@umb.edu

Expertise: Ethics, political philosophy, global ethics, feminist theory

Hilmar Schmiedl-Neuburg
Lecturer of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.6530
h.schmiedlneuburg@umb.edu

Expertise: Continental Philosophy, Existential Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Ancient Philosophy, Asian Philosophy

Valentina Urbanek
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

N/A
Valentina.Urbanek@umb.edu

Expertise: Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Ancient and Early Modern Philosophy

Jeremy Wanderer
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6874
Jeremy.Wanderer@umb.edu

Expertise: Philosophy of Language

Christopher F. Zurn
Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617-287-6547
christopher.zurn@umb.edu

Expertise: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, contemporary European philosophy

Law

Andrew Leong
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

617.287.7243
Andrew.Leong@umb.edu

Expertise: Law, justice, and equality, pertaining to disenfranchised communities, focus on Asian Americans.