Philosophy and Religion Faculty

 
Brad Crowell
   Assistant Professor of Religion

   brad.crowell@drake.edu  
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   207 Medbury Hall
   515-271-4502
   Office Hours (S12): MW 9:30-11; TTh 12:15-1:15

        Specializations: Biblical Studies, especially the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern Context
        Teaching: Hebrew Bible, New Testament, World Religions, Islam, Life and Teaching of Jesus
        Research: The application of postcolonial theory to the Hebrew Bible, particularly the earliest history of
        Israel found in the books of Deuteronomy through Kings

 
Jennifer Harvey
   Associate Professor of Religion
   Department Chair

   jennifer.harvey@drake.edu  
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   216 Medbury Hall
   515-271-2885
   Office Hours (S12): W 9-2

        Specializations: Christian Social Ethics, Liberation Theologies, Critical Race Theory, Whiteness Studies
        Teaching: Religious Ethics; Race & Religion (U.S.); Christian Theologies; Religion, Politics & Social
        Movements 
        Research: White U.S. Protestant responses to Reparations Movements, Developing Intersections between
        Critical Whiteness Studies and Feminist Ethics

 
Leah Kalmanson 
   Assistant Professor of Philosophy

   leah.kalmanson@drake.edu  
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   101 Medbury Hall
   515-271-2407
   Office Hours (S12): TTh 2-3:30; W 11:45-1:45

        Specializations: Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics
        Teaching: Aesthetics; Contemporary Japanese Philosophy
        Research: the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas; the question of transcendence in Japanese Buddhism;
        the relations between aesthetic appreciation, critical thinking, and political empowerment

 
Tim Knepper
   Associate Professor of Philosophy

   tim.knepper@drake.edu  
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   203 Medbury Hall
   515-271-2167
   Office Hours (S12): MW 10-11:30 and 3:30-4:30

        Specializations: Philosophy of Religion, Dionysius the Areopagite, Mysticism Studies, Speech Act Theory
        Teaching:  Philosophy of Rel, Comparative Rel, Eastern Phil/Rel, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Language 
        Research: Dionysius the Areopagite, Ineffability in Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Discourses of
        Ineffability, The Future of Philosophy of Religion

 
Jennifer McCrickerd
   Associate Professor of Philosophy

   jennifer.mccrickerd@drake.edu  
  

   214 Medbury Hall
   515-271-2250
   Office Hours (S12): T 10-12; Th 12-2

        Specializations: Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Epistemology and Philosophy of Education
        Teaching: Ethics, Health & Social Justice, Environmental Justice, Rights & Responsibilities, American Philosophy,
        Philosophy & Education, Symbolic Logic
        Research: the limitations put on ethical conversations by the vocabulary used (and related conceptualization of
        the problem being discussed), how learning and teaching work to develop better approaches to college education

 
Martin Roth
   Assistant Professor of Philosophy

   martin.roth@drake.edu  
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   208 Medbury Hall
   515-271-3748
   Office Hours (S12): M 1-3

        Specializations: philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of cognitive science
        Teaching: Neuroscience & the Law; Philosophy of Mind; Mining the Moral Mind; Science, Values, and Democracy
        Research: structure and content of mental/neural representations; functional explanation in biology and
        psychology; the possibility of non-propositional knowledge