Faculty
Tenure-Stream Faculty
Professor, Outcomes Assessment Coordinator
- Email:
- kbecker@unm.edu
Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language and Mind, Quine.
Assistant Professor
- Email:
- sbenasher@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Fridays from 8:30–10:30am
Interests: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, History of Analytic Philosophy, American Pragmatism, Heidegger.
Professor, Presidential Teaching Fellow
- Email:
- mdomski@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Tuesdays 9:00-10:00am via Zoom and By Appointment
Interests: History of Early Modern Philosophy, Newtonian Science and the Scientific Revolution, Kant, Philosophy of Science.
Associate Professor, The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Philosophy in Buddhist Studies
- Email:
- pjharter@unm.edu
- Hours:
- By Appointment
Interests: Buddhist philosophy in India and Tibet, Indian philosophy, ancient philosophy, continental philosophy
Distinguished Professor, Department Chair
- Email:
- aojohns@unm.edu
- Hours:
- By appointment via Zoom
Interests: German idealism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, metaphysics, political philosophy, and philosophy of science.
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
- Email:
- kalar@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Mondays 3:45-5:00pm and by appointment
Interests: Aesthetics, Hermeneutics, and Philosophy of Culture.
Professor, Graduate Director
- Email:
- pmliving@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Wednesdays 1:00-3:00pm
Interests: Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and phenomenology.
Associate Professor
- Email:
- emcrae@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Fridays 8:45-10:45am
Interests: Buddhist philosophy, comparative philosophy, moral psychology, feminism
Professor
- Email:
- avmurphy@unm.edu
- Hours:
- On Sabbatical Spring and Fall 2026
Interests: Phenomenology, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophies of Violence and Nonviolence, Social and Political Philosophy.
Distinguished Professor, Honors Advisor
- Email:
- ithomson@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Tuesdays 1:45–3:00pm
Interests: 19th and 20th Century Continental philosophy, esp. Heidegger.
Lecturers
Principal Lecturer
- Email:
- mcandel@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00-11:50am; Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00-12:50pm
Principal Lecturer
- Email:
- lgerber@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:00pm and by appointment
Principal Lecturer
- Email:
- joberst@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Wednesdays directly after class in classroom and/or lobby of Mitchell Hall
Lecturer
- Email:
- cthom@unm.edu
- Hours:
- By appointment and after class
Part-Time Instructors
Adjunct
- Email:
- whb100@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Tuesdays 4:45-5:45pm & Thursdays 2:00-3:00pm
Term Teacher
- Email:
- bgatsch@unm.edu
- Hours:
- By appointment, remote only
Adjunct
- Email:
- penelopehaulotte@unm.edu
- Hours:
- Mondays 10:00-11:00am via Zoom
Adjunct
- Email:
- rmckinley@unm.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Emeritus, Professor
- Email:
- john.bussanich@gmail.com
- Hours:
- By appointment only
Interests: Greek Philosophy, Philosophies of India, Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, Neoplatonism, South Asian Mysticism.
Emeritus, Regents' Professor
- Email:
- rgoodman@unm.edu
- Office:
- Humanities 457
- Hours:
- By appointment.
Interests: Wittgenstein, American Philosophy, Aesthetics.
Emeritus, Professor
Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Logic, Epistemology and Philosophy of Law.
Emeritus
Emeritus, Regents' Professor
- Email:
- jataber@unm.edu
- Hours:
- By Appointment
Interests: Indian Philosophy, Brahamanical and Buddhist traditons, Sanskrit.
