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Monash Philosophers & Bioethicists

Our mailing address is: School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Building 11, Monash University VIC 3800, Australia.

Academic Staff

Karen Green

Assoc. Prof. Karen GREEN - Head of School, Undergraduate Coordinator

Phone: +61 3 990 53225 Room: 908
Email: karen.green@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: feminism, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of language

Assoc. Prof. Justin OAKLEY - Deputy Head of School and Director, Centre for Human Bioethics

Phone: +61 3 990 54277 Room: 920
Email: Justin.Oakley@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: bioethics, ethical theory, moral psychology

John Bigelow

Prof. John BIGELOW - Postgraduate Coordinator

Phone: +61 3 990 53201 Room: 919
Email: john.bigelow@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

Jakob HOHWY - Honours Coordinator

Phone: +61 3 990 53208 Room: 913
Email: jakob.hohwy@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Area of research: Philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of science, philosophy of neuroscience and neuropsychiatry.

Monima Chadha

Monima CHADHA - Flexible Learning Coordinator, Seminars Convenor

Phone: +61 3 990 52989 Room: 911
Email: monima.chadha@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: philosophy of language, Indian philosophy

Dirk Baltazly

Dirk BALTZLY - Research Coordinator

Phone: +61 3 990 51519 Room: 909
Email: dirk.baltzly@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy, metaphysics, aesthetics, moral philosophy.

Fiona Leigh

Fiona LEIGH - Coordinator, Centre for Public Philosophy

Phone: +61 3 990 59132 Room: 910A
Email: fiona.leigh@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Ancient metaphysics, Ancient ethics and moral psychology, contemporary moral theory, introductory logic, Aristotelian logic, critical thinking, feminist and queer theory.

Joachim Asscher

Joachim (Jo) ASSCHER

Phone: +61 3 990 20015 Room: W930
Email: joachim.asscher@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Applied ethics, bioethics, environmental ethics, ethics.

Linda BARCLAY

Phone: +61 3 990 53208 Room: 913
Email: linda.barclay@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching and research interests: contemporary political philosophy; bioethics.

Jacqui Broad

Jacqui BROAD

Phone: +61 3 990 54278 Room: 918
Email: jacqueline.broad@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: History of Women's Political Thought, 1400-1800; Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century; History of Philosophy (Descartes, Locke); Feminist Theory.

Lynda BURNS

Phone: +61 3 990 55163 Room: 929
Email: Lynda.Burns@arts.monash.edu.au
Teaching and research interests: coming soon ...

Sam Butchart

Sam BUTCHART

Phone: +61 3 990 59774 Room: 910
Email: sam.butchart@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophical Logic, Epistemology, Informal Logic

Mazviita CHIRIMUUTA

Phone: +61 3 990 59166 Room: 931
Email: mazviita.chirimuuta@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Philosophy of Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Colour, Philosophy of Science.

Cordelia Fine

Cordelia FINE - working with Jeanette at CAPPE at the moment

Email: cfine@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.cappe.edu.au/people/finecor/finecor.htm
Teaching & Research Interests: Moral psychology, pathologies of morality and pathologies of belief: psychopathy, autism and delusions.

Fr Norman FORD - Honorary Research Associate

Email: nford@mercy.com.au

Daniella Forster

Daniella FORSTER

Email: daniella.forster@arts.monash.edu.au
Teaching & Research Interests: Philosophy of education, critical thinking and informal reasoning, and philosophy in the public sphere.

Rev. Dr Timothy GADEN - Honorary Research Associate

Email: timothy.gaden@arts.monash.edu.au

Ian GOLD

Unfortunately for us, at the end of 2005 Ian moved to McGill University in Montreal, Canada. See his contact details are here.

Toby Handfield

Toby HANDFIELD

Phone: +61 3 990 53202 Room: 914
Email: toby.handfield@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Metaphysics (especially laws of nature, causation, and dispositional properties), Political and legal philosophy

Robert Hanna

Prof. Robert HANNA - Senior Honorary Research Associate

Email: Robert.Hanna@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Kant, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics

John Heil

Prof. John HEIL - Senior Honorary Research Associate

Email: john.heil@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Research Interests: Metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology

Lloyd HUMBERSTONE

Phone: +61 3 990 53211 Room: 926
Email: lloyd.humberstone@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: philosophical logic, metaphysics, modal logic and its applications

Jeanette Kennett

Jeanette KENNETT(on leave 2007 - 09)

Email: jeanette.kennett@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of friendship

Dr Edward KHAMARA - Senior Honorary Research Associate

Email: ejmlk@hotmail.com

Nicole KOUROS

Research Assistant
Phone: +61 3 9905 1184 Room W903C
Email: nicole.kouros@arts.monash.edu.au

Prof. Homer Le GRAND

Phone: +61 3 990 34632
Email: Homer.Legrand@arts.monash.edu.au
Teaching and research interests: coming soon ...

Helga Kuhse

Assoc. Prof. Helga KUHSE - Senior Honorary Research Associate

Phone: +61 3 990 54266 Room: 921
Email: helga.kuhse@arts.monash.edu.au

Neil McKINNON

Phone: +61 3 990 20015 Room: W930
Email: neil.mckinnon@arts.monash.edu.au

Graham Oppy

Prof. Graham OPPY - Associate Dean, Research

Phone: +61 3 990 51225 Room: 924
Email: graham.oppy@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, aesthetics, logic, metaphysics

John Smart

Em. Prof. J.J.C. SMART - Honorary Research Associate

Phone: +61 3 990 59774 Room: 910
Email: john.smart@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Ethics.

Rob Sparrow

Rob SPARROW

Phone: +61 3 990 53244 Room: 915
Email: robert.sparrow@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Bioethics, Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Media Ethics, Environmental Philosophy.

Aubrey Townsend

Aubrey TOWNSEND

Phone: +61 3 990 53207 Room: 906
Email: aubrey.townsend@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: philosophical logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, history of philosophy

Nick TRAKAKIS

Phone: +61 3 9902 0016 Room: W903B
Email: Nick.Trakakis@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile
Teaching & Research Interests: Philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics.

Dr Deborah ZION

Email: Deborah.Zion@arts.monash.edu.au
Web: Staff Profile

Administrative Staff

Sandra BOLTON

Colleen Claudius

Colleen CLAUDIUS

Emma PENNELL

Sharon WEBB

Melva RENSHAW

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