Philosophy Faculty
Philosophy Faculty
With more than 20 full-time faculty members, the Philosophy department is one of the largest departments on campus.
Our faculty include internationally renowned researchers in every major period in the history of philosophy from the Ancient to the Contemporary. Our specialties include figures like Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Nietzsche, Husserl, and Wittgenstein, and topics such as Ethics, Existentialism, Feminism, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Disability, Philosophy of Mind, and Social and Political Thought.
Dr. Licia Carlson
Chair, Philosophy Department
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 108
401.865.1357
acarlso1@providence.edu
Wendy Forsley
Administrative Coordinator
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 105
401.865.2335
wforsley@providence.edu
Matthew Cuddeback
Faculty liaison to Our Lady of Providence Seminary
Ruane 234
401.865.2278
MCUDDEBA@providence.edu
Dr. John Abbruzzese
Associate Professor
Office Hours: By Appointment
Siena Hall 126
401.865.1030
jabbruzz@providence.edu
Dr. Emann Allebban
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Sienna 114
401.865.2061
eallebban@providence.edu
Dr. Giuseppe Butera
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 124
401.865.1103
gbutera@providence.edu
Dr. Chris Arroyo
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 111
401.865.2235
carroyo@providence.edu
Dr. Anna Boesenkool
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
St. Catherine of Siena Hall LL 024
4018652667
aboessen@providence.edu
Dr. Justin Caouette
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 113
401.865.1823
jcaouett@providence.edu
Dr. Drew Chambers
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
Phillips 234
401.865.2335
Drew.Chambers@providence.edu
Dr. Joseph Cosgrove
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 134
401.865.2710
jcosgrove@providence.edu
Dr. Peter Costello
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 026
401.865.2188
pcostell@providence.edu
Dr. Ed Dain
Professor of Philosophy
St. Catherine of Siena 117
401-865-2887
edain@providence.edu
Dr. Alma Espartinez
Assistant Instructional Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 127
401.865.2335
aespartinez@providence.edu
Dr. Blythe Greene
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 127
401.865.2335
bgreene4@providence.edu
Dr. Raymond Hain
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
Ruane Center for the Humanities 231
401.865.2477
rhain@providence.edu
Dr. Natalie Hannan
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 133
401.865.1924
nhannan@providence.edu
Dr. Anthony Jensen
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 112
401.865.2043
Anthony.Jensen@providence.edu
Dr. Colin King
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena 132
401.865.2447
colin.king@providence.edu
Dr. Patrick MacFarlane
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
Ruane Center for the Humanities 230
401.865.2643
pmacfarlane@providence.edu
Dr. Antonella Mallozzi
Associate Professor of Philosophy/ Assistant Department Chair
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena 139
401.865.1705
amalloz1@providence.edu
Dr. Robert Miner
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 129
401.865.1871
rminer1@providence.edu
Dr. Vance Morgan
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 118
401.865.1258
thorsen@providence.edu
Dr. Samuel Murray
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 125
401.865.2748
smurray7@providence.edu
Dr. Jeffery Nicholas
Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena 116
401.865.2562
jnichol2@providence.edu
Dr. Elyse Oakley
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
Siena Hall 2461
401.865.2461
eoakley@providence.edu
Dr. Michael O’Neill
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 138
401.865.1426
moneill@providence.edu
Dr. Daniel Richmond
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
St. Catherine of Siena Hall LL024
401-865-2242
drichmon@providence.edu
Dr. Christopher Sauder
Assistant Instructional Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 127
401.865.2642
csauder@providence.edu
Fr. John Sica
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Profile
St. Catherine of Siena Hall 135
401.865.2335
jsica@providence.edu
Rev. N. Joseph Torchia, O.P., Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Siena Hall 119
401.865.1895
jtorchia@providence.edu
Dr. Margaret Watkins
Professor of Philosophy; Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Profile
Ruane Center for the Humanities 147
401.865.2186
mwatkin1@providence.edu
