Lifetime Members

Gerald Blakely
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Gerald (Jerry) Blakely holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is on the faculty of the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, where he designed a Corporate Citizenship Project course to teach students how corporations should interface with not-for-profits. He also developed the college’s Corporate Social Responsibility course.


Eric Boynton
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Eric Boynton is the chair of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Rice University.


Talbot Brewer
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Talbot Brewer is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. His work primarily focuses on ethical theory, moral psychology, and Aristotelian and Kantian approaches to normative ethics.


David L. Cale
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David Cale earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University and co-founded the Matheia Society Foundation with his wife, Lillian. He oversees the Business Ethics Program at West Virginia University and chairs the Academic Standards Committee at the College of Business and Economics.


Ralph W. Clark
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Ralph (Bill) Clark is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at West Virginia University, where he also coordinates the Humanities Program. His research focuses on the philosophy of science.


Christine Sorrell Dinkins
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Christine Dinkins is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Wofford College. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. Her latest book is Our Dissertations, Ourselves: Shared Stories of Women’s Dissertation Journeys.


Matthew C. Flamm
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Matthew Flamm holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Southern Illinois University and is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. His work focuses on Western philosophical figures, ethics, political philosophy, logic, and philosophy of mind.


Patricia Glazebrook
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Patricia Glazebrook, Ph.D., is the chair of the Philosophy & Religion Studies Department at the University of North Texas. Her academic focus is on feminism.


Benjamin R. Johnston
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Benjamin (Ben) Johnston holds a Master of Science in Atmospheric Science from the University of Maryland. He is particularly interested in Environmental Earth Science and has worked on an environmental studies center project with the Matheia Society Foundation and the Laurel Conservancy.


Jan-Erik Jones
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Jan-Erik Jones is a Professor of Philosophy at Southern Virginia University. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Irvine, with interests in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and epistemology.


Joe Frank Jones III
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Joe Frank Jones, III, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford University. He is the author of A Modest Realism: Preserving Common Rationality in Philosophy.


Steven Luper
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Steven Luper is the chair of the Philosophy Department at Trinity University. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His academic specializations include epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of death.


Joseph C. Pitt
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Joseph Pitt holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario and is a Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech. He has published extensively and serves as the editor of Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology.


Ronald Polansky
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Ronald Polansky is a Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Duquesne University. His academic focus is ancient philosophy, and he serves as the editor of the journal Ancient Philosophy. He earned his Ph.D. from Boston College.


Creighton J. Rosental
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Creighton Rosental is the Chair of the Philosophy Department at Mercer University. He has a broad background in philosophy, focusing on philosophy of science, religion, and medieval philosophy. His current project explores the history of logic.


Minerva San Juan
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Minerva San Juan is the chair of the Philosophy Department at Trinity Washington University and serves as the CAS Adjunct Faculty Coordinator. She holds a Ph.D. from Georgetown University.


Ted Schick
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Ted Schick is the chair of the Philosophy Department at Muhlenberg College and director of the Muhlenberg Scholars Program. He holds a Ph.D. from Brown University, and his academic interests include philosophy of science, mind, and biomedical ethics.


Daniel Shapiro
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Daniel (Danny) Shapiro is a full professor in the Philosophy Department at West Virginia University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and writes on libertarian aspects of social and political philosophy.


Paul J. Speaker
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Paul Speaker is a faculty member of the Finance Department at West Virginia University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University and serves as CEO of Forensic Science Management Consultants LLC, specializing in the business of forensics.


Jorge M. Valadez
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Jorge Valadez is the chair of the Philosophy Department at Our Lady of the Lake University. His Ph.D. in philosophy comes from Yale University. His interests include social and political philosophy and Pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan philosophy.


Bryan Wagoner
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Bryan Wagoner is the chair of the Philosophy and Religion Department at Davis & Elkins College. He earned his Ph.D. in religion from Harvard University. His work explores modern religious thought, secular and religious identities, critical theory, and political philosophy.


Martin Weatherston
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Martin Weatherston is a Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at East Stroudsburg University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and focuses on Continental philosophy, particularly Kant and Heidegger.