Program Information
John Schroeder, Chair
Professor of Philosophy
240 895 4456
jwschroeder@smcm.edu
Sharon Newcomb, Office Assistant I
240 895 2159
Program Highlight
The department offers a major and minor in Philosophy and a major and minor in Religious Studies. As an active and energetic department, we are committed towards an intercultural, international and interdisciplinary understanding of the world. We teach across the traditional fields of philosophy and religious studies, and beyond the cultural divides of East and West. Departmental faculty likes to teach in a variety of venues (Nitze Program; Women, Gender and Sexuality; Environmental Studies; Asian Studies; African and African Diaspora Studies), to take students on study tours (Greece, Germany/Poland, India, Thailand, and, in the future, England and Israel), and to bring questions of global relevance to the campus communities through scheduling events with renowned speakers and activists.
Faculty & Staff
Faculty in the department hold PhDs in Philosophy and Religious Studies but are committed to reach beyond disciplinary boundaries towards a multi-cultural, interdisciplinary understanding of the world; we teach across the traditional fields of philosophy and religious studies, and beyond the cultural divides of East and West. Departmental faculty like to team-teach in a variety of venues (Nitze program, Women, Gender and Sexuality, Environmental Studies, Asian Studies, African and African Diaspora Cross-Disciplinary Area Studies), to take students on tours (Greece, Germany, India, Thailand), and to explore new ways of collaborating with colleagues and students.
Betül Başaran
Office: Anne Arundel 102-B
Email: bbasaran@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-2026
Sybol Cook Anderson
Office: Anne Arundel 102-D
Email: scanderson@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4278
Barrett Emerick
Office: Anne Arundel 110-H
Email: bmemerick@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-2211
Björn Krondorfer
Office: Anne Arundel 110-A
Email: bhkrondorfer@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4219
Jay McCrensky, PhD
Office: Anne Arundel 102-C
Email: jfmccrensky@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-2147
Daniel Meckel
Office: Anne Arundel 110-C
Email: djmeckel@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4464
Bradley Park
Office: Anne Arundel 110-E
Email: bdpark@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4276
John Schroeder
Office: Anne Arundel 110-B
Email: jwschroeder@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4456
Charles Stein
Office: Anne Arundel 110-D
Email: cwstein@smcm.edu
Phone: (240) 895-4471
Michael Taber
Office: Anne Aundel 110-F
Email: mstaber@smcm.edu
Phone: (240)-895-4900
Katharina Von Kellenbach
Office: Anne Arundel 110-G
Email: kvonkellenbach@smcm.edu
Phone: (240)-895-4277
