Program Information
Michael Taber, Chair
240 895 4900
mstaber@smcm.edu
Penny Shissler, Office Clerk
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.
Barrett Emerick
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Departments: Philosophy and Religious Studies
Office: Margaret Brent Hall 204
Email: bmemerick@smcm.edu
Phone: 240-895-2211
Bio:
Barrett Emerick (Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder) is an assistant professor of philosophy, specializing in ethics, social and political philosophy, and feminist philosophy. His current research focuses on restorative justice and moral repair, the intersection of epistemology and ethics, and moral responsibility.
