People

Faculty
Permanent Faculty

Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson

Professor | Distinguished University Scholar | Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies Associate | Faculty Fellow, Green College

phone604 822 3967
location_onBuchanan E 278
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA PWIAS Associate and a Faculty Fellow of Green College

Alisabeth Ayars

Alisabeth Ayars

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 364

Research Area

Ethics | Metaethics
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

Research Area

Ethics | Metaethics

Alison Wylie

Alison Wylie

Professor | Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) | Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences | Associate Faculty, UBC Anthropology

phone604 822 6574
location_onBuchanan E 276
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Thursday, 3:00pm - 5:00pm In person: BUCH E276 On Zoom: email to request link Also available by appointment

Anders Kraal

Anders Kraal

Lecturer

location_onBuchanan E 158
Office Hours - 2024W Tuesday & Thursday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm Location: TBA Also available by appointment Dr Anders Kraal joined the Department of Philosophy at UBC in 2015. He has published papers in various areas of philosophy, including the history and philosophy of logic, the...Read more

Carrie Jenkins

Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Wednesday & Friday, 10:00am - 11:00am on Zoom Also available by appointment  

Catherine (Cat) Prueitt

Catherine (Cat) Prueitt

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 378
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 In person: Tuesdays, 3:30pm - 5:00pm On Zoom: Wednesdays 3:15pm-4:15pm Also available by appointment or walk-in  

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens

Associate Professor

location_onBuchanan E 356
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks

Professor of Teaching | Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, pro tem at UBC Vancouver

phone604 822 1136
location_onBuchanan E 171
I am a Professor of Teaching in Philosophy, and from 2018-2023 I'm also the Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC Vancouver. I earned a BA at the University of Idaho in 1991 with a double major in Philosophy and Political Science. I then earned a PhD in Phil...Read more

Christopher Mole

Christopher Mole

Professor of Philosophy | Chair, Programme in Cognitive Systems

location_onLife Building Room 2512 (Temporary office)

David Gilbert

David Gilbert

Associate Professor of Teaching

phone604 822 2511
location_onBuchanan E 360
Office Hours - 2024W On leave 2024W  

Dominic Alford-Duguid

Dominic Alford-Duguid

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 362
My work primarily lies in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of law. Before coming to UBC, I was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2018 to 2021, and a Research Fellow at King's College London from 2016 to 2018.

Edward Slingerland

Edward Slingerland

Professor | Director of the Database of Religious History

location_onBuchanan E 163

Research Area

Asian Philosophy
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00am - 10:00am (in BUCH E163) Also on Zoom by appointment: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/4422938752?pwd=aGxFRVU5bkZvUS9kUWxSMmFsWktCdz09 Meeting ID: 442 293 8752 Passcode: 520254 For publications, on-line pedagogy, interviews, and p...Read more

Research Area

Asian Philosophy

Eric Margolis

Eric Margolis

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 380
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Office hours on Zoom and change week to week Please visit Dr. Margolis' website for up-to-date information  

Evan Thompson

Evan Thompson

Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology

location_onBuchanan E 377
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Fatema Amijee

Fatema Amijee

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 369
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

John Beatty

John Beatty

Professor | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

location_onBuchanan E 173
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Friday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm on Zoom Attend office hours through Zoom Canvas Also available by appointment  

Michael Griffin

Michael Griffin

Professor | Head, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies | General Editor, Ancient Commentators Project (Bloomsbury)

phone604 822 4050
location_onBuchanan C 227B
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Monday, 2:00pm - 3:00pm in BUCH C227B, or by appointment

Murat Aydede

Murat Aydede

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 367
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Thursday, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: BUCH E367 Also available by appointment

Ori Simchen

Ori Simchen

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 267
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Paul Bartha

Paul Bartha

Professor

phone604 822 2621
location_onBuchanan E 371
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Monday & Wednesday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm in BUCH E371 Also available by appointment  

Roberta Ballarin

Roberta Ballarin

Associate Professor

location_onBuchanan E 363
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Sylvia Berryman

Sylvia Berryman

Professor | Co-Director UBC Global Citizenship Term Abroad

location_onBuchanan E 269
Office Hours - 2024W term 2 Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00am - 11:00am Location: BUCH E269 Also by appointment  

Thomas Bittner

Thomas Bittner

Lecturer

location_onBuchanan Tower 202
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00am - 11:50am on Zoom Zoom Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67756208479?pwd=Qnh6NktXUWlzM1NmT3FiS0JzNjhzQT09 Meeting ID 677 5620 8479 / Passcode 125387 Also available by appointment
Graduate Faculty

Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson

Professor | Distinguished University Scholar | Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies Associate | Faculty Fellow, Green College

phone604 822 3967
location_onBuchanan E 278
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA PWIAS Associate and a Faculty Fellow of Green College

Alisabeth Ayars

Alisabeth Ayars

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 364

Research Area

Ethics | Metaethics
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

Research Area

Ethics | Metaethics

Alison Wylie

Alison Wylie

Professor | Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) | Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences | Associate Faculty, UBC Anthropology

phone604 822 6574
location_onBuchanan E 276
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Thursday, 3:00pm - 5:00pm In person: BUCH E276 On Zoom: email to request link Also available by appointment

Carrie Jenkins

Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Wednesday & Friday, 10:00am - 11:00am on Zoom Also available by appointment  

Catherine (Cat) Prueitt

Catherine (Cat) Prueitt

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 378
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 In person: Tuesdays, 3:30pm - 5:00pm On Zoom: Wednesdays 3:15pm-4:15pm Also available by appointment or walk-in  

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens

Associate Professor

location_onBuchanan E 356
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

Christopher Mole

Christopher Mole

Professor of Philosophy | Chair, Programme in Cognitive Systems

location_onLife Building Room 2512 (Temporary office)

Dominic Alford-Duguid

Dominic Alford-Duguid

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 362
My work primarily lies in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of law. Before coming to UBC, I was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2018 to 2021, and a Research Fellow at King's College London from 2016 to 2018.

Edward Slingerland

Edward Slingerland

Professor | Director of the Database of Religious History

location_onBuchanan E 163

Research Area

Asian Philosophy
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00am - 10:00am (in BUCH E163) Also on Zoom by appointment: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/4422938752?pwd=aGxFRVU5bkZvUS9kUWxSMmFsWktCdz09 Meeting ID: 442 293 8752 Passcode: 520254 For publications, on-line pedagogy, interviews, and p...Read more

Research Area

Asian Philosophy

Eric Margolis

Eric Margolis

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 380
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Office hours on Zoom and change week to week Please visit Dr. Margolis' website for up-to-date information  

Evan Thompson

Evan Thompson

Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology

location_onBuchanan E 377
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Fatema Amijee

Fatema Amijee

Assistant Professor

location_onBuchanan E 369
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

John Beatty

John Beatty

Professor | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

location_onBuchanan E 173
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Friday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm on Zoom Attend office hours through Zoom Canvas Also available by appointment  

Michael Griffin

Michael Griffin

Professor | Head, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies | General Editor, Ancient Commentators Project (Bloomsbury)

phone604 822 4050
location_onBuchanan C 227B
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Monday, 2:00pm - 3:00pm in BUCH C227B, or by appointment

Murat Aydede

Murat Aydede

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 367
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Thursday, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: BUCH E367 Also available by appointment

Ori Simchen

Ori Simchen

Professor

location_onBuchanan E 267
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Paul Bartha

Paul Bartha

Professor

phone604 822 2621
location_onBuchanan E 371
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Monday & Wednesday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm in BUCH E371 Also available by appointment  

Roberta Ballarin

Roberta Ballarin

Associate Professor

location_onBuchanan E 363
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA

Sylvia Berryman

Sylvia Berryman

Professor | Co-Director UBC Global Citizenship Term Abroad

location_onBuchanan E 269
Office Hours - 2024W term 2 Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00am - 11:00am Location: BUCH E269 Also by appointment  
Sessional Instructors

Aaron Henry, Sessional

Aaron Henry, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

phone604 822 8853
location_onBuchanan D 305
Office Hours 2024W term 1 Tuesday & Friday, 3:00pm - 4:00pm on Zoom Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/s/66330363643?pwd=cEd3K3dqT3o0eFd5Tmh2Y0NmZ1lhZz09#success Also available by appointment Office Hours 2024W term 2 Tuesday & Thursday, 11:00am - 12:00pm on Zoom Also avail...Read more

Alexandre Korolev, Sessional

Alexandre Korolev, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

location_onBuchanan E 172
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA  

Doran Smolkin, Sessional

Doran Smolkin, Sessional

Continuing Sessional Lecturer

location_onBuchanan D 305

Research Area

Ethics
Office Hours - 2024W term 1: Thursday, 8:00am - 10:00am on Zoom Link to weekly office hours provided on the Course home page on Canvas Also available by appointment

Research Area

Ethics

Irwin Chan, Sessional

Irwin Chan, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

location_onBuchanan D 305
Office Hours 2024W term 1 In person and on Zoom By appointment only (email irwin.chan@ubc.ca) About Me I teach Ethics and Critical Thinking and I do research on teaching. Doing research on teaching helps me improve my own teaching and promote pedagogical innovations to other phil...Read more

Jordan Dodd, Sessional

Jordan Dodd, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

location_onBuchanan D 305
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 Tuesday, 11:15am - 12:15pm Location: BUCH D305 Also available via Zoom by appointment

Rana Ahmad, Sessional

Rana Ahmad, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

location_onBuchanan D 305

Stefan Lukits, Sessional

Stefan Lukits, Sessional

Sessional Instructor

location_onBuchanan D 305

Research Area

Epistemology
Office Hours - 2024W term 1 TBA Also available by appointment I am a sessional lecturer in philosophy at the University of British Columbia and on faculty in the mathematics department at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. I do research in formal epistemology (quantitativ...Read more

Research Area

Epistemology
Emeritus

Leslie Burkholder

Leslie Burkholder

Associate Professor Emeritus

Richard (Dick) Sikora

Richard (Dick) Sikora

Emeritus Professor

Affiliated Faculty

Anita Ho

Anita Ho

Affiliate Member | Associate Professor

location_onLeonard S. Klinck 227

Daniel Steel

Daniel Steel

Associate Professor | Affiliate Member

phone778 919 7198

Judy Illes

Judy Illes

Affiliate Member | Professor and Canada Research Chair

Robert Brain

Robert Brain

Affiliate Member | Associate Professor

location_onBuchanan Tower 1119
In Memoriam

Earl R. Winkler (1938 - 2024)

Earl R. Winkler (1938 - 2024)

Professor | In Memoriam

John Woods (1937-2024)

John Woods (1937-2024)

Honorary Professor of Logic | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | President Emeritus, University of Lethbridge | Fellow of the Charles S. Peirce Society | In Memoriam