Faculty & Staff

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Dr. David Lefkowitz
Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL)
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, PPEL
Specialties:
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Political and Social Philosophy
  • Applied Ethics
  • Ethical Theory
Contact:
(804) 287-6805
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Erik Craft
Associate Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
  • Economic History of Weather Information
  • Flipped Classroom
  • Traffic Citations
Contact:
(804) 287-6573
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Dr. Sam Director
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law
Specialties:
  • Biomedical Ethics
  • Public Health Ethics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Ethics of Technology
Contact:
(804) 287-6451
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Dr. Jessica Flanigan
Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics & Democratic Values
Specialties:
  • Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Political Philosophy
Contact:
(804) 287-6353
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Colin Kielty
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
  • Democratic Theory
  • Voting and Elections
  • Media and Political Thought
Contact:
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Dr. Claudio López-Guerra
Associate Professor of Political Science and PPEL (Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law)
Specialties:
  • Political philosophy
  • Democratic theory
  • Institutional design
  • Immigration ethics
Contact:
(804) 289-8530
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Kayleigh McCrary
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
  • Political Economy
  • Public Economics
Contact:
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Emilee Papa
Academic Administrative Coordinator
Contact:
(804) 289-8529
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Dr. Terry L. Price
Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law and Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics
Specialties:
  • Leadership Ethics
  • Moral Psychology
  • Responsibility
  • Influence
  • Social, Political, and Legal Theory
Contact:
(804) 287-6088
Dr. Nancy Schauber
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL), Coordinator, Law & Liberal Arts Minor
Specialties:
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Ancient Philosophy
Contact:
(804) 287-6087
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Dr. Stephen Simon
Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
  • Constitutional Law
  • Legal and Political Theory
  • Universal Rights
  • Natural Law and Philosophy
  • The American Judiciary
Contact:
(804) 287-6626
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Danielle Stokes
Associate Professor of Law
Specialties:
  • Property
  • Environmental Law
  • Land Use and Zoning
Contact:
(804) 289 8211
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Dr. Jeppe von Platz
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Specialties:
  • Social and political philosophy
  • History of normative thought from Grotius to the present
Contact:
(804) 289-8413
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Dr. Thad Williamson
Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law
Specialties:
  • Urban Politics and Sprawl
  • Community Economic Development
  • City of Richmond Politics
  • Sports, Justice, and Ethics
Contact:
(804) 287-6542

Emeriti Faculty

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Dr. Richard Dagger
E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
  • Political and legal philosophy, with special interests in republicanism, political obligation, and the justification of punishment
Contact:
804-289-8530
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Dr. G. Scott Davis
Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law, Emeritus
Specialties:
  • Ethics
  • Western Religious Thought
Contact: