Faculty Spotlight
Johanna Oksala
Johanna Oksala is the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Philosophy. She joined Loyola University Chicago in August 2019. Professor Oksala’s areas of expertise are political philosophy, feminist philosophy, environmental philosophy, Foucault, and phenomenology. She is the author of five monographs and over fifty refereed journal articles and book chapters. Her work has been translated into eight languages. Oksala is on the editorial board of several academic journals, and she has given over a hundred conference papers and invited talks internationally. Read An Interview with Dr. Johanna Oksala
Naomi Fisher
Naomi Fisher is an assistant professor of Philosophy. Her research focuses on Kant and German Idealism and Romanticism, specifically the relationship between nature, freedom, and rationality in Kant’s Critical philosophy and in Friedrich Schelling’s philosophy of nature. She also has interests in the broader history of philosophy, particularly the 19th century, the philosophy of science, and ethics. Read An Interview with Dr. Naomi Fisher
Richard Kim
Dr. Richard Kim is an assistant professor in the Philosophy department at Loyola University Chicago. His research focuses on the nature of well-being and draws from East Asian and Ancient philosophy to address contemporary problems in ethics and moral psychology. Read An Interview with Dr. Richard Kim
David Ingram
"When you've seen those conditions, it's like they’re indelibly imprinted on your brain. You can't get them out of your head. So, I've become increasingly interested in what critical theory looks like on the ground instead of being just absorbed with theory." Read An Interview with Dr. David Ingram about his book, World Crisis and Underdevelopment: A Critical Theory of Poverty, Agency, and Coercion.
Joseph Vukov
"My research projects in philosophy of mind and neuroethics both stem from my interest in consciousness and whether consciousness matters, morally speaking. In recent years, we have made great strides in understanding the brain. But there are important questions about consciousness we haven’t answered yet." Read more in An Interview with Dr. Joe Vukov