Faculty

Associate Professor of Philosophy

John is an associate professor of philosophy whose primary areas of research include moral philosophy and applied ethics, especially the ethics of emerging technologies such as AI and synthetic biology. He teaches courses in moral philosophy, ethics …

Professor of Religion; Dean’s Leadership Fellow

Liz Bucar is a leading expert in religious ethics. Her research and writing covers a wide range of topics—from sexual reassignment surgery to the politics of religious clothing–but generally focuses on how a deeper understanding religious difference …

Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies

N. Fadeke Castor (she/they) is a Black Feminist ethnographer and African diaspora studies scholar, with research and teaching interests in religion, race, performance and the intersectional politics of decolonization. As a Yorùbá Ifá initiate of Trin…

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

Dr. Katie Creel is an assistant professor of philosophy and computer science at Northeastern University, holding joint appointments in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Her research explores the mo…

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science

Candice Delmas (the ‘s’ in Delmas is pronounced) is an associate professor of philosophy and political science at Northeastern University, and the associate director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. She served as a Dwor…

Professor Of Philosophy and Computer Science

Don Fallis is a Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. His research interests include epistemology, philosophy of information, and philosophy of mathematics. His articles on lying and deception have appeared in the J…

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

Sina Fazelpour is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. During 2020-21, he is the Council Fellow on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Data Policy. Sina’s research focuses on issues of …

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Before teaching at Northeastern, Branden held teaching positions at Rutgers, UC-Berkeley, San José State, and Stanford and visiting positions at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU-Munich (MCMP @ LMU) and the Institute for Logic, Lan…

Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Law; Director of the Politics, Philosophy and Economics Program

Adam Hosein is a Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program, and Affiliate Professor of Law at Northeastern. Prof. Hosein works mainly in moral, political, and legal philosophy, with a special interest in are…

Professor of Philosophy and Business; Lecturer, Law and Public Policy

Patricia Illingworth is an author, philosopher, and lawyer who works on some of the most urgent social, ethical, and human rights problems that face people and their communities. Her approach is highly interdisciplinary, with a scholar’s focus on fac…

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

M. Whitney Kelting is an associate professor of religious studies. She received her B.A from Colby College, and her MA and PhD in South Asian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Kelting is the author of Singin…

Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Undergraduate Program Director (Religious Studies)

Jung Lee is an associate professor of religious studies at Northeastern University. He received his B.A. from Amherst College, and his Ph.D. from Brown University in religious studies. Professor Lee teaches and publishes in the areas of religious eth…

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Chad Lee-Stronach is an Assistant Professor in Information Ethics. His current research develops ethical principles relating to uncertainty, privacy, explanation, and misinformation. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the Australian National Univ…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Religion

Getty Lustila is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. He specializes in modern philosophy and the history of ethics. Getty‘s recent work focus on the writings of Sophie de Grouchy and Damaris Masham. Getty also works on N…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

Meica Magnani is an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University, holding a joint appointment with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Her main line of research spans the areas of moral, s…

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Kay Mathiesen is an Associate Professor with a research focus on information and computer ethics and justice. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of California, Irvine. She uses her expertise in social epistemology, ethics, social ph…

Visiting Lecturer, Philosophy and Religion

Lisa McLeod’s areas of interest include philosophy of race, critical race and gender theory, carceral studies, and health care ethics. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Prior to teachin…

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Philosophy

Jorge Morales is an assistant professor of psychology and philosophy. He is interested in the subjectivity of the mind: how we perceive the world, how the brain creates conscious experiences, and how introspection opens a window into our own minds. H…

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy; Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion

Serena Parekh is a Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She co-edits the journal, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly. She is the author of three books, including her most recent book, No Refuge: Ethics and the Gl…

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

Vance Ricks is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, holding joint appointments in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Ricks earned his doctorate in philosophy from Stanford Uni…

Professor of Philosophy; Director, Ethics Institute

Ronald Sandler is a professor of philosophy and Director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University. His primary areas of research are environmental ethics, ethics and emerging technologies, ethical theory, and Spinoza. Sandler teaches course…

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Katy Shorey is assistant teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Her research focuses on criteria for evaluating the success of scientific explanations. In particular, how to articulate a general account of explanation that s…

Professor of Philosophy; Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities; Undergraduate Program Director (Philosophy)

Rory Smead is a professor of philosophy and the Ronald L. and Linda A. Rossetti Professor for the Humanities at Northeastern University. Smead’s research interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, logic and game theory. His curre…

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Professor Smith received his PhD in 2004 from UNC Chapel Hill. He has published in political theory, moral philosophy, action theory, and jurisprudence. Currently, he is working on a project on the materiality of agency and co-authoring a book on urb…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy; Oakland PPE Program Coordinator

Alec Stubbs serves as the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program Coordinator for Northeastern University Oakland. He received his PhD from Loyola University Chicago in 2022. His work focuses on the philosophy of work, prefigurative politics, pos…

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Jacob Stump received his PhD in 2017 from the University of Toronto. He writes about moral psychology in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is a member of the Mellon Philosophy as a Way of Life Project and leads the Philosophy as a Way of Life Wo…

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz is an assistant professor of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies from Missouri State University. She earned an M.Phil and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from New Yor…

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Ann C (Anncy) Thresher is an applied ethicist whose work focuses on emerging environmental technologies and, in particular, what risks we’re warranted in taking to solve environmental crises. As part of this, she works with scientists and policy-make…

Assistant Teaching Professor

Yafeng Wang is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University, holding a joint appointment with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the College of Engineering. Before joining Northeastern, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Mark Wells received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 2014. Before coming to Northeastern, he held visiting positions at The College of Wooster and Mt. Holyoke College. In his philosophical work, he focuses on the ways in…

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities

Patricia Williams, one of the most provocative intellectuals in American law and a pioneer of both the law and literature and critical race theory movements in American legal theory, serves as University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities,…

Teaching Professor of Religion

Sheila F. Winborne is teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion She received her Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University (specialization theology and the visual arts), an MTS (concentration religion and culture) f…

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Benjamin Yelle received his Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 2014. His work focuses on issues in normative and applied ethics. In normative ethics, he is interested in the ways in which our nature as autonomous persons affects what is prudential…

Part-Time Lecturer

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Stephen Nathanson is a professor emeritus in philosophy at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. He received his B. A. with honors in philosophy from Swarthmore College, and his PhD in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. Professor Nat…

Professor Emeritus