Faculty and Staff

Philosophy Department faculty and staff

Faculty 

Paul Gregory

Paul Gregory

Professor of Philosophy, Department Head

Gregory’s teaching and research interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, metaphysics, the history of analytic philosophy, and W.V. Quine.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Melina Bell

Melina Bell

she/her

Professor of Philosophy and Law

Bell is a part of the faculty in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability, and the Law, Justice, and Society Program. She also teaches at the Law School. Professor Bell’s primary research interests are in political philosophy, philosophy of law, and feminist philosophy.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Brandon Conley

Brandon Conley

he/him

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

William Dudley

William Dudley

W&L President and Professor of Philosophy

President Dudley teaches a philosophy seminar each Fall Term, often focusing on topics in higher education. His current course examines the W&L mission statement. He is the author of two books and numerous articles on German Idealism, which is his area of scholarly expertise.

Curriculum Vitae

Nathaniel Goldberg

Nathaniel Goldberg

he/him

Professor of Philosophy

Goldberg teaches courses on the history of Western European philosophy, logic, the philosophy of language, and philosophy and science fiction. He has written dozens of articles and five books on epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy and pop culture.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Li Kang

Li Kang

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Kang teaches Introduction to Theories of Knowledge and Reality, and Chinese Buddhist Philosophy. Her research deals with metaphysics, Buddhist philosophy, Chinese philosophy and philosophy of science.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Angela Sun

Angela Sun

she/her

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Erin Taylor

Erin Taylor

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Taylor teaches courses on ancient Greek philosophy, medicine, research, poverty and medical ethics. She has researched normative ethics, political philosophy and bioethics.

View Profile

Affiliated Faculty 

Jeffrey Kosky

Jeffrey Kosky

Head of the Department, Professor of Religion

Professor Kosky’s courses study religion and humanistic inquiry, secularity and Christianity. His research interests include spirituality and contemporary art, the question of happiness, and the borders of philosophy and religion.

View Profile

Emeritus Faculty 

Greg Cooper

Greg Cooper

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Cooper’s teaching and research interests are wide ranging but often meet at the intersection of philosophy and ecology. He has researched and published on the philosophy of biology and general environmental philosophy.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Kenneth Lambert

Kenneth Lambert

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Philosophy

Lambert taught courses in programming, software development and mobile application development. He was also a member of the Philosophy Department and taught courses on the philosophy of history and Hegel.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Lad Sessions

Lad Sessions

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

View Profile

Angela Smith

Angela Smith

Professor of Philosophy

Smith teaches courses on ethical theory, political philosophy, free will and moral responsibility, and Plato. Her research interests concern the connections between morality, moral agency and moral responsibility.

View Profile Curriculum Vitae

Staff 

Wanda Childers

Wanda Childers

Administrative Assistant

Department Info

  • Washington Hall
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Paul Gregory

Department Head

Wanda Childers

Administrative Assistant