Philosophy/Philosophy, Politics & Law
IN THIS ISSUE Editor, Kristen Mauro, Philosophy Phone: 607-777-2735 Fax: 607-777-2734 E-mail: kmauro@binghamton.edu
Binghamton University
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Department focus on junior and senior faculty members Institute for Philosophy, Politics and Law Program Staff member awarded 2004 Binghamton Council/ Foundation Award
From the Chair
This is the first issue of the Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy, Politics, and Law (PPL) Program Newsletter. I have been with the Department and with PPL since 1991 and am the Department's chair only since the beginning of the 2003-2004 Academic year. Even during the time I have been with the Department it has changed. It has changed quite a lot since the early 1960's when it emerged as an independent unit out of the Harpur College Humanities Division. Today's Department grants a B.A., M.A., and a Ph.D. in Philosophy. Its B.A. is general. Its M.A. and Ph.D. are specialized in Social, Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy (SPEL). In addition, the Department supports and administers the interdisciplinary undergraduate program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (PPL) and a 3/2 program that connects the PPL B.A. with the SPEL M.A. The Department has, in addition to myself, another fourteen faculty members. The members who have been with us longest are Tony Preus who joined in 1964 and who is also a member of PPL, Vito Sinisi who joined in 1966, Stephen Ross who joined in 1967, Mike Dillon who joined in 1968, and Don Weiss who joined in 1969 and is also a member of PPL. Jeffner Allen joined in 1987, John Arthur, who is the Director of PPL, and Eric Dietrich, in 1988, and Max Pensky, who is a member of PPL, in 1990. Our newest members are Melissa Zinkin who joined in 1998 and is also a member of PPL, Steve Scalet, who is the Associate Director of PPL, and Lisa Tessman, who is a member of PPL, both of whom joined in 1999, Christopher Knapp who joined in 2001 and is also a member of PPL, and Charles Goodman who joined in 2003. The Newsletter will feature two or more of the faculty in each issue, as well as give news about faculty accomplishments. These are usually quite impressive. The Department faculty, which is usually known to most of its alums as teachers, is a very productive faculty, which contributes substantially to research in Philosophy. For more information about the Department please look at our website at http://philosophy.binghamton.edu. The newsletter has a dedicated space for news from Philosophy and PPL alums. This space is not used in this first issue but we are all looking forward to hearing from you. Bat-Ami Bar On

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