Faculty and Staff

Faculty

• Jeremy Kirby

  Professor

  B.A., University of Utah
  M.A., University of Utah
  Ph.D., Florida State University
  At Albion since 2006

  Dr. Kirby teaches and researches in the areas of Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, and 20th Century Philosophy. Visit his blog, Orthos Logos.

  Faculty Profile

  Office: Vulgamore Hall 216
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0353
  

• Daniel M. Mittag

  Associate Professor and Department Chair

  B.A., Drake University
  M.A., Texas A&M University
  M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester
  At Albion since 2007

  Dr. Mittag teaches in the areas of Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Logic.  His primary area of research is Epistemology.

  Faculty Profile

  Office: Vulgamore Hall 208
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0239
  

• Sean Kermath

  Visiting Instructor

  B.A University of Michigan 2012                                                                                                                        M.A. Western Michigan University

  Professor Kermath teaches and his research is in Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Moral Psychology

  Office: Vulgamore 213 213
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517)629-0524
  

Staff

• Linda Clawson

  Department Secretary

  B.A., 1979, University of California at Santa Barbara
  Joined Albion in 1993

  Office: Vulgamore Hall 207
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0207
  Fax: (517) 629-0286

Faculty Emeriti

• H. Eugene Cline

  Professor Emeritus

  B.R.E., Cornerstone University, 1967; M.A. 1969
  Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1980
  Joined Albion in 1979

  Dr. Cline taught and researched in the areas of Social Philosophy and the Philosophy of Law.

  Faculty Profile

• Bindu Madhok

  Professor

  B.A. University of Calcutta
  Ph.D., Brown University
  At Albion since 1990

  Dr. Madhok teaches and researches in the areas of Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, and Meta-Ethics.

  Faculty Profile

  Office: Vulgamore Hall 215
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0338
  

• Jorg Baumgartner

  Professor Emeritus

  B.A., 1958, Mörike Gymnasium Ludwigsburg
  Cand. phil., 1962, Free University of Berlin;
  Cand. theol., 1964, University of Tübingen
  M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1986, Michigan State University
  Appointed 1985

  Email: [email protected]
  

In Memory

• Ralph M. Davis

  Professor Emeritus

  Philosophy professor emeritus Ralph Davis passed away Feb. 8 in Portland, OR at the age of 81. He is survived by Margaret, his wife of 55 years, two children and one grandchild.

  

  In 1967, through a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Albion offered a two-year contract to Davis to help build the College’s Great Ideas Program. Through the next 38 years, Davis became the first director of that program, then the first director of its successor, the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Institute. Shortly before his retirement, Davis also received the first Prentiss M. Brown Honors Institute professorship. Read more.

• Ned S. Garvin

  In Memory

  1948 – 2006, beloved and outstanding teacher and colleague.

  Read more about the remarkable life of Ned Garvin.

• Jack F. Padgett

  In Memory

  1926-2012

  A.B., 1950, Juniata College; S.T.B., 1953, Boston University, School of Theology; Ph.D., 1959, Boston University, Graduate School. On staff 1965-1990. Emeritus 1990.

  Read more about Padgett’s impact at Albion.