Faculty
Faculty in the Philosophy program include faculty appointed solely to the Graduate Center, as well as affiliated faculty who teach at the Graduate Center as well as another CUNY school. Our faculty are distinguished scholars, who are active in their communities and dedicated to their students and their research.
Our Faculty

Linda Martín Alcoff
Professor
- Philosophy
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies

Sergei Artemov
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy
Distinguished Professor
- Computer Science
Distinguished Professor
- Mathematics

Jeffrey Blustein
Professor
- Philosophy

Michael Brownstein
Associate Professor
- Philosophy

Noël Carroll
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy
Distinguished Professor
- Film Studies

Samir Chopra
Faculty
- Philosophy

Alberto Cordero
Faculty
- Philosophy

Elise Crull
Associate Professor
- Philosophy

Omar Dahbour
Professor
- Philosophy

Michael Devitt
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy

Justin Garson
Professor
- Philosophy

Jonathan Gilmore
Associate Professor and MA Program Director
- Philosophy

Carol Gould
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Global Ethics and Politics
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

John D. Greenwood
Deputy Executive Officer and Professor
- Philosophy
Professor
- Psychology
Stephen Grover
Faculty
- Philosophy

Dan Harris
Associate Professor
- Philosophy

Jonathan Jacobs
Professor
- Philosophy
Professor
- Criminal Justice

Elliott Jurist
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Philosophy

Serene Khader
Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture and Professor
- Philosophy
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies

Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Presidential Professor
- Philosophy

Frank Kirkland
Faculty
- Philosophy

Douglas Lackey
Faculty
- Philosophy

Matthew Lindauer
Assistant Professor
- Philosophy

Eric Mandelbaum
Associate Professor
- Philosophy

Barbara Gail Montero
Faculty
- Philosophy

Stephen Neale
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy
Distinguished Professor
- Linguistics

Angelica Nuzzo
Professor
- Philosophy

Gary Ostertag
Faculty
- Philosophy

Romina Padro
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Philosophy

David Papineau
Visiting Presidential Professor
- Philosophy

Rohit Parikh
Distinguished Professor
- Mathematics
Distinguished Professor
- Computer Science
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy

Massimo Pigliucci
Professor
- Philosophy

Graham Priest
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy

Jesse Prinz
Distinguished Professor
- Philosophy

Rosamond Rhodes
Faculty
- Philosophy

Steven Ross
Faculty
- Philosophy

Hagop Sarkissian
Professor
- Philosophy

Sandra Shapshay
Faculty
- Philosophy

Justin Steinberg
Professor
- Philosophy
Professor
- Global Early Modern Studies

Thomas Teufel
Faculty
- Philosophy

Saam Trivedi
Professor
- Philosophy

Iakovos Vasiliou
Interim Executive Officer and Professor
- Philosophy

Ben Vilhauer
Professor
- Philosophy

Lisa Warenski
Affiliated Associate Professor
- Philosophy

Naomi Zack
Professor
- Philosophy
Recent Faculty News
May 11, 2023
Announcing the Alumni Award Winners
The Graduate Center will honor the 2023 and 2020 Alumni Award recipients on May 18.
- GC Stories
- Alumni News
- Faculty News
Apr 26, 2023
Three Graduate Center Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Linda Martín Alcoff, Ofelia García, and Virginia Valian join the prestigious honorary society.
- GC Stories
- Faculty News
Apr 3, 2023
Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Fellowships Awarded to 65 CUNY Faculty and Doctoral Students
The fellowship is designed to enhance Black, race and ethnic studies scholarship and teaching at CUNY and is part of a $3 million, Mellon Foundation-funded initiative.
- GC Stories
- Faculty News
- Student News
Dec 14, 2022
People We’ve Lost in 2022
The faculty, administrators, and friends of the Graduate Center who died this year left indelible marks and are deeply missed.
- GC Stories
- Faculty News
- In Memoriam