Faculty & Staff Directory

Philosophy

Miriam Byrd, Ph.D. University of Georgia (2001)

Associate Professor

Email: mbyrd@uta.edu

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Plato

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Charles Chiasson, Ph.D. Yale (1974)

Professor Emeritus

Email: chiasson@uta.edu

Research Interests: Archaic and Classical Greek Literature, Poetry, and Prose.

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Martin Gallagher, MA, University of Oxford (2012) Major: Classical Archaeology

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: martin.gallagher@uta.edu

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Steven Gellman, M.D. The University of Texas Medical Center in Houston (1979), M.F.A The Academy of Art University (2017)

Associate Professor of Practice

M.D., M.F.A.

Email: steven.gellman@uta.edu

Currently Teaching: Medical Humanities, Issues in American Healthcare thru Film, Clinical Medicine and the Human Experience, The Art of Diagnosing Disease in Humans, Independent Study in Medical Humanities, and Internship in Medical Humanities

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Charles Hermes, Ph.D. Florida State University (2006)

Undergraduate Advisor and Lecturer

Email: hermes@uta.edu

Research Interests: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Philosophy of Science.

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Shaun House, Ph.D. University of North Texas (2013)

Lecturer

Email: shaun.house@mavs.uta.edu

Research Interests: Philosophy of Martial Arts, Virtue Ethics, Business Ethics, Eastern Religious Philosophy, Race Criticism (Critical Race Theory), Distributive Justice, and Philosophy of Law

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Michael McShane, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Medical Humanities

Email: michael.mcshane@uta.edu

Currently Teaching: HUMA 3300 Explores the ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, and religious dimensions of medicine or health. Includes instruction in art, cultural studies, economics, ethics, history, literature, medical anthropology, philosophy, religion and spiritual thought, science and technology, visual art, and writing.