FULL TIME FACULTY
Alberto Cordero
Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. University of Maryland (College Park); M.Phil (Cambridge Univ.). M.Sc. (Oxford Univ.); Lic.C. (UNI-Lima)
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350L
Phone: 718-997-5270
alberto.cordero@qc.cuny.edu
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Numerary Member of the Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences and of the Institute de Hautes Sciences Theoriques, Brussels.
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Doctor, Honoris Causa, Universdad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Peruana Ricardo Palma, Lima; Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru; Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Huánuco.
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Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
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Former Chairman of the Philosophy Panel of the Research Foundation, CUNY. Former Chairman of the Columbia University Seminar on the History & Philosophy of Science. Former University Director of the Library, Publications and Museums of Cayetano Heredia University (Lima-Peru). Former Chairman of the Department of Physics & Mathematics and Honorary Director of the Program for Scientific Thought, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
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Fields: Philosophy of science and the philosophical history of science; scientific realism, foundations of physics, contemporary naturalism.
Antonio Donato
Acting Chair of Philosophy Department
Professor
D.Phil in Philosophy, Oxford University
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350A
Phone: 718-997-5270
antonio.donato@qc.cuny.edu
Area of expertise: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy.
Antonio Donato is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Queens College, where he has been working since 2007. He has conducted his doctoral studies at the University of Padova (2005) and Oxford University (2007). His research focuses on two main areas: late antique philosophy and Italian Renaissance utopianism. He is the author of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity (2013); Italian Renaissance Utopias: Doni, Patrizi, and Zuccolo (2019); Boezio: un pensatore tardoantico e il suo mondo (2021); and Ludovico Agostini’s Imaginary Republic. Utopia in the Italian Renaissance (2023).
Books
- Ludovico Agostini’s “Imaginary Republic.” Utopia in the Italian Renaissance (submission date December 2021)
- Boezio. Un pensatore tardoantico e il suo mondo, (Roma: Carocci Editore, 2021)
- Italian Renaissance Utopias: Doni, Patrizi, and Zuccolo, (Cham: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2019)
- Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)
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Textbooks
- Introduction to Philosophy(Great River Learning, 2019)
Articles
- Forgetfulness and Misology in Boethius’ ‘Consolation of Philosophy’, «British Journal of the History of Philosophy» 21 (2013): 463-485
- Winner of Rogers Prize for the best article published in the «British Journal of the History of Philosophy» in 2013
- Self-examination and Consolation in Boethius’ ‘Consolation of Philosophy’, «Classical World» 106 (2013): 397-430
- Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and the Greco-Roman Consolatory Tradition, «Traditio» 67 (2012): 1-42
- Reprinted in Trudeau L. J. (ed.), Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Gale Literature Collections, Vol. 181, (New York: Layman Poupard Publishing, 2017), 115-139
- Aquinas’ Theory of Happiness and its Greek, Byzantine, Latin and Arabic Sources, «Al-Masaq» 18 (2006): 161-189
- The Role of Focus in Aquinas’ Doctrine of Analogy, «Proceedings of American Catholic Philosophical Association» 77 (2004): 285-297
- Il ruolo dell’analogia di attribuzione e di proporzionalità nella dottrina dell’essere di Tommaso, «Medioevo» 28 (2003): 120-145
- Le formulazioni di Aristotele e Tommaso d’Aquino del principio di non contraddizione, «Sensus Communis» 4 (2003): 60-70
Chapters in Books
- Intellectual Ascent and Experience in Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in Doukhan A. Malagon A. (eds), The Redemption of Feeling, (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019), 39-52
- (with Jaffe-Berg E.) Philosophy and Social Theory in Enders J., Coletti T., Symes C., and Sebastian J. (eds), A Cultural History of Tragedy: Middle Ages,(London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), 65-80
- Forgetfulness and Human Behavior in Boethius’ ‘Consolation of Philosophy’ in De Anna G. (ed), Willing the Good: Empirical Challenges to the Explanation of Human Behavior, (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012), 23-39
- The End of Human Nature in Aquinas, in Virtue’s End: God in the Moral Philosophy of Aristotle and Aquinas, Di Blasi F., Hochschild J. and Langan J. (eds.), (South Bend: St. Augustine’s Press, 2008), 27-43
Book Reviews
- Review of Andrew Hicks, Composing the World: Harmony in the Medieval Platonic Cosmos, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017), «Bryn Mawr Classical Review», 2017.07.41
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017-07-41.html - Review of Futre Pinheiro M. P. and Montiglio S. (eds.), Philosophy and the Ancient Novel. Ancient Narrative Supplementum 20. (Groningen: Barkhuis: Groningen University Library, 2015), «Bryn Mawr Classical Review» 2016.05.37
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2016/2016-05-37.html - Review of Blackwood S., The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), «The Medieval Journal» 6 (2016): 137-140
- Review of Bartsch S. and Wray D. (eds.), Seneca and the Self (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), «Foucault Studies» 11 (2011): 200-205
- Review of Sellars J., The Art of Living, (London/Duckworth: Bristol Classical Press, 2009), «Foucault Studies» 9 (2010): 216-220
- Review of Hadot P., The Present Alone is Our Happiness, (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009), « Foucault Studies» 7 (2009): 164-169
- Review of Frank J., A Democracy of Distinction: Aristotle and the Work of Politics, (Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press), «Review of Politics» 68 (2006): 132-134
Abigail Doukhan
Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. University of Paris
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350N
PhilPeople Profile
Area of expertise: Emmanuel Levinas, 20th Century Continental Ethics, Post-Holocaust Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, Jewish philosophy, Hebrew Wisdom Literature, Womanist philosophy.
Abi Doukhan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and holds the Pearl and Nathan Halegua Family Initiative in Ethics and Tolerance. She holds a Masters in philosophy from the Sorbonne and a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Nanterre, Paris, France. Her recent publications include Emmanuel Levinas: A Philosophy of Exile (Bloomsbury, October 2012), and Biblical Portraits of Exile (Routledge, June 2016).
Books
Biblical Portraits of Exile: A Philosophical Reading (Routledge, 2016), 155 p.
Emmanuel Levinas: A Philosophy of Exile (Bloomsbury, 2012), 162 p.
Journal Articles
“Beyond Intentionality: Towards an Ethical Sinngebung,” Philosophy Today, 58 (3): 427-440.
“Emmanuel Levinas’ Epistemology: From Justification to Justice,” Philosophy Today, 57 (1): 28-41. Translated into Spanish as “La epistemologia de Emmanuel Levinas: De la justificacion a la justicia,” Spanish translation by Juan Carlos Aguirre Garcia, in Anuario Colombiano de Fenomenologia, Vol. 8, 2014.
“Beyond Haverut: A Levinasian View on Interfaith Hermeneutics,” Levinas Studies 8 (1): 99-113.
“From Exile to Hospitality: A Key to the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas,” Philosophy Today, 54 (3): 235-246.
Chapters in Books
“The Hospitality of Abraham: Reflections on a Levinasian Approach to Inter-faith dialogue,” in The Three Sons of Abraham: Interfaith Encounters Between Judaism,Christianity and Islam, I.B. Taurus and Co., 2014, 81-93.
Stephen Grover
Associate Professor
Philosophy Department
D.Phil, Oxford, 1989
Office: Powdermaker 350H
Phone: 718-997-5270
stephen.grover@qc.cuny.edu
Area of expertise: Philosophical theology, Early Modern philosophy.
Dr. Grover has taught at Queens College since 1994, and joined the Doctoral Faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2001. He was Chair of the Philosophy Department from 2010 to 2025.
Degrees
- BA First Class, Philosophy & Theology, Trinity College, Oxford, 1981
- B.Phil, Oxford, 1983
- D.Phil, Oxford, 1989
- Prize Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, 1985-92
Selected Publications
- ‘Mere addition and the best of all possible worlds’, Religious Studies.
- ‘Cosmological fecundity’, Inquiry.
- ‘Incommensurability and the best of all possible worlds’, The Monist.
- ‘West or best? Sufficient reason in the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence’, Studia Leibnitiana.
- ‘Satisfied pigs and dissatisfied philosophers: Schlesinger on the problem of evil’, Philosophical Investigations.
Thomas Hilgers
Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350Q
Phone: 718-997-5273
thomas.hilgers@qc.cuny.edu
Thomas Hilgers studied philosophy and film studies at the Free University Berlin and the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his dissertation in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, he was as an associate and fellow at different research centers, located at the Free University Berlin, the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, and Columbia University. He then worked as a research associate and lecturer in philosophy at the University of Potsdam. Since fall 2023, Thomas Hilgers is an assistant professor of philosophy at Queens College.
Areas of Expertise:
- Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
- Philosophy of Technology
- Philosophy of Time
- Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy
- Phenomenology
Degrees
- D. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
- A. (Magister) in Film Studies, Free University Berlin, 2008
- A. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Selected Publications
Monograph
- Aesthetic Disinterestedness: Art, Experience, and the Self. New York and London: Routledge, 2017. (The first paperback edition was published in 2019.)
Edited Volumes
- Perspektive und Fiktion. (Perspective and Fiction.) Thomas Hilgers and Gertrud Koch, Fink Verlag, 2017.
- Affekt und Urteil. (Affect and Judgment). Thomas Hilgers, Gertrud Koch, Christoph Möllers, and Sabine Müller-Mall, Fink Verlag, 2015.
- Konturen des Kunstwerks. (Contours of the Artwork). Frederic Döhl, Daniel Martin Feige, Thomas Hilgers, and Fiona McGovern, Fink Verlag, 2013.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- “Das Glück des Zufalls.” (“The Happiness of Chance.“) In: Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (Journal for Practical Philosophy), 2023.
- “Technik und Zeit bei Heidegger.” (“Heidegger on Technology and Time.“) In: Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie (Yearbook for Philosophy of Technology), Nomos Verlag, 2021.
Book Chapters
- “Ganzsein: Überlegungen zu Heideggers Verständnis eigentlicher Zeitlichkeit“ (“Being Whole. Reflections on Heidegger’s Conception of authentic Temporality.”) In: Zeit und Ethik. (Time and Ethics.) Ed. Anne Clausen, Holmer Steinfath, and Eva Weber-Guskar, Vittorio Klostermann, forthcoming.
- “Disinterestedness Revisited.” In: Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty: Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics. Ed. Larissa Berger, De Gruyter, 2023.
- “Helden, Freaks und dunkle Ritter: Batman in Hollywood.” (“Heroes, Freaks, and Dark Knights: Batman in Hollywood.”) In: Hollywood: Zwischen Angepasstheit und kritischer Zeitgenossenschaft. (Hollywood: In between Conformity and Critique of the Contemporary.) Ed. Lisa Gotto and Sebastian Lederle, Transcript Verlag, 2020.
- “Perspektive und Ästhetische Erfahrung.” (“Perspective and Aesthetic Experience.”) In: Perspective and Fiction. Ed. Thomas Hilgers and Gertrud Koch, Fink Verlag, 2017.
- “Kunst, Wirklichkeit und Affirmation: Gedanken zu Heideggers Kunstwerkaufsatz.” (“Art, Reality, and Affirmation: Some Thoughts on Heidegger‘s Essay on the Artwork.”) In: Affirmation, Transformation und Kritik. (Affirmation, Transformation, and Critique.) Ed. Johannes Lang, Michael Lüthy, and Lotte Everts, Transcript Verlag, 2015.
- “Was ist ein Ästhetisches Urteil?” (“What is an Aesthetic Judgment?”) In: Affect and Judgment. Ed. Thomas Hilgers, Gertrud Koch, and Christoph Möllers, Fink Verlag, 2015.
- “Künstlerische Intentionen und Ästhetische Relevanz.” (“Artistic Intentions and Aesthetic Relevance.”) In: Contours of the Artwork. Ed. Frederic Döhl, Daniel Martin Feige, Thomas Hilgers, and Fiona McGovern, Fink Verlag, 2013.
Sari Kisilevsky
Associate Professor
Philosophy Department
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350G
Phone: 718-997-5202
sari.kisilevsky@qc.cuny.edu
Area of expertise: Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Just War Theory.
Sari Kisilevsky is associate professor of philosophy at Queens College. Her research focuses on philosophy of law and ethics. She received her J.D. (2000) and Ph.D. (Philosophy, 2008) at the University of Toronto, and spent a year as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy at UCLA before joining the department at Queens College. Professor Kisilevsky’s primary interest is in the moral significance of law. What does the establishment of a legal system add to the moral landscape of a community, and what is morally important about a society holding people legally responsible to one another? These questions run through her work in analytic jurisprudence, on just war theory, and on Kant’s Doctrine of Right. She is currently working on the ethics of punishment, and the ways in which our practices of holding each other to account are constitutive of our moral community. She pays special attention to the fundamental challenge that criticisms of mass incarceration pose to traditional justifications for punishment, and what this means for the ways that people relate to one another in a society.
Anthony Malagon
Lecturer
Philosophy Department
Office Powdermaker Hall 350D
Phone:7189975270
Area of Specialization : 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, and Ethics
Areas of Competence: Eastern Philosophy of Religion, History of philosophy (Ancient Greek and Modern)
Anthony Malagon is a full-time lecturer at Queens College (CUNY). His has a master’s and Ph.D. from Purdue University. He often teachings classes on philosophy of religion, ethics, existentialism and eastern philosophy. His interests are in exploring questions of knowledge, truth, religion, ethics, and the self existentially. He approaches to philosophy of religion is existential as well as analytic. He is interested in exploring interreligious dialogue and the intersection between religions and their developmental spiritual practices. He also specifically interested in how eastern religions might contribute, or compare, to western religious practices. He has an edited book called The Religious Existentialist and the Redemption of Feeling, and has an upcoming book, The Existential Proof of God, Fall 2026.
Ryan O’Loughlin
Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350V
Phone: 718-997-5277
ryan.oloughlin@qc.cuny.edu
https://www.ryanoloughlin.org
Area(s) of Expertise: Philosophy of Climate Science, Scientific Modeling, Values in Science
Ryan O’Loughlin is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Queens College (CUNY). His academic background is in History and Philosophy of Science (Ph.D., Indiana University). He is interested in how scientists make discoveries about our changing climate, how they justify their conclusions, and whether (and how) they are influenced by values. More specifically, he studies how climate scientists build and use computer models to simulate climate change and what these simulations can tell us. His teaching interests also lie at the intersection of philosophy and climate change. In his classes, students enter into a dialogue with great thinkers whose ideas are brought to bear on pressing environmental issues of our time. A list of his publications can be found here.
Rosemary Twomey
Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
Personal Webpage
Ph.D. CUNY, 2013
Office: Powdermaker Hall 350M
Phone: 718-997-5270
rosemary.twomey@qc.cuny.edu
Area(s) of Expertise: Ancient Greek Philosophy.
Rosemary Twomey received her PhD in 2013 from CUNY Graduate Center. She works primarily in Ancient Greek Philosophy, with an emphasis on Aristotle’s views on psychology and epistemology, with secondary interests in more recent work in epistemology.