Our Professors
Assistant Professor
I specialize in Kant and ethics (but not necessarily Kantian ethics). I have lots of other interests in ethics (collective action, technology, advertising, just war, animal ethics, and so on). I’m also interested in early modern, ancient, and political philosophy. When I’m not studying philosophy, I’m probably pursuing one of my many hobbies. I play tennis; I run (a lot); I bike; and I love the board game go. I also play a lot of music, mostly guitar. These days, I’m very busy raising two small children, but I find time for these hobbies whenever I can. I also love traveling and learning new languages (I’ve lived in Spain, Singapore, Thailand, and Bangladesh). I have studied Spanish, Bengali, French, German, Greek, Latin, and Thai (but that’s not to say that I speak them all fluently).
Tony Dennis
Assistant Teaching Professor
Kenton S. Harris
Teaching Professor; Faculty Advisor
Born to a fabulously wealthy family of international distinction, Kenton found it difficult to live the quiet life of study and contemplation his exquisite genius so desperately craves. His pursuit of scholarly excellence was further hampered by almost preternatural good looks, besieged as he was throughout his college and graduate school years by professional modeling contracts and film offers. Nevertheless, his selfless devotion to the advancement of knowledge has benefited us all with his recent breakthrough discoveries in Metaphysics (All that is real exists.) Aesthetics (Art is tart withOUT the “T.”) and Ethics (Who are WE to say what we should do?). When not lecturing to overflowing classes or advising students, Kenton can be found teaching sign language, performing light opera, doing needle-point or acting as a landscape architecture consultant for the poor. The ever self-effacing Kenton claims, “After that grueling European book tour, I’m just happy to be back in a place I shall always think of as home, FIU.”
Sean J. Allen Hermanson
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Assistant Professor
In Dreams of a Spirit-Seer, Kant quips that he has had the "fate" to "have fallen in love" with metaphysics, but "can boast of only a few favors." I feel the same about philosophy as a whole. Sigh.
My AOSs are: Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, and Continental Philosophy.
My AOCs are: Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, and Ethics.
My favorite philosopher is Simone de Beauvoir.
Gwendolyn Marshall
Associate Professor
Elizabeth A. Scarbrough
Assistant Teaching Professor
Elizabeth Scarbrough works in aesthetics and ethics, especially in the overlap between the two. Much of her research has focused on the beauty of immovable cultural heritage (such as ruins), and our ethical obligation to cultural heritage. This includes heritage repatriation debates, removal of monuments and memorials, tourism, and heritage management. She also has interests in body aesthetics, environmental aesthetics, and the ethics of museums. At FIU she teaches Introduction to Ethics, Ethics, Aesthetics, Global Aesthetic (GL), and Philosophy of Film. She is the faculty advisor for PST / The Philosophy Club and the faculty liaison for the Philosophy Department Peer Tutoring Center. She has a blog aimed at students that she doesn’t expect you to read. You can also follow her on letterboxd.com (lizscar) or read her posts in Aesthetics for Birds.
Elizabeth considers herself a failed musician and a successful film buff. When not thinking about philosophy, she enjoys ocean swimming, museum-going, film watching, novel reading, earth traveling, and cat annoying. She lives with Minerva Scarbrough (her cat) in Miami Beach. Find out more about her and her research here.
Conner Schultz
Associate Professor
Kiriake K. Xerohemona
Teaching Professor
Paul R. Warren
Professor; Chair, Department of Philosophy
Paul Warren is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida International University (Miami), where he also serves as Department Chairperson. He has published articles in the Social Theory and Practice, Res Publica, Journal of Political Philosophy, Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and other journals and scholarly collections. His principal teaching and research interests are in the areas of social and political philosophy, Marxism, and ancient Greek ethical and political thought. He has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Award. Plus, he has been teaching at FIU since the Fall of 1988.