Faculty
Jean-Luc Beauchard, PhD - Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization: philosophy of religion, literary theory, Plato
Professor Beauchard teaches courses in philosophy, theology, and literature.
Frank Berger, PhD - Adjunct Professor
Areas of Specialization: ethics, contemporary moral issues, value theory
Professor Berger teaches courses in ethics and professional writing.
Jeffery Burnop, ABD - Adjunct Instructor
Areas of Specialization: logic, ethics, Immanuel Kant
Mr. Burnop teaches courses in logic, ethics, and philosophy.
Kyana Charmides, MFA - Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: non-canonical authors and traditions
Professor Charmides teaches courses in literature and creative writing.
Dick Christopher, PhD - Professor
Areas of Specialization: comedy, tragedy, philosophy
Professor Christopher teaches courses on autofiction, autophilosophy, and a senior seminar on the plays of Aristophanes.
Jamieson de Quincey - Researcher
Areas of Specialization: 21st Century American Cinema
Ms. de Qunicey researches and writes on contemporary film theory.
Anthony Joseph, PhD - Professor, Immediate Past President
Areas of Specialization: Shakespeare, Cervantes
President Joseph teaches a senior seminar on The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.
Susan Lauria, PhD - Professor, Dean of Students
Areas of Specialization: surrealism, abstract expressionism, Salvador Dali
Professor Lauria teaches courses on art history.
Hillary Momucles, MFA - Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: rhetoric, Aristotle
Professor Momucles teaches courses in rhetoric, persuasion, and public speaking.
Joaquim Maria Nivola, PhD, Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization: romance languages, Miguel de Unamuno
Professor Nivola teaches courses on French and Spanish literature and art.
Victoria Rae, MDiv - Professor of the Practice
Areas of Specialization: comparative theology
Professor Rae teaches courses in biblical hermeneutics, world religions, and philosophical and theological anthropology.
Sir Richmond Rugg, PhD - Professor Emeritus
Areas of Specialization: modernity, Greek tragedy
Professor Rugg teaches courses in Greek tragedy & mythology, modernist poetry, and modernist literature.
Ariston Aristocles, PhD - President's Special Hire
Areas of Specialization: medieval philosophy, cryptography, semiotics
Professor Aristocles was given a special appointment, the details of which have yet to be made public.