Faculty and Staff

Faculty

matthewcoates

Matthew Coates (PhD, UC-Irvine)

  • Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-2018
  • Email: coatesm@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 306 Shatzel Hall

Areas of Research: PPEL, Philosophy of Science (esp. Economics and Biology), Game Theory, Epistemology

Matthew's personal website
 

Christian Coons (PhD, UC-Davis)

  • Position: Associate Professor of Philosophy

    Ethical Theory, Axiology, Metaethics
  • Phone: (419) 372-2404
  • Email: clcoons@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 322 Shatzel Hall

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Albert Dzur (PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • Position: Professor, Joint Appointment (Political Science & Philosophy)
  • Phone: (419) 372-7270
  • Email: awdzur@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 111 Williams Hall
    Bowling Green State University
    Bowling Green, OH 43403

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Toby Svoboda (PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

  • Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy



    Areas of Research: Political Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology
  • Phone: (419) 372-7221
  • Email: tsvobod@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 311 Shatzel Hall

Toby Svoboda works on ethics and environmental philosophy. He has written on animal ethics, misanthropy, pessimism, and other topics. His most recent book is A Philosophical Case for Ecological Pessimism (Routledge, 2025).

Toby's personal website

MichaelWeber

Michael Weber (PhD, Michigan)

  • Position: Chair; Professor of Philosophy

    Ethics, Political Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Economics
  • Phone: (419) 372-7209
  • Email: meweber@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 307 Shatzel Hall

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Sara-Worley

Sara Worley (PhD, Pittsburgh)

  • Position: Associate Professor of Philosophy; Director of Graduate Studies

    Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Psychiatry
  • Phone: (419) 372-2899
  • Email: sworley@bgnet.bgsu.edu
  • Address: 315 Shatzel Hall

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Ian Young (PhD, Bowling Green)

  • Position: Teaching Professor

    Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics
  • Phone: (419) 372-9365
  • Email: iyoung@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 309 Shatzel Hall

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Administrative Staff

anneliese-leslie

Anneliese Leslie

  • Position: Senior Secretary
  • Phone: 419-372-2117
  • Email: alesli@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 308 Shatzel Hall

Emeritus Faculty

George Agich (PhD, Texas): agichg@falcon.bgsu.edu
Thomas Attig (PhD, Washington University)
Richard Lineback (PhD, Indiana)
Fred Miller (PhD, University of Washington): fmiller@bgnet.bgsu.edu
James Stewart (PhD, Cincinnati)

Louis Katzner (PhD, Michigan): lkatzne@bgsu.edu

Department of Philosophy

Dr. Michael Weber, Chair

419-372-7209
305 Shatzel Hall Bowling Green, OH 43403

Updated: 10/09/2025 02:37PM