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Philosophy
 
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Michaeleen Kelly, Ph.D.
Chairperson of Philosophy
Phone: (616) 632-2839
E-mail: kellymic@aquinas.edu
Dr. Michaeleen Kelly is a professor of Philosophy with areas of specialization in Feminist Theory, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law. She was the director of the Women's Studies Center at Aquinas College from 1994-95 and from 1998-99. She has also been an active member of the Women's Studies Advisory Board. Her article, "Rights and Power: A Feminist Re-Thinking of Liberal Rights," has been published in the Journal of Social Philosophy and her paper, "The Michigan Militia and the Emersonian Ideal of Self-Reliance," was presented in March 1999 at the National Conference for Criminal Justice. Her current research project centers on the question of the impact of computerization in academia on accountablility, relationships of power within academic institutions and on professional development. Most recently Professor Kelly spent several weeks in Ghana as part of a Fullbright study with Glenn Barkan, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and Kurt Kaiser, Associate Professor of Art.
 
Adjunct & Contributing Faculty
 
Sara Leeland
Phone: (616) 632-8900
E-mail: leelasar@aquinas.edu
 
Ralph Vunderink, Ph.D.
Phone: (616) 632-8900 ext. 5354
E-mail: vunderal@aquinas.edu
Professor Vunderink, commonly known by his first name of Ralph, completed a Masters and Ph.D. from the Divinity School in interdisciplinary work in Theology and Philosophy at the University of Chicago (1963-69). Among his several teaching stints are seven years as a philosophy teacher at the University of Detroit (1968-75) four years as a theology teacher at Hope College (1975-79) and four years at Winebrenner Seminary (1983-87). At present he is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Humanities at Aquinas College, where he hopes to stay a long while. Currently he is working on a monograph on Western Intellectual thought entitled " From the Acropolis to the Astronauts," which comprises several of his philosophical interests: history, faith, knowledge and art. He concluded this twenty year old project in 2001.
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