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Michaeleen Kelly, Ph.D.
Chairperson of Philosophy
Phone: (616) 632-2839
E-mail: kellymic@aquinas.edu
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| 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. |
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Sara Leeland
Phone: (616) 632-8900
E-mail: leelasar@aquinas.edu |
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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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