Faculty

Professor and Chair
Phone: 570-674-6456
E-mail: mshepherd@misericordia.edu
Office: Mercy Hall 329

Education

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
B.A., Hanover College

Publications

https://independent.academia.edu/ShepherdMelanie

Areas of Specialization

• History of Philosophy
• 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy

Associate Professor
Phone: 570-674-6775
E-mail: mswanson@misericordia.edu
Office: Mercy Hall 320

Education

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995

Areas of Specialization

• Social and Political Philosophy
• 19th Century Philosophy
• Ethics and Existentialism

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Phone: 570-674-8169
E-mail: ksajber@misericordia.edu
Office: Mercy Hall 327

Education

M.A., Ph.D., SUNY - Stony Brook University
B.A., Reed College

Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of medicine (esp. psychiatry)
• Ethics
• 20th-century Continental Philosophy
• Values in & philosophy of science

Adjunct Philosophy Faculty
Phone: 570-674-8169
Email: preider@misericordia.edu
Office: Mercy Hall 327

Education

Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2011
B.A., Edinboro University

Areas of Specialization

• Social Epistemology
• German Idealism

Adjunct Philosophy Faculty
Phone: 570-674-8169
E-mail: gshea@misericordia.edu
Office: Mercy Hall 370

Education

Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2015
M.A., Georgia State University
B.S., Towson University

Areas of Specialization

• Contemporary European Philosophy
• Post-Metaphysical Philosophy
• Critical Social Theory
• History of Philosophy