Faculty and Staff Listing | Philosophy and Classics, University of Regina

Eldon Soifer

Department Head; Professor
Ph.D (Oxford University); MA (University of Toronto); BA Honours (University of Toronto)

Office: AH 405
E-mail: eldon.soifer@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4301

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 370AI/470AI-001 Death and Well-Being

Research interests

Ethics
Applied Ethics
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law

Shannon Dea

Professor; Dean of Arts
Ph.D (Western University); MA (Queen's University); BA Honours (University of Waterloo)

Office: CL 426
E-mail: shannon.dea@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4895
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/arts/deans-office/faculty-staff/staff/1-shannon-dea.html

Research interests

Social Philosophy
Applied Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
History of Philosophy (Early Modern and American Pragmatism)

Ryan Doran

Assistant Professor
Ph.D (Northwestern University); MA (Queen's University); BA Honours (York University)

Office: AH 409
E-mail: ryan.doran@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4142

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 100-001 Intro to Philosophy; PHIL 273-001 Biomedical Ethics

Research interests

Philosophy of Language
Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind
History of Analytic Philosophy
Early Modern Philosophy
Kant
Logic

David Elliott

Associate Professor (on leave)
Ph.D (University of Toronto); MA (Western University); BA Honours (University of Toronto)

Office: AH 410.2
E-mail: david.elliott@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4324
Website: http://phil.uregina.ca/elliotda/

Research interests

Ethics
Applied Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law

David Cruise Malloy

Adjunct Professor (King's College)
Ph.D (University of Ottawa); MA (Western University); BA Honours (Western University)

E-mail: david.malloy@kings.uwo.ca

Research interests

Applied philosophy in leadership and administrative contexts
Existentialism
Aristotle
Plato

David Meban

Associate Professor; Assistant Dean; Head of Philosohy and Classics (Campion College)
Ph.D (University of Toronto); MA (Ohio State University); BA (Queen's University)

Office: CM 303
E-mail: david.meban@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1220
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-david-meban/

Current classes
Fall 2023: CLAS 100-C97 Intro to Greece & Rome; CLAS 150-C01 Latin Language I; CLAS 290AD-C01 The Ancient World in Film

Research interests

Augustan poetry, esp. Virgil
Alexandrian poetry
Republican prose.

Dwayne Meisner

Instructor III
Ph.D (University of Western Ontario); MA (University of Western Ontario); BA Honours (University of Regina)

Office: CM 414
E-mail: dwayne.meisner@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1218
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-dwayne-meisner/

Current classes
Fall 2023: CLAS 120-C97 Latin & Greek; CLAS 160-C01 Intro to Ancient Greek I; CLAS 210-C01 Greek & Roman Epic

Research interests

Greek and Roman myth and ritual (focusing on mystery cult and the Orphic tradition)
Greek and Latin language and literature, including epic and tragic poetry, prose philosophy and history
Ancient social, cultural, and intellectual history
Theory and methodology in the study of myth and ritual

Jérôme Melançon

Adjunct Professor, (La Cité universitaire francophone, University of Regina)
Ph.D (Université Paris Diderot); MA (University of Ottawa); BA Honours (University of Ottawa)

Office: CT 220.9
E-mail: jerome.melancon@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5243

Research interests

Political Philosophy
Phenomenology Philosophy
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Democracy, Political Engagement and Action
Intercultural Relations
Reconciliation
Canadian Francophone Politics and Society
Literature, Philosophy and Social Science.

Anna Mudde

Associate Professor (Campion College)
Ph.D (York University); MA (Memorial University); BA Honours (University of Toronto)

Office: CM 510
E-mail: anna.mudde@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1241
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-anna-mudde/

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 100-C02 Intro to Philosophy; PHIL 210-C01 Pre-Socratics & Plato; PHIL 336/436-C01 Epistemology I/II

Research interests

Philosophy of craft and technology
Philosophy of science and Science and Technology Studies
Metaphysics and social ontologies
Feminist epistemologies, dealing with objectivity, self-knowledge and subjectivity, theories of responsible knowing
Metaphilosophy and philosophical methodologies
Critical philosophies of race and disability
Simone de Beauvoir and critical phenomenologies
New materialism(s)

Dustin Olson

Sessional Instructor (Luther College)
Ph.D (University of Rochester); MA (McMaster University); BA Honours (University of Regina)

E-mail: dustin.olson@uregina.ca
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/dustinzolson

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 100-L01 Intro to Philosophy

Research interests

Intersections between Social-Moral Epistemology
Public Reason, and Epistemic Agency
Metaphysics and Science of Time
History of Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy.

Paul Omoyefa

Sessional Instructor (Campion College)
Ph.D (University of Lagos); MA (University of Lagos); BA Honours (University of Lagos)

Office: CM 413
E-mail: paul.omoyefa@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1236
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-paul-omoyefa/

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 100-C01 Intro to Philosophy; PHIL 150-C01 Critical Thinking

Research interests

Critical Thinking
Introduction to Philosophy
Political Theory
Applied Ethics
Mediation and Dispute Resolution
Terrorism
Security, Peace and Conflict Studies

Roger Petry

Associate Professor (Luther College)
Ph.D (University of Regina); MA (Oxford University); BA Honours (Oxford University)

Office: LC 224
E-mail: roger.petry@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5295
Website: https://www.luthercollege.edu/university/academics/faculty-profiles/roger-petry

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 150-L01/02 Critical Thinking; PHIL 242-L01/02 Philosophy of Religion

Research interests

Knowledge production and sustainable development
Early Christian Church
Globalization

Robert Piercey

Professor (Campion College)
Ph.D (University of Notre Dame); MA (University of Warwick); BA Honours (Memorial University)

Office: CM 506
E-mail: robert.piercey@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1214
Fax: 306-359-1200
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-robert-piercey/

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 216-C01 Existential Philosophy; PHIL 291AB-C01 Pragmatism

Research interests

Post-Kantian European Philosophy
Historiography of Philosophy
Philosophy of History
Philosophy of Literature
Pragmatism.

Gillian Ramsey

Assistant Professor (Campion College) (On Leave)
Ph.D (University of Exeter); MA (University of Victoria); BA (University of Regina)

Office: CM 406
E-mail: gillian.ramsey@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-586-4228
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-gillian-ramsey/

Research interests

Hellenistic Culture and History
Women’s History
The Seleucid Empire

Paul Simard Smith

Assistant Professor; Graduate Coordinator (Philosophy)
Ph.D (University of Waterloo); MA (University of Windsor); BA Honours (University of Regina)

Office: AH 439
E-mail: paul.simard.smith@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4667

Current classes
Fall 2023: PHIL 190AA-001 Comparative Indigenous & European Philosophy; PHIL 150-001 Critical Thinking; PHIL 274-001 Philosophy of Law

Research interests