People
Faculty | Instructors and Affiliate Faculty | Emeritus Faculty | Staff
Faculty
 David K. Phillips, Professor and Chair 
(713) 743-3120 - dphillips@uh.edu 
511 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., Cornell University 
Ethics, History of Ethics
 D. Justin Coates, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies 
(713) 743-3010 - djcoates@uh.edu 
501 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Ethics, Philosophy of Action
 Helen Hattab, Professor 
(713) 743-4147 - hhattab@uh.edu 
502 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Early Modern Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy
 Yael Rebecca Loewenstein,  Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
(713) 743-7322 - yrloewenstein@uh.edu 
509 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., University of Arizona 
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

 Christy Mag Uidhir, Professor 
(713) 743-4458 - cmaguidhir@gmail.com 
510 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., Rutgers University 
Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
 Luis R. G. Oliveira, Associate Professor 
(713) 743-7357 - lrolivei@central.uh.edu  
505 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst 
Epistemology, Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Religion

 Tamler Sommers, Professor 
(713) 743-3032 - tssommers@uh.edu 
514 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., Duke University 
Ethics, Moral Psychology, Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Alejandro Vesga, Assistant Professor 
(713) 743-6814 - ajvesgap@central.uh.edu
507 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., Cornell University
Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Social Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy.
 Josh Weisberg, Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions 
(713) 743-3200 - jweisberg@uh.edu 
515 Agnes Arnold Hall
Ph.D., City University of New York 
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Instructors and Affiliate Faculty
Edwin Aiman, Lecturer 
654 Agnes Arnold Hall 
(713) 743-3632 
eaiman@uh.edu   
Nick Drapela, Lecturer 
ngdrapel@central.uh.edu 
Curtis Haaga, Lecturer 
654 Agnes Arnold Hall 
(713) 743-3632 
chaaga@uh.edu
Iain Morrison, Honors College Faculty
204c M.D. Anderson Memorial Library 
(713) 743- 9022 
imorrison@uh.edu
Andrew Werner, Lecturer
PhD University of Chicago 2017
Kant and German Idealism, 20th Century Continental
AH 504
Website
atwerner@uh.edu
Emeritus Faculty
                  
                  Ph.D., Yale University
Philosophy of Religion, Inductive Logic and Decision Theory
waustin410@comcast.net
Gregory A. Brown, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Maryland
History of Early Modern Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science
gbrown@uh.edu
Cynthia A. Freeland, Moores Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh 
Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy 
cfreeland@uh.edu 
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Logic, Modal Logic, Formal Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Mathematics
jgarson@uh.edu
William N. Nelson, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Cornell University
Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
wnelson@uh.edu
Staff

Sue Schindler, Academic Advisor 
503 Agnes Arnold Hall 
(713) 743-4145 
bschindler@uh.edu 
Laura Herrera
Assistant Business Administrator
(713) 743-2452
lherrera11@uh.edu 
Kimberly Barrow
Department Business Administrator 
(713) 743-5090
kbarrow@uh.edu 











