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Religious Studies Program

The Cal Poly Philosophy Department houses a Religious Studies program with a wide variety of courses in GE and a Religious Studies minor.

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Between the Species

Between the Species online journal logoAn online philosophy journal about the relationship between humans and animals.
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Ethics Group


Cal Poly's Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group focuses on the implications and impact of emerging sciences and technologies.
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Faculty & Staff

Office hours may be held virtually. Please email the faculty member for information about how to reach them during posted office hours.

Name OFFICE
LOCATION
PHONE E-MAIL Office Hours

Department Chair

Kenneth Brown
PHIL Major Advisor

 

Schedule a 20 minute office hour meeting

 

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 37B

805-756-2041 dbrown07@calpoly.edu

In person or Zoom

Fall: M: 3-4pm, T: 1-2:20pm, W: 12-1pm

 

Brown Zoom Link

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

Christopher Chiego

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano  

cchiego@calpoly.edu

via CP Solano

Francisco Fernflores

 

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34A

805-756-2044 ffernflo@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 6:00-6:50pm

F:12:00-12:50 pm

or by appointment

Rachel Fernflores

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34R

805-756-2330 rfernflo@calpoly.edu N/A in 2026-2027

Anya Foxen
Religious Studies Program Director and Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34M

805-756-1221 afoxen@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

M/W: 2:00 - 3:40 pm

Foxen Zoom Link

Eleanor Helms

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34E

805-756-7295 ehelmszo@calpoly.edu

In Person/Zoom

M/W: 9:00 am-10:15 am, 3:00-3:50 pm

Helms Zoom Link

 

Ryan Jenkins
Associate Chair

Lead PHIL Major Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34Q

805-756-1224 ryjenkin@calpoly.edu

In Person/Zoom

W: 10:00am- 12:30pm 

Or by appointment 

Ryan Jenkins Zoom Link

Hyoung Sung Kim

CP SLO

Bldg 47,

Rm. 34G

  hyoungsk@calpoly.edu

In Person/Zoom

F: 12:30- 3:00pm 

or by appointment  

 

Kim Zoom Link

Patrick Lin

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 37C

805-756 2042 palin@calpoly.edu

Online only

W: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

or by appointment

 

Contact info available to students via SLack

Stephen Lloyd-Moffett
Religious Studies Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34N

805-756-2475 slloydmo@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2026

Todd R. Long

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34L

805-756-2015 tlong@calpoly.edu

In person

T/R: 1:30 - 2:15 pm

Zoom

T/R: 11:00-11:30am

W: 12:00-12:45pm

Long Zoom Link

Qianyi Qin

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34C

805-756-3554 qqin01@calpoly.edu 

Online Only

R: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

or by appointment

Qin Zoom Link

Amy Skoll

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano

Faculty Building Room 115

 

askoll@calpoly.edu

In person only

T/R: 1:00-3:00pm

Jacob Sparks

Ethics Bowl Director

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34D

  jasparks@calpoly.edu On sabbatical 2026-2027

Daniel Story

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34H

  dstory@calpoly.edu

In person

T: 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

or in person/Zoom by appointment

Story Zoom Link

Ryan Wade

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano

Faculty Building #112

  rdwade@calpoly.edu

In person only

M/W: 10:00am-12:00pm

T/R: 10:20am-11:00am

or by appointment

Robert Wallace

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34P

  rhwallac@calpoly.edu On sabbatical 2026-2027

Ava Thomas Wright

PHIL Major Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34B

  avwright@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

M/W: 12:00 pm-2:00pm

or by appointment

Wright Zoom Link

David Zoller

PHIL Minor Advisor

Western Intellectual Traditions Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34F

805-756-7295 dzoller@calpoly.edu

In person only

T: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm-4:20 pm

R:12:00pm-1:00pm 

or by appointment

Lecturers

Keith Abney

CP SLO

Bldg. 34

Rm. 236

805-756-2893 kabney@calpoly.edu

In person

W: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Zoom

M/R: 3:00-4:00pm

or by appointment

Abney Calendly Link

Damien Barnes

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 111

805-756-3548 dbbarnes@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

R: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Barnes Zoom Link

Adam benShea

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 112

805-756-3549 abenshea@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

TR: 3:00 - 4:00 pm, or by appointment

benShea Zoom Link

Linda Bomstad

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 108

805-756-3550 lbomstad@calpoly.edu

N/A Fall 2026

Raymond Brandt

CP SLO

Bldg. 116, Rm. 205

805-756-3551 rbrandt@calpoly.edu

In person only

M: 1:30-3:00 pm

W: 1:30-3:30 pm

or by appointment

Dean Da Vee

Lecturer Representative

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-4

  ddavee@calpoly.edu

In person only

T/R: 1:30 PM - 3:30 pm

or by appointment

Fabiana Depaula

CP SLO

Bldg. 116, Rm. 108

805-756-3552 faferrei@calpoly.edu

In Person

M: 9:00-11:00am

Zoom

By appointment

Kyle Dickey CP SLO   kydickey@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

F:12:00 - 2:00 pm

or by appointment

Jeremy Dickinson

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 205

805-756-3579 jadickin@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

M//T/W: 9:30 am-10:40 am or appointment

Dickinson Zoom Link 

Keith Dyck

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 205

805-756-4110 kedyck@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

R: 9:00 -11:00 am

or by appointment

Keith Dyck Zoom Link

Richard Graziano

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 107

805-756-3577 rgrazian@calpoly.edu

In person

M: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

T: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Zoom

W: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

or by appointment

 

Graziano Zoom Link

Kevin Houser

CP SLO

Bldg. 34

Rm. 236

805-756-2893 klhouser@calpoly.edu

In Person 

W: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm in Bldg 14, Rm 253 (unless otherwise noted)

Zoom

T: 2:30-5:00pm

W: 4:30-6:00pm (in person priority)

 

or by appointment

Houser Zoom Link

David King

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-5

  dking20@calpoly.edu

In person

M: 6:00-7:00 PM

Zoom

by appointment only

David King Zoom Link

Devin Kuhn-Choi

CP SLO

Bldg. 47, 

Rm. 34N

  dkuhn@calpoly.edu

In person 

WF: 10:30-11:00am

R: 3:00pm-3:30pm

Zoom

T: 12:00-1:50 pm

or by appointment

Kuhn Zoom Link

 

Alex Lebrun

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-4

  aslebrun@calpoly.edu

In person 

T: 9:00 am - 11:00 am 

Zoom

R: 9:00-11:10 am

or by appointment

 

Lebrun Zoom Link

Joe Lynch

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34N

805-756-2064 jlynch@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW:

2:00 - 3:00 pm

or by appointment

Lynch Zoom Link

Jennifer Metz CP Solano  

jmmetz@calpoly.edu

via CP Solano
Sean Pierce

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-5

  spierc05@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 9:30 am - 10:30 am

or by appointment

Pierce Zoom Link

Erich Riesen

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm 25L

  eriesen@calpoly.edu

In person/Zoom

F: 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, 1:30pm-3:30pm

or by appointment

Erich Riesen Zoom Link

Kyle Tanaka

CP SLO

Bldg. 35,

Rm. 216F

805-756- 0764 ktanak14@calpoly.edu

N/A Fall 2026

Sam Zahn

CP SLO

Bldg. 116, Rm. 205

805-756-3578 szahn@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

T: 10:30am-12:30 pm

R: appointment only 2:30-4:30pm

 

Zahn Zoom Link

Emeritus Faculty

Laura Andes

 

  landes@calpoly.edu

 

S. W. Ball (pending)        

A. C. W. Bethel

   

acwbethel@gmail.com

 

Linda Bomstad

CP SLO

Bldg. 116,

Rm. 108

  lbomstad@calpoly.edu  
Judith Cross     jcross@calpoly.edu  

Charles Hagen

    chagen@calpoly.edu  

Larry Houlgate

    ldhoulgate@yahoo.com  

Russell Lascola

    rlascola@calpoly.edu  

Joe Lynch

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34N

805-756-2064 jlynch@calpoly.edu  
Paul Miklowitz     pmiklowi@calpoly.edu  

Judy Saltzman

    jsaltzma@calpoly.edu  
Tal Scriven     tscriven@calpoly.edu  

Kendrick W. Walker

    kwalker@calpoly.edu  

Staff

Lynda Mantle Debetaz

CP SLO

Bldg 47,

Rm. 37A

805-756-2041 lmmantle@calpoly.edu 

TWF: 8am-5pm

Telework: MR: 8:00am-5:00pm

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