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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 private 15 minute office hour meeting

 

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 37B

805-756-2041 dbrown07@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
T: 1:00 - 2:00 pm,

or by appointment

Brown Zoom Link

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

Christopher Chiego

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano  

cchiego@csum.edu

via CP Solano

Francisco Fernflores

 

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34A

805-756-2044 ffernflo@calpoly.edu

In person only

T: 12 - 1 pm

R: 2 - 3 pm,

or by appointment

Rachel Fernflores

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34R

805-756-2330 rfernflo@calpoly.edu N/A in 2025-2026

Anya Foxen
Religious Studies Program Director and Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34M

805-756-1221 afoxen@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 2:30 - 4:10 pm,

or by appointment

Foxen Zoom Link

Eleanor Helms

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34E

805-756-7295 ehelmszo@calpoly.edu On sabbatical in 2025-2026

Ryan Jenkins
Associate Chair

Lead PHIL Major Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34Q

805-756-1224 ryjenkin@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2025
Hyoung Sung Kim

CP SLO

Bldg 47,

Rm. 34G

  hyoungsk@calpoly.edu

Zoom

F: 1:00 - 3:00 pm, or in person/zoom by appointment 

Kim Zoom Link

Patrick Lin

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 37C

805-756 2042 palin@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

W: 12:00 - 1:00 pm, or by appointment

Lin Zoom Link

Stephen Lloyd-Moffett
Religious Studies Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34N

805-756-2475 slloydmo@calpoly.edu N/A in 2025-2026

Todd R. Long

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34L

805-756-2015 tlong@calpoly.edu

Zoom

W: 1:30 - 2:15 pm,

In person

TR: 4:10 - 4:40 pm, or by appointment

Long Zoom Link

Amy Skoll

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano  

askoll@csum.edu

via CP Solano

Jacob Sparks

Ethics Bowl Director

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34D

TBA jasparks@calpoly.edu

In person only

T: 1:00 - 4:00 pm, or by appointment

Daniel Story

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34H

  dstory@calpoly.edu

In person

R: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, or in person/zoom by appointment

Story Zoom Link

Ryan Wade

International Strategy and Security

CP Solano   rwade@csum.edu via CP Solano
Robert Wallace

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34P

TBA rhwallac@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2025

Ava Thomas Wright

PHIL Major Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47

Rm. 34B

TBA avwright@calpoly.edu  

David Zoller

PHIL Minor Advisor

Western Intellectual Traditions Minor Advisor

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34F

805-756-7295 dzoller@calpoly.edu  

Lecturers

Keith Abney

CP SLO

Bldg. 34

Rm. 236

805-756-2893 kabney@calpoly.edu

In person

3:00 - 3:50 pm,

Zoom

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

Abney Zoom Link

Laura Andes

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M,

Rm. 104

805-756-5174 landes@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

M: 6:10 - 7:00 pm
W: 3:10 - 4 pm,

or by appointment

Andes Zoom Link

Damien Barnes

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M,

Rm. 104

  dbbarnes@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

R: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Barnes Zoom Link

Adam benShea

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M,

Rm. 104

805-756-5174 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. 47,

Rm. 34C

805-756-2064 lbomstad@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2025

Dean Da Vee

Lecturer Representative

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-4

  ddavee@calpoly.edu

In person only

MW: 12:00 - 2:00 pm, or by appointment

Kyle Dickey CP SLO   kydickey@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

F: 12:00 - 2:00 pm,

or by appointment

Dickey Zoom Link 

Jeremy Dickinson

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M,

Rm. 103

805-756-5167 jadickin@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

M-R: 4:00 - 5:00 pm, or by appointment

Dickinson Zoom Link 

Richard Graziano

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M,

Rm. 103

805-756-5167 rgrazian@calpoly.edu

In person only

M: 10:30 - 11:30 am

W: 10:00 - 11:30 am

R: 2:30 - 4:00 pm, or by appointment

Kevin Houser

CP SLO

Bldg. 34

Rm. 236

805-756-2893 klhouser@calpoly.edu  
Devin Kuhn-Choi

CP SLO

Bldg. 47, 

Rm. 34N

  dkuhn@calpoly.edu

In person only

W: 12:00 - 1:00 pm, or by appointment

David King

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-5

  dking20@calpoly.edu  
Alex Lebrun

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-4

  aslebrun@calpoly.edu

Zoom

TR: 12:00 - 2:00 pm, or by appointment
Lebrun Zoom Link

Joe Lynch

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34C

805-756-2064 jlynch@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

MW: 2:00 - 3:00 pm, or by appointment

Lynch Zoom Link

Jennifer Metz CP Solano  

jmetz@csum.edu

via CP Solano
Sean Pierce

CP SLO

Bldg. 38

Rm. 103-5

  spierc05@calpoly.edu

Zoom only

TR: 9:00 - 10:30 am, or by appointment

Pierce Zoom Link

Erich Riesen

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm 34C

  eriesen@calpoly.edu

In person only

MW: 1:00 - 3:00 pm, or by appointment

Kyle Tanaka

CP SLO

Bldg. 115,

Rm. 113

805-756- 0764 ktanak14@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2025

Sam Zahn

CP SLO

Bldg. 26M, Rm. 103

805-756-5167 szahn@calpoly.edu N/A in Fall 2025

Emeritus Faculty

S. W. Ball (pending)        

A. C. W. Bethel

   

acwbethel@gmail.com

 

Linda Bomstad

CP SLO

Bldg. 47,

Rm. 34C

  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. 34C

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

Rebekah Swigger

CP SLO

Bldg 47,

Rm. 37A

805-756-2041 rswigger@calpoly.edu

TWR: 8am-5pm

Telework: MF: 7:30am-4:30pm

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