About the Department

The Department consists of 21 faculty members, two staff members, some 35 graduate students, and more than 150 undergraduate philosophy majors. The faculty have a wide range of interests throughout contemporary analytic philosophy, with special strengths in the following areas:

         Aesthetics
         Moral and Political Philosophy
         Philosophical Logic
         Philosophy of Language
         Philosophy of Mind
         Philosophy of Science

Recent Faculty and Graduate Student Activities

         2008-2009 (PDF)

About the University

The University of Maryland is the major public research university in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., and is one of the top 20 public universities in the U.S. It is the flagship campus of the University of Maryland system. There is a strong commitment to research, and to quality education at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Location

The campus is located in College Park, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC, just a few miles north of the National Mall and within the DC beltway. The area has many internationally recognized museums, monuments, libraries, theatres, and performing arts organizations, and the campus lies in close proximity to a number of major research institutions in the humanities and sciences.

The Washington region is one of the most verdant metropolitan centers in the U.S., with large areas devoted to wildlife refuges and scenic parks. Surrounding the Washington region are nearby state and national parks, as well as the waterways of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, from the Shenandoah and Appalachian Mountains to the Cheseapeake Bay and Assateague seashores.