Jeffrey Powell

Biography

A.B., Ohio University (psychology); M.A., Duquesne University (psychology); M.A., Loyola University of Chicago (philosophy); Ph.D., Depaul University (philosophy). Associate professor of philosophy. His areas of expertise are metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and 19th and 20th century continental philosophy. His current research concerns language in the thought of Heidegger, and the relation between philosophy and madness. He is currently editing a book on the latter interest, as well as writing a book on the same issue. His interest in this topic can also be somewhat generalized to include the relation between philosophy and literature, and philosophy and feminism. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, and the North American Heidegger Circle. He organized the May 2000 meeting of the North American Heidegger Circle at Marshall.

Research Interest

psychology