Full-time Faculty

Dr. Claude Charpentier

Claude Charpentier studied psychology and philosophy at Bishop's University before undertaking graduate work at the University of Edinburgh. The subject of her doctoral dissertation was the shared social attitudes and patterns of thought associated with radical utilitarians and fellow reformers John Stuart Mill and Alexander Bain. She currently teaches in both the Psychology and the Philosophy Departments.

Office: MCG-305
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2653
Email: ccharpen@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Jamie Crooks
Department of Philosophy Chairperson

Jamie Crooks studied music at Mount Allison University before undertaking graduate work in philosophy at the University of Toronto. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1990 with a dissertation on Heidegger's interpretation of Nietzsche. He has been chair of the Philosophy Department since 1994. Professor Crooks is also conductor of the Bishop's University Singers and has worked regularly with the Drama department over the past four years on musical theatre projects.

Office: DIV-25
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2338
Email: jcrooks@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Don Dombowsky

Don Dombowsky did his graduate study at the University of Ottawa and the New School for Social Research. He has taught a range of introductory and seminar courses for the Philosophy, Politics and International Studies, and Liberal Arts programs on selected topics in the history of philosophy, politics and art.

Office: DIV-23
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2526
Email: ddombows@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Paul Gallina

Paul Leonard Gallina is a Professor in the Williams School of Business and has a diverse record of professional engagement and academic achievement. Before coming to Bishop's he worked for 15 years at the Ontario Ministry of Labour implementing reforms to occupational health and  to workers' compensation. Among his academic credentials are a Master of Laws (with Distinction) from the Graduate Faculty of Law at the University of Leicester, and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Guelph.

In philosophy Dr. Gallina has ongoing interests in social and political philosophy, applied ethics, and the philosophy of law.   He teaches a course in Professional and Business Ethics.

For recent publications, research, presentations and consulting see : http://medlegcanada.com

Office: Hamilton 215
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2416
Email: pgallina@ubishops.ca


Dr. Bruce Gilbert

Dr. Gilbert has a Ph. D from the Department of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University, which was preceded by a Bachelors Degree in History from the University of Toronto, a Diploma in Education and Pastoral Care from the Centre for Christian Studies, and a Masters in Religious Studies from McGill University. He has a cross appointment at Bishop’s, teaching in both the Department of Philosophy and the Liberal Arts Program.   Dr. Gilbert’s research, most broadly speaking, is based in dialectical political philosophy.  If dialectic names the process by which humanity learns, then freedom is not merely choice, but is rather our capacity to develop increasingly sophisticated forms of relationship with each other and our environment. His forthcoming book, The Vitality of Contradiction: Hegel, Politics and the Dialectic of Liberal-Capitalism (McGill-Queen's University Press), articulates the philosophical arguments for this view of dialectic and freedom.  Dr. Gilbert also engages in empirical research on this topic, focussing especially on the Movement of Landless Rural Workers of Brazil (MST), a large and very successful social movement which seizes under-utilized estates and builds self-sufficient farming cooperatives on them.  The MST now has some 1.5 million members and its own university near São Paulo.

Office: DIV-21
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2075
Email: bgilbert@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Dale Stout

Dale Stout began his undergraduate study in physical education at the University of Alberta. He subsequently switched to psychology and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh with a dissertation on the history of statistics. In addition to his continuing work in philosophy, he is chair of the Psychology Department. He is a recent recipient of the William and Nancy Turner Award for Teaching (2003).

Office: MCG-313
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2440
Email: dstout@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Harvey White

Harvey White began as a student of mathematics at the University of Minnesota. Subsequently, he received his B.D. and M.A. in religion from Princeton. His doctorate is from McGill. A longtime chair of the Religion Department, he is the 2007 recipient of the William and Nancy Turner Award for Teaching.

Office: DIV-26
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2337
Email: hwhite@ubishops.ca

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Retired Faculty

Dr. George Englebretsen

George Englebretsen (retired) did both undergraduate and graduate work in Nebraska prior to taking up an appointment at Bishop's University in the late 1960's. Since that time, the core of his work in eight books and well over one hundred articles has been development of a new system of logic. His philosophical interests, however, range over the entire history of philosophy. He retired in 2007 but continues teaching and research as if he hadn't.

Office: DIV-27
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2339
Email: genglebr@ubishops.ca

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