Faculty Expertise
Throughout your time at Washington College, you will work with faculty in classes, lab and field work, internships, and more. Faculty serve as teachers and mentors, and as advisors for your Senior Capstone Experience (SCE). Explore the research interests of our faculty below.
Philosophy Faculty
Matthew McCabe
Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Matthew McCabe
Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of Expertise
Ethics of care
Research
My research is focused on the continued development and defense of the Ethics of Care understood as a formulation of agent-based Virtue Ethics. Introduced and developed by my mentor at the University of Maryland, Michael Slote, I defended the theory in my dissertation thesis by demonstrating the theory’s ability to be effectively applied and lend substantive insight into issues surrounding the physician-patient relationship. I am currently expanding beyond the field of medicine to explore the insights the Virtue Ethic of Care can offer on the subject of punitive justice and issues in the political profession.
Jennifer Benson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Assistant Dean of Transfer Pathways
Jennifer Benson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Assistant Dean of Transfer Pathways
Areas of Expertise
Freedom, feminism, political theory, critical race theory, and post-colonial thought
Research
What does it mean to be free? I ask this question at the intersection of feminism, political theory, critical race theory, and post-colonial thought. Framed in this way, freedom must be understood as a practice of working with others, including the others within, in order to invent alternative forms of action that defy socially enforced scripts of domination and subordination. This basic idea gives rise to hosts of other philosophical questions that continue to drive my teaching, research, and ways of living.
Joseph Prud'homme
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty in Religious Studies
The Burton Family Chair in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Joseph Prud'homme
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty in Religious Studies
The Burton Family Chair in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Areas of Expertise
Political philosophy, legal theory, intellectual history, and religion studies.
Research
I work in the areas of political philosophy, legal theory, intellectual history, and religious studies.
Bin Song
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Bin Song
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Areas of Expertise
Asian and comparative philosophy, religion, and theology
Research
I enjoy the good life of teaching and research on Asian and comparative philosophy, religion, and theology.
Peter Weigel
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Peter Weigel
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Areas of Expertise
Medieval philosophy, metaphysics, logic and rhetoric, Christianity
Research
My research interests include medieval philosophy, metaphysics, logic and rhetoric, Christianity.