Faculty and Staff

Tiger Roholt
Department Chair

Schmitt Hall 208
roholtt@3588612.com
973-655-7417
Office Hours: M 10–12; T 10–11; Th 2–3.

Tiger Roholt (professor of philosophy) received his PhD from Columbia University. He writes about meaningfulness, technology, art/music. Roholt has written three books, the most recent is Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Groove: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance was published in 2014 (Bloomsbury Academic). Roholt’s Key Terms in Philosophy of Art has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Persian. He has published journal articles in Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, etc. Recently published in The Oxford Handbook on the Phenomenology of Music is Roholt’s chapter, “Performance, Technology, and the Good Life.” He teaches courses such as Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, Existentialism, History of Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy. More information can be found on Roholt’s Website.

Jon Morgan
Director, Cognitive Science Minor

Schmitt Hall 205E
973-655-7393
morganj@3588612.com
Drop-in Office Hours: M 1:00–3:00
Appointments: M-F 2:00–4:0

Jon Morgan (associate professor of philosophy) received his PhD from The University of Texas at Austin. His primary research interests are within philosophy of mind, and his work has appeared in Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Philosophical Studies. You can read more about him and his research on his website. He also directs the Cognitive Science Minor. Courses taught at MSU: Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Perception, Knowing One’s Mind, Color and Color Experience.

Daniel Richmond

Schmitt Hall 241P
richmondd@3588612.com
Office Hours:

Daniel Richmond (assistant professor of philosophy) completed his PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York in spring of 2021. His dissertation questions the status of possibility in Aristotle, Heidegger, and Ernst Bloch, with emphasis given to the capacity for individual agency. In addition to this, his areas of philosophical expertise include Kant, critical theory, and phenomenology. His areas of interest include social ontology, philosophy of technology, environmental ethics, feminism, queer theory, and philosophy and race. Working primarily within the scope of continental philosophy, Daniel looks to engage notions of identity and agency, and to question traditional conceptions of possibility that condition and inform our notions of humanity. Aiming to uncover those countervailing possibilities that disrupt, shift, and skew to static notions of the status quo and self, he examines aspirational, technological, and ecological fixtures in relation to individual and collective empowerment. At MSU, Daniel is teaching courses such as PHIL 106 Logic, Ethics, and Medical Ethics.

Meghan Robison

Schmitt Hall 240F
973-655-3833
robisonm@3588612.com
Office Hours: T 10:30–11:30, R 2:00–4:00

Meghan Robison (associate professor of philosophy) received her PhD from the New School for Social Research. She specializes in Political Philosophy and Early Modern Philosophy, with competence in Feminist Theory and Philosophy of Art. Some of the classes she has taught include: History of Philosophy, Modern; Feminist Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; History of Philosophy, Ancient, a Seminar on Theories of Agency. Her research concerns the relationship between embodiment and authority in early modern political philosophy. She is at work on two book-length projects: The first examines figurations of maternity in modern philosophy. The second offers an original interpretation of the exit from the state of nature in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan by connecting the English philosopher’s concept of life as a special kind of bodily movement to the contracts that form the basis of the Commonwealth. In connection to this project is her article: “The Appearance of Power in Hobbes’ Leviathan,” Scienza & Politica: vol. 31, no. 60 (2019). A pdf can be found here. • She is a member of the group Philosophers for Sustainability.