College of
Arts & Sciences
College welcomes nine new faculty
he College of Arts and Sciences is
Tproud to introduce the latest additions to its faculty.
Bl ack S tu di es Cher Love McAllister, Sekhmet Ra Em Kht Maat, joined the Black Studies faculty after receiving her Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University. Her dissertation is titled “Remembering ASAR: Haile Selassie I within Rastafarl Thought.” Her areas of special interest are Indigenous African cosmology, religious thought, and philosophies of existence, broadly conceived to Cher Love McAllister include African Diasporan contemporary cultural epistemologies, philosophical perspectives and religious thought. “Next spring she will be teaching African Philosophy, which explores ancient, traditional and contemporary 38 • Winter 2007
philosophical/theological concepts and doctrines of Africans through an investigation of their cosmological, metaphysical, ontological and ethical world view,” says interim department chair, Peggy Jones. “We are enjoying her intellectual energy and vibrant personality!”
role the mind plays in determining certain normative phenomena, and the inability of physical properties to play that role.” William Melanson received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Ohio State University in 2006. He specializes in Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics. His dissertation is titled, “Justified Existential Belief: An Investigation of the William Melanson Justifiability of Believing in the Existence of Abstract Mathematical Objects.” Before coming to UNO, Melanson was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Puget Sound.
P h i lo s o p h y The Philosophy Program welcomed two new faculty members this year. Paul Audi comes to UNO after earning his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. His teaching experience includes an Paul Audi instructorship at Colgate University. His areas of specialization are Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind. According to Audi, his dissertation “Beyond Causal Theories of Mind and Nature” is an argument that “appeals to the special
Rel i g i o us S t u d i es The Religious Studies program also has two new faculty members starting this fall. Bridget Blomfield joined the Religious Studies faculty having earned her Ph.D. in Women’s Studies in Religion from Claremont University, Bridget Blomfield Claremont, Calif. Her dissertation is titled “The Language of Tears: An Ethnographic Study of Shi’a UNOALUM