Paula Polson

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1) What’s something we don’t know about you? I’m an open book 🙂 I have 52 first cousins on my mom’s side.
 
2) What do you like most about HRS? I like meeting people. This is probably the only office that all employees go through and you get a chance to meet them, even if it is brief.
 
3) What is your favorite hobby? Reading
 
4) Who is your favorite superhero? Gambit
 
5) What is your favorite quote? “”You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”” -Walt Disney

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Liliana Vedia

Assistant Director of International Student Services Office of International Student Services and Scholar Services […]

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Michael Boylan

Academic Credentials He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and an M.A. + in English Literature.

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Professor Michael Boylan has taught philosophy at Marymount University for more than thirty years. His teaching and research interests include ethics, social and political philosophy, the history of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy and literature, and ancient biomedicine. He has lectured widely on ethics, law, and political philosophy in 15 countries on 5 continents.  He is the author of 42 books and 150 articles.  Among his books are 12 novels and three books of poetry.  He has been an invited speaker at universities in 15 countries on 5 continents.

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History of Philosophy; Writing Argumentative Essays; Logic; Ethics; Metaphysics and Epistemology.

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  • Ethics/Social/Political Philosophy
  • The History and Philosophy of Science- particularly biomedicine
  • Fictive Narrative Philosophy (how fiction can act as philosophy)

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Carl Sachs

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B.A., Oberlin College
Ph.D., University of California at San Diego

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Carl B. Sachs joined Marymount University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. In his teaching, he draws on a plurality of philosophical traditions to demonstrate the contemporary relevance of philosophy and the humanities. His current research project consists of understanding knowledge, thought, and values in terms of organisms whose cognitive and motivational systems were shaped by evolutionary processes. Dr. Sachs is the author of Intentionality and the Myths of the Given (Routledge 2015) and several articles and invited book chapters.

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