Why Choose Gonzaga

Expert Faculty

Gonzaga offers one of the few graduate philosophy programs west of the Mississippi that is truly pluralistic.

Our philosophy department houses faculty who are specialists in their fields, including:

  • Western Philosophy
  • Chinese Philosophy
  • Continental Philosophy
  • Analytic Philosophy
  • Social and Political Theory
  • Marxism
  • Feminist Philosophy
  • American Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Metaphysics

Student Benefits

  • Work with other philosophers including faculty.
  • Graduate assistantships provide teaching experience.
  • Opportunities to present research and work in progress
  • Participation in regional, national and international philosophy conferences

Conferences & Lectures

  • Gonzaga Faith and Reason Institute sponsors many conferences and speakers, including a fall conference on Faith, Film, and Philosophy and occasional spring conferences on philosophy, Christianity, and science
  • Gonzaga’s Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference
  • Northwest Philosophy Conference
  • American Philosophical Association: Pacific Division
  • Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference
  • Memorial University Summer School in Philosophy (MESSP), which emphasizes putting U.S. philosophy grads in contact with European philosophers.
  • Rukuvina Lectures
  • SaGe Lectures
  • The Whitehead Editions Project

Questions?

Contact: Meg Martens 
Admissions & Application Specialist 
Call or Text: (509) 313-6243 
Email: martens@gonzaga.edu 
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