LoginSTM welcomes new faculty members
St. Thomas More College is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to our faculty in the Departments of Philosophy, Economics, and Religion and Culture.
Dr. Michael Marder is a scholar of contemporary Continental (European) philosophy, specializing in phenomenology, ethics, and political philosophy. He completed his BA and MA degrees at York University in Psychology and Political Science, respectively. He subsequently studied at Cornell University before completing his PhD at the New School for Social Research in New York in 2007. He is the author of a book on Derrida from the University of Toronto Press, based on his doctoral dissertation, and 19 articles in scholarly journals. His second book, on the political thought of Carl Schmitt, will be published by Continuum in 2010. His third book is under review at Northwestern University Press. He held a post-doctoral fellowship and instructorship at the University of Toronto in 2007-08. He recently taught philosophy at Georgetown University and George Washington University (both in Washington, DC).
Dr. Saeed Moshiri
Dr. Moshiri is a specialist in applied economics, development economics, and energy economics. He completed a BA at the University of Allameh Tabatabaie, a MA at the University of Tarbiat Modarres (both in Tehran, Iran), a second MA at the University of Toronto, and a PhD at the University of Manitoba in 1997. He is the author or co-author of 24 scholarly articles. He held a SSHRC grant from 2006-08 in which he pursued research on the effect of information technology on the workplace in Canada. He has taught at the Universities of Tehran, Toronto, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Allameh Tabatabaie, and Memorial of Newfoundland. In his new position at STM, he will teach Economics courses and contribute to the College's development of a new interdisciplinary minor in Social Justice and the Common Good.
Dr. Santiago Slabodsky
Dr. Slabodsky is a specialist in Judaic Studies. He completed a BA in Socio-Political Thought from the University of Buenos Aires, a MA in Jewish Studies from Duke University, and advanced rabbinical training at the Rabbinical Seminary of Latin America. He successfully defended his PhD thesis on Emmanuel Levinas at the University of Toronto in April 2009. He also studied previously at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Paris-VIII, and Baylor University. He is the author of five journal articles, two chapters in books, and three book reviews. He has presented his scholarly work at conferences in South Africa, Brazil, France, England, Germany, and the US. He recently taught courses in Judaism at the University of Toronto-Mississauga and in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.
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