{"id":465,"date":"2017-08-08T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:17:08","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/philosophy\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to: <a href=\"#admin\">Administrative Services<\/a>, <a href=\"#fulltime\">Full-Time Faculty<\/a>, <a href=\"#parttime\">Part-Time Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Department Chair<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2025\/03\/tiger-roholt.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2025\/03\/tiger-roholt.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"tiger roholt\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=roholtt\"><\/a>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=roholtt\">Tiger Roholt<\/a><br \/>\nDepartment Chair<br \/>\nSchmitt Hall 208<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:roholtt@montclair.edu\">roholtt@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Office Hours: M 9:45\u201310:45, Tu 1:45\u20132:45, Th 2\u20133.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Roholt (professor of philosophy) received his PhD from Columbia University. He writes about meaningfulness, technology, art, and music. Roholt has written three books, the most recent is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/distracted-from-meaning-9781350172654\/\">Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/groove-9781441104182\/\">Groove<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/groove-9781441104182\/\">: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance<\/a><\/em> was published in 2014 (Bloomsbury Academic). Roholt&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/key-terms-in-philosophy-of-art-9781441158918\/\">Key Terms in Philosophy of Art<\/a> has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Persian. He has published journal articles in <em>Techn\u00e9: Research in Philosophy and Technology<\/em>, <em>The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism,<\/em> etc.\u00a0Recently published in <em>The<\/em> <em>Oxford Handbook on the Phenomenology of Music<\/em> is Roholt&#8217;s chapter, &#8220;Performance, Technology, and the Good Life.&#8221; He teaches courses such as Philosophies of the Self, Meaning in Life, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics and Technology, Existentialism, and Ethical Reasoning. More information can be found on Roholt&#8217;s <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/tigerroholt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>. <\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"admin\"><\/a>Department Administrative Support Staff<\/h2>\n<p>Our administrative team can be reached at <a href=\"tel:973-655-7755\" class=\"\"><span class=\"a11y-phone-number initialized\" aria-label=\"9 7 3 6 5 5 77 55 \">973-655-7755<\/span><\/a><a href=\"tel:973-655-7570\" class=\"\"><\/a>, via email at <a href=\"mailto:chssadmin@montclair.edu\">chssadmin@montclair.edu<\/a>, or in person in Schmitt 222.<br \/>\n<p class='a11y-label'><!-- fetch cache:  0.85 ms --><!-- decode:  0.04 ms --><!-- output:  0.02 ms --><\/p><ul class=\"profile-grid\"><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Cheryln Sayles profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/4769\/user\/saylescheadshot.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/4769\/user\/saylescheadshot.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~saylesc\">Cheryln Sayles<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Administrative Services Coordinator<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Caroline Howell profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/8163\/user\/howell150x200.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/8163\/user\/howell150x200.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~howellc\">Caroline Howell<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Administrative Services Coordinator<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"fulltime\"><\/a>Full-Time Faculty<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2021\/08\/Morgman-2.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2021\/08\/Morgman-2.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=morganj\">Jon Morgan<\/a><br \/>\nDirector, Cognitive Science Minor<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt Hall 205E<br \/>\n973-655-7393<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:morganj@montclair.edu\">morganj@montclair.edu<\/a><br \/>\nOffice Hours: M 3.30\u20135, Th 1:30\u20133.<\/p>\n<p>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 <em>Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy,<\/em> and <em>Philosophical Studies.<\/em> You can read more about him and his research on his <a href=\"http:\/\/jonbrinkmorgan.com\/\">website<\/a>. He also directs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/cogsci\">Cognitive Science Minor<\/a>.\u00a0Courses taught at MSU: Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Perception, Knowing One\u2019s Mind, Color and Color Experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2017\/08\/Robison_Meghan.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2017\/08\/Robison_Meghan.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Robison_Meghan\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=robisonm\">Meghan Robison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schmitt Hall 240F<br \/>\n973-655-3833<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:robisonm@montclair.edu\">robisonm@montclair.edu<\/a><br \/>\nOffice Hours: Tu 12:30\u20131:30, W 3:00\u20134.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217; <em>Leviathan<\/em> by connecting the English philosopher&#8217;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: \u201cThe Appearance of Power in Hobbes\u2019 Leviathan,\u201d <em>Scienza &amp; Politica:<\/em> vol. 31, no. 60 (2019). A pdf can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/scienzaepolitica.unibo.it\/article\/view\/9617\">here<\/a>. \u2022 She is a member of the group Philosophers for Sustainability.<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"parttime\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Part-Time Faculty<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=gambam\">Madison Gamba<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=ganisr\">Richard Ganis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=gitsoulisc\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=hamptond\">Danielle Hampton<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=holadayt\">Thomas Holaday<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=iglinm\">Mikhail Iglin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=howarthk\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=kayed\">David Kaye<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=feszczakz\">Zenon Marko<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=kayejo\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=mendozaj\">Josef Mendoza<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=pascalem\">Marius Pascale<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=rotht\">Turner Roth<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=scottd\">Damion Scott<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=sorensend\">David Sorensen<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=wrenns\">Stephen Wrenn<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Emeritus Faculty<\/h2>\n<p><strong>David Benfield<\/strong> received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He published articles in <em>Kant-Studien, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research <\/em>and<em> Philosophical Studies.<\/em> His research interests include the Wason Task (and why the &#8220;right&#8221; answer isn&#8217;t really right), the analysis of fictional objects, the ethical and social aspects of cyberspace, and the new public atheism. A member of the national APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy, he participated in three NEH Summer Seminars. He helped develop and then regularly taught the &#8220;The Professional Semester,&#8221; an experiential education course for liberal arts majors seeking work experience. He served in the University Senate as Chair of the Administrative Affairs Council and as Secretary; he was a member of the faculty union and functioned as the official liaison between AFT Local 1904 and the University Senate from 2009 until his retirement as Professor of Philosophy in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roland Garrett<\/strong> received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University. He published essays in a variety of professional journals, including <em>Social Theory and Practice, the Journal of the History of Philosophy, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Philosophy Today, the Southern Journal of Philosophy, the Journal of General Education, Business and Society, Metaphilosophy, <\/em>and <em>Philosophy and Literature.<\/em> He served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Montclair State University from 1981 to 1987 and retired as Professor of Philosophy in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to: Administrative Services, Full-Time Faculty, Part-Time Faculty Department Chair Department Administrative Support Staff Our administrative team can be reached at 973-655-7755, via email at chssadmin@montclair.edu, or in person in Schmitt 222. 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