Faculty & Staff

The Philosophy Department is housed within the Department of Global Humanities: History, Language, Global Culture & Philosophy. The faculty and staff are here to help the Suffolk University community as a whole—students should contact their professors and administrators to address questions and concerns.

The department is located on the 10th floor of the 73 Tremont Street building. The office is open Mondays - Fridays 8:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Contact us by phone: (617) 573-8259 or by e-mailing the department.

Full-Time Faculty

Rachel McKinney
Associate Professor & Interim Department Chair

Barbara Abrams
Professor, Department Chair (on sabbatical AY 2026 - 2027)

Evgenia Cherkasova
Professor 

Montgomery Link
Associate Professor

Emeritus Professors

Donna M. Giancola
Associate Professor Emerita

Rudolph Zuckerstatter
Professor Emeritus

Part-Time Faculty

Part-time faculty may be reached at the main department phone number unless otherwise noted (617-573-8399).

The part-time faculty office is located at 73 Tremont Street, 10th floor, Room 1069.  

Amy L. Fisher
University Chaplain
Master of Divinity, Vanderbilt University
Master of Theology, Emory University 

Owen Glyn-Williams
Instructor
PhD., DePaul University

Kaplan Hasanoglu
Instructor
PhD., University of Iowa

Brian Kiniry
Senior Lecturer
MA, University of Wisconsin

Julia Legas
Senior Lecturer
PhD (ABD), Boston College

Jeffrey McConnell
Senior Lecturer
PhD, M.I.T.

Augusta Moore
Lecturer
PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Taylor Thomas
Instructor
PhD., Boston College

Alan Waters
Senior Lecturer
MA, University of Chicago
MA, York University

Department Staff

Emily Devlin
Academic Coordinator
617-573-8285
Office: 73 Tremont St., 10th Floor