Faculty
Michael V. Dougherty
| Title: |
Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy |
| Division: |
Arts and Letters
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| Education: |
Ph.D. Marquette University
M.A. The Catholic University of America
B.A. The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts |
| Office Phone: |
(614) 251-4680 |
| Email: |
dougherm@ohiodominican.edu
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Biography
Michael V. Dougherty received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University and a Master's of Art in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He holds an undergraduate degree from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts.
Dr. Dougherty joined the Philosophy faculty at Ohio Dominican University in 2003. His research in the history of philosophy includes work on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, René Descartes, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. He has served as the Resident Director for ODU's Education Abroad program in Rome, Italy, and edits the online resource
Pico in English: A Bibliography. In 2009, Dr. Dougherty received Ohio Dominican University's Conley Award, given annually to a professor for outstanding teaching.
He is author of "Moral Dilemmas in Medieval Thought: From Gratian to Aquinas" (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and editor of "Pico della Mirandola: New Essays" (Cambridge University Press, 2008). His articles have appeared in
Ancient Philosophy,
The Review of Metaphysics,
International Philosophical Quarterly,
Vivarium,
History of Philosophy Quarterly,
The Heythrop Journal,
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly,
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly,
British Journal for the History of Philosophy,
Argumentation, and
International Journal of Philosophical Studies.