Helene L. Dwyer
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Contact Information

I teach at two of the University of Wisconsin Centers--UWC-Baraboo/Sauk County, and UWC-Richland. I will be at Baraboo on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Spring 1997 semester, and at Richland on Mondays and Wednesdays. My office at Baraboo is A125; at Richland, I will be found in the faculty group office (room 435?).


Office Phone Number: Baraboo: (608) 356-8351; Richland: (608) 647-6186.
EMail:hdwyer@uwc.edu


Courses

Education

Research

Publications

Other Interests

Courses

Ethics (offered at both campuses during Spring 97)
Human Nature, Religion, and Society (offered at both campuses during Spring 97)
Introduction to Philosophy (offered Fall semester)
others: Logic; Feminist Philosophy; Philosophical Ideas in Literature; Environmental Ethics

Research Interests

Feminism, animal rights, and the intersection of the two; the cognitive value of emotions, especially the emotions of grief and regret; empathy.


Other Interests

I am involved in the Alliance for Animals, a statewide educational and activist organization.

Education

Ph.D., Fordham University, 1978.


Publications

"Through a Looking Glass, Darkly," with Patricia Roby, Journal of Correctional Education, 1991.

Memberships

American Philosophical Association