Faculty

Kerry Dugan

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Office: Holmes Hall 381
Phone: 617-373-4171
E-Mail: k.dugan@neu.edu

I have been teaching since 1969. For 25 years I was a Univac II programmer, a DEC -10, -20, VAX, an IBM 1401, 7074, DOS, OS, VM large-scale “legacy” operating-systems Software Specialist, and a data center Associate Director. During that time I was also an Instructor in both the Computer Sciences and Philosophy. I left (well, almost) the computer field 12 years ago, returning full time to my first love, teaching Philosophy. I have completed all my coursework for my Ph.D. and also hold an M.Ed. in Education. In addition to being a member of the Philosophy faculty and a senior lecturer at University College, I have held adjunct positions at Tufts University, the City College of New Orleans, and the University of Massachusetts in both their CPCS College and their Philosophy Department.

A thing to note about me is that often I give no more than two formal class lectures per semester. Instead, I conduct my courses using the Socratic method of teaching. There’s nothing like an unasked question to get the blood coursing through my veins.

If I must choose, my philosophical research interests are phenomenology, Plato, Heidegger, existentialism, the Presocratics, phenomenology of technology, and business and medical ethics. And yes, I still fool with the system software in personal computers.

I love to travel, especially to less-visited areas both local and foreign, but I also like being at home in metropolitan Boston with my wife, daughter and son, our dog Woofie and our cat Cat.

EDUCATION

A.B.D., Philosophy, Tulane University, 1974
M.Ed., Educational Administration, Northeastern University, 1972