Michael Ashfield
History, Cultures, & Ideas
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Hours:USU 1010: Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 p.m.
PHIL 2400: Tuesdays 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
PHIL 3540: Fridays 3:30-4:30 p.m.
PHIL 3600: Mon/Wed 3:30-4:30 p.m.
And by appointment.
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 002J)
Email: mike.ashfield@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Southern California, 2021
M.A. Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 2013
M.A. Theology, Acadia Divinity College, 2009
B.A. with Distinction , Philosophy & Great Books, St. Thomas University, 2005
Biography
Mike Ashfield is an Assistant Professor of philosophy (Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2021). His areas of specializations include social and political philosophy, epistemology, normative ethics, and philosophy of religion. His dissertation focused on normative issues in the epistemology of public reason liberalism, and he has an active ongoing research projects on the natures of sin and righteousness and comparing conceptions of the divine across theistic and non-theistic traditions.