Betts, Adam
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5870
Department: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Humanities
Office Location: Westshore Campus, SLT 228B
Education: B.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Saint Francis
Ph.D., Philosophy, Arizona State University
About: Adam Betts joined Tri-C in 2024 after completing his Ph.D. in philosophy at Arizona State University. His research interests include topics found at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. For instance, his doctoral dissertation investigated how cognitive biases affect our epistemic judgments of others during disagreements. He is also interested in other topics, such as the relationship between education and a well-functioning democracy, and how mental illness is conceptualized in terms of norms of rationality.
Betts has been teaching philosophy one way or another since 2013, first as a teaching assistant, then as an adjunct instructor beginning in 2018 at Arizona State and Maricopa Community Colleges. He has taught a wide variety of philosophy courses, from existentialism to philosophy of science, and he enjoys teaching all of the philosophy courses available at Tri-C.
Gaston, Diane
Associate Professor
216-987-5498
Department: Philosophy, Religious Studies
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B-147
Education: B.A., Cleveland State University
M.A., Cleveland State University
Kondik, Kevin
Assistant Professor
216-987-0287
Department: Philosophy
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B110
Education: B.S., Cleveland State University
M.S., Ohio University
Lipinski, Bradley
Associate Professor
216-987-5668
Department: Philosophy, Humanities
Office Location: Westshore Campus, SLT 225C
Education: A.A., Lakeland Community College
B.A., Cleveland State University
M.A., Cleveland State University
J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
LiPuma, Samuel
Associate Professor
216-987-5651
Department: Philosophy
Office Location: Western Campus, B218C
Education: Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy, Bowling Green State University
M.A., Philosophy, University of Dayton
B.A., Philosophy, University of Dayton
About: Samuel H. LiPuma began his teaching career in higher education in 1991 at Tri-C and is now an associate professor. He has published papers in the field of bioethics in several leading journals and co-authored a book on the ethics of end of life care, The Dying Experience With Joseph DeMarco, published by Rowman and Littlefield International in 2019. He has a forthcoming book on end of life care to be published by SUNY Press. LiPuma also wrote an introductory book on logic, published by Kendall Hunt.
Miller, Justin
Assistant Professor
216-987-2359
Department: Philosophy, Humanities
Office Location: Eastern Campus, ESS 1119
Education: B.S., Portland State University
M.A., Cleveland State University
Tobin, Kerry
Assistant Professor
216-987-5540
Department: Philosophy, Humanities
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B109
Education: B.A., Adelphi University
M.A., Cleveland State University