Dr. Felecia McDuffie
Associate Professor of Religion
Chair, Religion and Philosophy Department

Dr. McDuffie joined the Young Harris College faculty in 2001. She specializes in the history of Christian thought and has particular interests in early modern theology, religion and literature, and religious perspectives on the human body. She is the author of To Our Bodies Turn We Then: Body as Word and Sacrament in the Works of John Donne as well as essays on St. Augustine and Emmanuel Swedenborg.

Dr. McDuffie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia, a Masters degree in Theological Studies from Candler School of Theology, and a Ph.D. from Emory University. She may be contacted at mcduffie@yhc.edu.

Jamie C. Watson
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Dr. Watson joined the Young Harris faculty in 2009. His primary research is in epistemology and philosophy of science and he specializes in a priori justification. He also writes to connect non-philosophers with important and influential philosophical ideas through popular culture. He has contributed to The Office and Philosophy, Johnny Cash and Philosophy, Transformers and Philosophy, and the forthcoming The Hobbit and Philosophy.

Dr. Watson is currently co-writing three textbooks: Critical Thinking: For College, Grad School, and Real Life, Continuum Press; What’s Good on TV? Learning Ethics through Television, Wiley-Blackwell; and Philosophy Demystified, McGraw Hill.

Dr. Watson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Christian Education from Lee University in Cleveland, TN, a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from The University of Montana at Missoula, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University.  He may be contacted at jcwatson@yhc.edu

Dr. Ian Curran
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy
icurran@yhc.edu

B.A., University of California-Los Angeles
M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hille
M.T.S., Duke University
Ph. D., Emory University