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

Dr. Curran is a constructive and systematic Christian theologian in the Wesleyan tradition with an interest in the study of Christian spirituality.  His dissertation examined the classical "doctrine of analogy" in light of contemporary approaches to religious language. His work has appeared in the Christian Century and Homily Service and he has forthcoming pieces in Liturgy and the Emory Encyclopedia of Contemplative Practice.  He is currently working on a book titled The Practice of Transfiguration.  At Young Harris, he has taught introduction to philosophy, introduction to ethics, world religions, and Christian thought.  He also enjoys reading, swimming and playing tennis.
 
Dr. Curran holds a B.A. degree from the University of California-Los Angeles, an M.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an M.T.S. from Duke University and a Ph.D. from Emory University. He may be reached at icurran@yhc.edu.