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Dr. Kate Finley works on topics in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, including perception, embodiment and mental disorder. She also addresses topics in philosophy of religion including religious experience, disability and the problem of evil. She teaches courses on these topics including Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Disorders and Disabilities, as well as Applied Ethics, and Hope亚洲色吧檚 First Year Seminar and Cultural Heritage courses. 

Dr. Finley is passionate about teaching philosophy, both in and outside of traditional university settings 亚洲色吧� and about increasing community engagement in philosophy. She has taught 亚洲色吧渃ommunity-engaged亚洲色吧� courses including one on Religion, Identity and Social Justice in which students worked with local faith-based organizations and churches as part of the course curriculum. She has also taught philosophy courses in prisons in Indiana and Michigan and for residents of a homeless shelter. She also advises and helps lead the Hope College Philosophy Club.

She especially enjoys interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues and students. In an ongoing research project on connections between mental disorder and faith, she has worked during the school year and summer with students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds: philosophy, engineering, communication, psychology and religion.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Philosophy of mind and cognitive science
• Philosophy of religion
• Epistemology
• Social philosophy

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2018
• B.A., philosophy and theology, University of Notre Dame, 2012

HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

• Selected participant in SET Foundations seminar, 亚洲色吧淪cientific and Theological Explanations of Mental Disorder,亚洲色吧� Loyola University / John Templeton Foundation, 2021
• 亚洲色吧淭ransformative Religious Narratives & Mental Disorder,亚洲色吧� Blueprint 1543 research grant ($14,644) and Hope College Nyenhuis research grant ($7,488), 2021 (principal investigator)
• 亚洲色吧淚nteractions between Mental Disorder & Components of Faith亚洲色吧� Hope College Nyenhuis research grant ($7,088), 2020 (principal investigator)
• Selected participant in TheoPsych seminar, 亚洲色吧淪elf-Narrative and the Problem of Evil,亚洲色吧� Fuller Theological Seminary / John Templeton Foundation, 2020

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• 亚洲色吧淧hilosophy of Mind,亚洲色吧� in T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Christian Theology, T&T Clark亚洲色吧揃loomsbury (forthcoming)
• 亚洲色吧淣arrative, Theology, and Philosophy of Religion亚洲色吧� (with J. Seachris), in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, Wiley-Blackwell, 2021
• 亚洲色吧淭hought Insertion in Schizophrenia,亚洲色吧� presentation at Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry annual conference, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淔uture Directions in Christian Philosophy,亚洲色吧� panel presentation at Society of Christian Philosophers conference, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淎 New Understanding of Perception and Cognitive Penetration,亚洲色吧� presentation at American Philosophical Association Eastern Division conference, 2018
• 亚洲色吧淓mbodied Cognition in Religion,亚洲色吧� presentation at Templeton Interfaith Workshop, Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Jordan, 2017
• 亚洲色吧淎n Improved Account of Thought Insertion,亚洲色吧� presentation at NCH Mind and Brain Conference, London, 2016

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Dr. Finley is actively involved in her church and in the local branch of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). She also serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in the foster care system in Kent County.