About me
Current Curriculum Vitae PAR 101 (Western Phil. Traditions) Sample Syllabus
PAR 295 (Self, Society and the Good Life) Sample Syllabus [sophomore pro-seminar for all departmental majors]
PAR 304 (Ancient Phil.) Sample Syllabus
PAR 307 (c. 19-20 Continental Philosophy) Sample Syllabus
PAR 320 (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien) Sample Syllabus
PAR 354 (Religion, Suffering, and the Moral Imagination) Sample Syllabus
PAR 393 (Nietzsche) Sample Syllabus
PAR 393 (Kierkegaard) Sample Syllabus PAR 393 (Freud and Philosophy) Sample Syllabus
Peter Jackson's Middle earth
Dr. Whitmire's new daughter!
RELATED LINKS Hunter Library Writing and Learning Commons
The Stone (Contemporary Philosophers in the NY Times)
The WCU Poverty Project
Associate Professor and Department Head
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Dr. Whitmire watching the sunset in the Sahara Desert (southern Tunisia, summer 2010)
Office: Stillwell 226
Phone: 828-227-2636
Email: jwhitmire@email.wcu.edu
Listen to former Philosophy and Religion Department Head Kevin Schilbrack discuss our offerings with major Matt Kirby and All-Western Radio's Don Connelly (3:28)
Dr. Whitmire wins the University's 2011 Excellence in Teaching Liberal Studies Award
Learn more about the CARE conference in Washington, D.C. that students in Dr. Whitmire's PAR 354 class attended in spring 2011
Find out more about the ongoing WCU Poverty Project (2011-2012)
