Prof. Charles D. Kay
Philosophy Department
Office: Daniel 201 E-mail: kaycd @wofford.edu
Prof. Kay joined the Wofford faculty in 1986 and has taught Humanities
101 in alternate years ever since. His topic for 2006, Prisoners of War: A Series of Encounters,
participates in the college-wide "War" theme for the academic year and
examines a selection of novels and memoirs of individuals trapped in
the consequences of 20th century military conflicts. For students
in Hum 101-D, Prof. Kay will also serve as academic advisor in their
Freshman and Sophomore years until they declare a major.
Prof. Kay earned his bachelor degree from
Princeton University and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of
Pittsburgh in the History and Philosophy of Science. At Wofford
College, he also teaches courses in Science & Religion, BioMedical
Ethics, and Early Modern European Philosophy. A past president of
the South Carolina Society of Philosophy, Prof. Kay is also a member of
the Ethics Committee of Spartanburg Regional Medical Centers and the
Bioethics Committee of the South Carolina Medical Association.
This summer, Prof. Kay will serve as the first director of the Wofford
Community of Scholars summer research program. He will also
travel to Prague in July to participate in the PATEFO theological
conference where he will be delivering a paper on the ethics of stem
cell research.
