Elizabeth Oljar

Oljar specializes in philosophical ethics, but also teaches courses in philosophy of feminism, philosophy of law, symbolic logic, and early modern philosophy. Beth holds a B.A. degree from Portland State University and earned her M.A. and Ph.D in July 1996 at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995. She left her lifelong home in the Pacific Northwest to join the UDM faculty in August 1996. From June 1999 to August 2000, she was Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She returned as a full-time faculty member and Chair of the department in September 2000. She is currently engaged in research on feminism and the morality of abortion, but has also presented papers on the nature of practical reasons and diversity in Jesuit Core Curricula at Portland State University and Seattle University (respectively).