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The Hoffberger Center is a community that gathers people together in a shared commitment to pursue the best in ethics and values, creating a forum to examine and highlight the fundamental importance of ethics in a civil society, across the professions, and throughout human life. The Center is on the move with new people joining and participating in diverse programming.
email: sscalet@ubalt.edu
Steven Scalet—professor of philosophy in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences—serves as the director of the Hoffberger Center. During spring 2022, Professor Scalet’s research includes an article on the ethics
of immigration as part of a forthcoming book collection on immigration and human rights,
a third edition of Markets, Ethics, and Business Ethics, and writings on distributive and economic justice. Prior to this appointment, he
was associate professor and the director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Law program
at Binghamton University (SUNY), where he received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
in Teaching. Prof. Scalet received his Ph.D. in Philosophy and M.A. in Economics from
the University of Arizona and is the editor of Morality and Moral Controversies: Readings in Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
10th Edition (Routledge, 2019).
email:jkassner@ubalt.edu
Joshua Kassner is a professor of philosophy and director of the B.A. in Philosophy, Law, and Ethics
program in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Baltimore.
Professor Kassner has published and presented on issues of global justice, international
political and legal philosophy, and human rights. He is committed to building a thriving
philosophical community with the Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement as its home.
email: alicia.ryan@ubalt.edu
Alicia Ryan is an undergraduate student in her last semester at the University of
Baltimore. She is a policy, politics, and international affairs major with a minor
in history. She currently serves as the president of the Student Government Association.
Within the Hoffberger Center, her focus is on building programming that highlights
academic scholarship at the University of Baltimore through collaborations on and
off-campus.
email: dgellasch@ubalt.edu
Daniel Gellasch, B.A. '21, is the director of ethics outreach and programming at the Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement at The University of Baltimore. In his current role, he oversees a range of programming and initiatives, including coaching the UBalt Ethics Bowl team, directing the Mid-Atlantic High School Ethics Bowl, directing the Student Fellows program, designing and organizing philosophy and ethics programs for both UBalt students and regional high schools, and editing Pro Tanto, the Student Journal of Philosophy, Law, and Ethics. Daniel also teaches philosophy in The University of Baltimore’s Dual Enrollment Program.
email: cbooth@ubalt.edu
Claudette Booth is the administrative assistant for the Division of Legal Ethical
and Historical Studies, the Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement and the Helen
P. Denit Honors Program. Claudette is also a current student pursuing a Doctorate
in Public Administration at The University of Baltimore.
email: jjackson@ubalt.edu
Janice Jackson is an advocator, educator, innovator, and motivator. For over 37 years
she has been an “agent of change” and recognized as one of the most prominent voices
advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities in Maryland. Ms. Jackson
is an alumna of The University of Baltimore, receiving both her undergraduate and
graduate degrees in human services. Ms. Jackson is the founder and executive director
of Woman Embracing Abilities Now (W.E.A.N.). W.E.A.N. is a nonprofit mentoring organization servicing women and young
ladies with varying degrees of disabilities throughout Maryland and surrounding areas.
Miguel Miranda
Undergraduate, Forensic Studies
email: miguel.miranda@ubalt.edu
Nial Vender
JD Candidate, 2025
email: nial.vender@ubalt.edu
Firmin Debrabander
professor, MICA
email: fdebrabander@mica.edu
Firmin Debrabander's bio
Phillip Honenberger
assistant professor of instruction, Temple University
email: philliphonenberger@gmail.com
Philip Honenberger's bio
Rebecca Leiby*
assistant professor, Elon College
email: rlieby@elon.edu
Rebecca Leiby's bio
*Prof. Leiby was the inaugural 2022 full-time Research Fellow and a Center staff member.
Matthew Scarfone
post-doctoral fellow, University of Toronto
email: matthew.scarfone@utoronto.ca
Matthew Scarfone's bio
Sally Scholz
professor of philosophy, Villanova University
email: sally.scholz@villanova.edu
Sally Scholz's bio
Ravi Thakral
lecturer in philosophy, University of Sussex
email: ravithakral@icloud.com
Ravi Thakral's bio
Alec Walen
professor, Rutgers Law School
email: awalen@camden.rutgers.edu
Alec Walen's bio
Josiah Guthland
director, Bob Parsons Veteran Center
email: jguthland@ubalt.edu
Daniel Jenkins
adjunct faculty, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
email: djenkins@ubalt.edu
Toni Martsoukos
assistant dean, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
email: amartsoukos@ubalt.edu
Frank van Vliet
executive in residence/senior lecturer, Merrick School of Business
email: fvanvliet@ubalt.edu
Mark Bell
assistant director of diversity initiatives and recruitment, UBalt School of Law
email: mkbell@ubalt.edu
Mark Bell currently serves as the director of diversity initiatives and recruitment with The University of Baltimore School of Law. As director of diversity, he advises the School of Law senior leadership team and leads strategic diversity efforts that advance the school's mission and vision. He has served as an adjunct professor for over 15 years.
Daniel Jenkins
adjunct faculty I, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
email: djenkins@ubalt.edu
Daniel G. Jenkins is a professor of philosophy at Montgomery College, and teaches occasionally at The University of Baltimore, his parents' alma mater. He has been an NEH scholar at the University of Arizona Summer Institute on Experimental Philosophy (2012), and at the East-West Center Summer Institute on Buddhist East Asia (2018). In fall of 2017, Professor Jenkins served as visiting professor at Xi’an University of Arts and Sciences 西安文理学院, Xi’an, China. He has been an affiliate of the Hoffberger Center since 2005.
Antoinette Martsoukos
assistant dean, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
email: amartsoukos@ubalt.edu
Antoinette (Toni) Martsoukos holds two degrees from The University of Baltimore: a B.A. in Jurisprudence and an M.A. in Legal and Ethical Studies. She serves on UBalt’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and is assistant dean for the Yale Gordon of College of Arts and Sciences. Toni has been teaching IDIS 302 since 2009 and enjoys exploring various ethical issues with students.
Frank van Vliet
senior lecturer, Merrick School of Business
email: fvanvliet@ubalt.edu
Frank van Vliet is an executive in residence/senior lecturer in The University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business, where he teaches marketing, entrepreneurship and ethics classes. Prof. v, as his students refer to him, has been with UBalt since 2008, starting first as an adjunct and becoming a full-time faculty member in 2013. In addition to his over 14 years of teaching experience, van Vliet brings 32-plus years of industrial business to business marketing, sales and leadership development expertise to the classroom. van Vliet is a UBalt alumnus, receiving his MBA in 2008.