Brian Lang, PhD
Professor
Department
Religion-Philosophy
Education
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Office Hours
Monday: 7:30-8:00 am Taber 306
Tuesday: 2:00-3:00 pm Vorhees
Wednesday: 7:30-8:00 am Taber 306
Thursday: 2:00-3:00 pm Vorhees
Friday: 7:30-8:00 Taber am 306
‘Since my barn burned down
my view of the moon
is unobstructed.’
– Mizuta Masahide 1657-1723
Biography
Dr. Lang spent two decades in Iowa, one in Missouri, and now two in North Dakota. His partner is a photographer. They have amassed three daughters and two sons.
Dr. Lang is a practicing Greek Cynic in the tradition of Hipparchia and Bion.
Scholarly and Creative Works
Awards
- Thomas W. Selleck Professor of Alchemy, University of Jamestown 2020
- Emperor of Ethics, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, 2020
- Participant in “Teaching About Islam and Middle Eastern Culture”, American Center for Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan, January 2010, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) & the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
- Donald K. Anderson Graduate Student Teaching Award, Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001.
- Professor of the Year, University of Jamestown 2011
Grants
- Dustin Grant, Ethics ‘03
- Grant Mehring, Ethics ‘07
- Leanna Grant, Ethics ‘07
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Grant, “Teaching About Islam and Middle Eastern Culture”, American Center for Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan, January 2010
- Natalie Grant, Philosophy of Law ’23