Contact information
Anderson Hall 222
Education
B.A., Ewha Women's University, Seoul Korea
M.A., Ewha Women's University, Seoul Korea
M.A., Austin Presbyterian Seminary
S.T.M., Yale Divinity School
M.Phil., Drew University
Ph.D., Drew University
Jea Sophia Oh
Professor
Specializations
Asian & Comparative Philosophies
Religion & Ecology/Environmental Ethics
Postmodern/Postcolonial Theories
Feminist Theories
Recent Courses
PHI451/551 Religion and Ecology
PHI531 Asian Philosophies
PHI480 Environmental Ethics
PHI204 Karma, Darma, and Buddha
PHI205 Yin-Yang, Dao, and Zen
Bio
Jea Sophia Oh is Professor of Philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Asian and comparative theology and philosophy, environmental ethics, religion and ecology, as well as feminist and postcolonial theory. Her first book A Postcolonial Theology of Life: Planetarity East and West (Sopher Press 2011) is a path-making work in Korean ecofeminist theology and comparative philosophy. In addition to her monograph, Professor Oh has edited and co-authored several influential volumes. These include Nature's Transcendence and Immanence: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Ecstatic Naturalism (2017), Suffering and Evil in Nature: Comparative Responses from Ecstatic Naturalism and Healing Cultures (2021), Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophy and Religion (2022), and Greening Philosophy of Religion: Process, Ecology, and Ethics (2024). Professor Oh is an active member of several scholarly organizations. She serves as an elected board member of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) and as the chair of the Central Division, as well as the chair of the International Society of Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) at the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA). Additionally, she chairs the Society for the Study of Process Philosophy (SSPP) at the APA, covering all three divisions.