Dr. Jea Sophia Oh, PhD

Contact information

JOh@wcupa.edu

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.