Christopher McGrath

Christopher McGrath serves as a Contract Instructor (Lecturer) in the Department of Philosophy within Carleton University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He teaches introductory philosophy courses including PHIL 1000 for Winter 2025, holding office hours Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 PM in Paterson Hall 3A54.

His educational foundation includes:

• B.Sc. and B.A. from Carleton University
• M.A. in Psychoanalysis (Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis)
• M.A. in Philosophy (Dominican University)
• Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy (University of Ottawa)

McGrath's research bridges psychoanalytic theory with core philosophical domains. His work examines ethical frameworks through Freudian and Lacanian lenses while interrogating metaphysical concepts of selfhood and epistemological limits of unconscious cognition. Current scholarship focuses on phenomenological interpretations of dream analysis and trauma theory within continental philosophy traditions.

No scientific awards or student advisement records are documented in available materials. His teaching emphasizes Socratic dialogue in introductory ethics and metaphysics curricula, with ongoing development of interdisciplinary modules connecting psychoanalytic practice to classical philosophical texts.