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    • Judith I. Adam

      Tutor

      BA, 1986, MA, 1989, Political Science, University of Alberta; PhD, 1996, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–08.

    • Seth Appelbaum

      Tutor

      BA, St John’s College, Annapolis, 2009; MA, Philosophy, 2013, and PhD, Philosophy, 2015, Tulane University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Bellarmine College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–present.

    • Jan Arsenault

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1982; MA, University of Denver Counseling Psychology, 1989; Diploma in Analytical Psychology, CG Jung Institute of Santa Fe, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1996–present: Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014–17.

    • Lindsay Atnip

      Tutor

      BA, 2005, MA, Master’s Program in the Social Sciences, 2009, PhD, Committee on Social Thought, 2019, University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Scholar, Humanities and Social Change Center, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2019–21; Lecturer, Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, University of Chicago, 2015–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

    • Philip Bartok

      Tutor

      BS, Physics, University of Connecticut, 1992; Physics Instructor, Denver Institute of Technology, 1995; MA, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; PhD, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present.

    • Guillermo Bleichmar

      Tutor

      BA, English Literature, Columbia University, 1997; PhD, Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 2007; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2001–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2009–present.

    • David Bolotin

      Tutor Emeritus

      B.A., Cornell University, 1966; Ph.D., New York University, 1974; Lecturer in Classics, Yale University, 1971-73; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1974-82; Santa Fe, 1982-2012; Visiting Associate Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 1986, 1987-88; Carl Friedrich von Siemens Fellow, Siemens Institute, Munich, 2006-07.

    • Anthony James Carey

      Tutor

      St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1963–65; BA, University of North Carolina, 1967; MA, 1973, PhD 1998, Graduate Faculty, The New School for Social Research; U.S. Marine Corps, 1967–69; Graduate Study in Music, University of North Carolina, 1969; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, East Carolina University, 1974-78; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1976–78; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1979–83, Santa Fe, 1984–present; Dean, 1986–91, 1996–2000; Acting President, 2000. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy (2004–07; 2009–14; 2016–21; 2024).

    • David Carl

      Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

      BA, Philosophy, Pomona College, 1990; MA, Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1991; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of California at Davis, 2000; Lecturer in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino, 1991–93; English Instructor, Wuppertal, Germany, 1992; Philosophy and Religion Instructor, Diablo Valley College, 1993–95; Poet in Residence, Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, France, 1998; Comparative Literature Instructor, UC Davis, 1995–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–10; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2012–16, 2024–present.

    • Alison Chapman

      Tutor

      BA Honors, English Literature, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, 2009; PhD, English Literature, Harvard University, 2017; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2011–17; Preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program, 2017–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2020–present.

    • Christine Chen

      Tutor

      BA, magna cum laude, Wellesley College, Russian Studies, 1999; 1998–99, Yale University; MA, Harvard University, Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, 2001; Program Coordinator, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, 2001–02; PhD candidate, Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, U.K.; Graduate tutor, departmental lecturer, Cambridge University, 2004–06; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2006–present.

    • Christopher Cohoon

      Tutor

      B.A., Philosophy and Mathematics, Mount Allison University, Canada, 2002; M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2004; M.A., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2009; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Doctoral Fellow, 2007–10; Chercheur Invité, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, 2009–10; Ph.D., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2016; Faculty Fellow in the Humanities, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2013–16; Senior Faculty Fellow in the Humanities and Associate Director, Foundation Year Program, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2016–19; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2019–20; Santa Fe, 2020–present.

    • John Cornell

      Tutor Emeritus

      BA, 1975, MA, 1977, McGill University; PhD, University of Chicago, 1981; McConnell Fellow, 1975-77; Fishbein Fellow, 1977-80; Searle Fellow, 1980-81; NEH Fellow, 1982; ACLS Fellow, 1983-84; Assistant Professor, Honors College, University of Oregon, 1981-83; Assistant Professor, History of Science, University of Georgia, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1985-2022; Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Science, University of Chicago, 1990.

    • Matt Davis

      Tutor Emeritus

      BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1982; MA in Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 1984; PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Classics, University of Pittsburgh, 1985- 87; PhD in Political Science, Boston College, 1995; Killam Fellow, 1983-84; Earhart Fellow, 1990-91; Bradley Fellow, 1993-96; Bradley Fellow, University of Toronto, 1996-98; Donner Fellow, 1997-98; Special Projects Editor, Books in Canada, 1997-98; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1998-2023; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Carthage College, 2002; Assistant Dean, 2003-05; Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2005-06; Graduate Institute Director, 2009-12; Dean, 2015-2018.

    • William Donahue

      Tutor Emeritus

      Tutor Emeritus, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

    • Jacques Antoine Duvoisin

      Tutor

      BA, 1980, St. John’s College, Annapolis; MA, 1984, PhD, 1992, The Catholic University of America; Knights of Columbus Fellow, 1981–84; Visiting Fellow, University of London, School for Advanced Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Fall 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1997–present.

    • Michael Ehrmantraut

      Tutor

      BA, Political Theory and International Relations, Michigan State University; PhD Political Science, Boston College, 2001; Bradley Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, Boston College, 2002, Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2003–04; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

    • Natalie Elliot

      Tutor

      BA Honors, Political Science, 2002, and MA, Political Science, 2004, University of Alberta; PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas, 2009; Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science and Honors College, University of North Texas, 2009–10; Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 2010–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2011–present; Research Fellow, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Spring 2014; Lecturer, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University, 2014–15; Creative Writing Teaching Fellow, University of Montana, 2018–20. MFA, Fiction, University of Montana, 2020; Senior Writer, Santa Fe Institute, 2022; Guest Artist-in-Residence, Woodward Residency, Queens, New York, 2023.

    • Howard Fisher

      Tutor Emeritus

      B.A., University of Rochester, 1965; Technician, Harvard University Cyclotron Laboratory, 1964, 1965; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1965–2006 and Santa Fe, 2006–2018; Visiting Lecturer in Physics, Western New England College, 1980; Visiting Senior Member, Linacre College, Oxford University, 1982–83.

    • Grant H. Franks

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1977; JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1980; Associate, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, 1980–83; Clerk to Judge Cecil E. Poole, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA, 1983–84, Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, 1984–88; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1988–present.

    • Martha Franks

      Visiting Tutor

      Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

    • Michael Golluber

      Tutor

      BA, Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1988; MA, Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 1998; Instructor of Philosophy, Southwestern University, 1996–98; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1998–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–21.

    • Patricia Greer

      Tutor Emerita

      BA, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 1966; MA, Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, 1967; Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California, 1968-69; MA, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1995; PhD, History of Religions, University of Virginia, 2002; Dupont Writing Fellowship, 2000-01; Adjunct Instructor, History of Asian Religions, University of Virginia, 1999; Visiting Lecturer, Sanskrit Epics, Sweet Briar College, 1999; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 2001-2019.

    • Michael W. Grenke

      Tutor

      BA, University of Chicago, 1988; PhD, Boston College, 1994; Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1993; Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston College, 1993–94, 1996; Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, Michigan State University, 1995; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1997–2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

    • Charlie Gustafson-Barrett

      Tutor

      BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 2006; MA, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2010; Guest Faculty in Philosophy, Sarah Lawrence College, 2013–14; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

    • Claudia Hauer

      Tutor

      BA, University of Chicago, 1986; MA, 1991, PhD, 1993, Classics and Modern Greek Studies, University of Minnesota; Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Cornell College, 1993–94; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1994–present; Distinguished Visiting Professor, United States Air Force Academy, 2010–12; 2014–17.

    • Topi Heikkerö

      Tutor

      MTh, Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, University of Helsinki, 2000; MA, Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2005; PhD, Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2009; Researcher, Center for Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2002–07; Visiting Scholar, Colorado School of Mines, 2003–04; University Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki 2007; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–present.

    • Stephen Houser

      Tutor Emeritus

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1979; San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1980-82; MA, University of Virginia, 1989; PhD, University of Virginia, 1990; President’s Fellow, University of Virginia, 1987-90; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1983-2022.

    • Joshua Hudelson

      Tutor

      Deep Springs College, 2001–03; BA, Anthropology, Columbia University, 2006; MA, Digital Musics, Dartmouth College, 2011; PhD, Music, New York University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, 2018–19; Postdoctoral Fellow, Orient-Institut Beirut, 2019–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2022–present.

    • Frank R. Hunt

      Tutor

      St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1971–73; Cornell University, 1973–74; BA, New York University, 1976; MA, 1980, PhD, 1985, The Catholic University of America; Editor, Catholic University of America Press, 1980–86; Lecturer, Marymount University of Virginia, 1985–86; Editor, Princeton University Press, 1987–89; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1990–present.

    • Mahmoud Jalloh

      Teaching Fellow

      BS, Physics and Philosophy, Northeastern University 2017; Visiting Student Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 2016; PhD, Philosophy, University of Southern California 2023; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College 2023–present.

    • William Kerr

      Tutor Emeritus

      B.S., International Agricultural Development, Oklahoma State University, 1974; University of Illinois Fellowship, 1975-6; M.S., Economics, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1976; Graduate Study in Economics, University of Chicago, 1976-7; University of Colorado Graduate Fellowship, 1983-87; M.A., Classics, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1985; Graduate Study in Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1987-8; Reynolds Fellowship, 1988-9; Instructor in Latin, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Summer 1985; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder, Summer 1990; Certificate, Chinese Language Education Program, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1998; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989-2016; Tutor Emeritus, St. John’s College, 2016-present.

    • T. Andrew Kingston

      Tutor

      AB, English, Kenyon College, 1995; PhD, Philosophy and Music, The University Professors Program, Boston University, 2003; Lecturer, English, Boston University, 2001–02; Visiting Instructor, Integrated Program in Humane Studies, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Instructor, Writing Program, Boston University, 2002–03; The University Professor’s Program Post-Doctoral Fellow, Boston University, 2003–04; Instructor, Core Curriculum, Boston University, 2004–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present.

    • Georgia “Susu” Knight

      Tutor Emerita

      B.S., Philosophy, 1970, M.A., English, 1972, Teaching Fellow, 1970-74, University of Utah; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1974-2006; Assistant Dean, 1988-90.

    • Phil LeCuyer

      Tutor Emeritus

      BA, Colorado College, 1966; Merton College, Oxford University, 1969; Studies in Biology, University of New Mexico, 1970-72; Boettcher Scholar, 1962-66; Perkins Scholar, 1963-66; Rhodes Scholar, 1966-69; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1966-72; Woodrow Wilson Fellow (honorary), 1966; Tutor, English Literature, Summer Humanities Institute, Colorado College, 1968; Tutor, Biology and Chemistry, Institute of Social Research and Development, University of New Mexico, 1971-72; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1972-2018.

    • David Levine

      Tutor Emeritus

      University of Pennsylvania, 1962; AB St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1967; MA 1969, PhD 1975, The Pennsylvania State University; Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1967-68; NDEA Fellow (Honorary) 1967-70; University Graduate Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University 1969-70; Independent Research, Centre Universitaire International, Paris, 1970; Language Study, Goethe Institut, West Germany 1970-71; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Maryland, West Germany, 1971; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Philosophy and Humanities, The Pennsylvania State University, 1968-69, 1971-75; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1975-80; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1980-88; Fellowship Research Grant, Earhart Foundation, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1986, 1988-2019, Assistant Dean, 1997, Director of the Graduate Institute, 1997-2001; Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2001-2006.

    • Allison D’orazio Levy

      Tutor

      BA, 2006, MA, 2008, Political Science, Boston College; PhD, 2015, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present.

    • David Levy

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2003; MA, Pennsylvania State University, 2005; PhD, Boston College, Department of Political Science, 2010; Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Political Science, 2011–12; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012–present.

    • Obed Lira

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010; AM, Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2013; PhD, Romances Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2017; Graduate Prize Fellowship, Harvard University, 2011–15; Research Fellow, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, 2014; John H. Coatsworth Fellowship in Latin American History, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2015; Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Canada, 2018; European Summer University in Digital Humanities, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 2021; C. Graydon and Mary E. Rogers Faculty Fellow, Bucknell University, 2017–20; Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Bucknell University, 2017–22; Faculty in Residence, Bucknell en España, Spain, 2022; Research Affiliate, Poetic Media Lab, Stanford University, 2019–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

    • Kathleen Longwaters

      Tutor

      BA, English Literature and Zoology with distinction, University of Maine, 1987; MA, Eastern Classics, St. John’s College, 2007; MA, Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, 2009; PhD, South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Texas, 2018. Mossiker Fellow 2012; FLAS Fellow 2013, 2014, 2016; Oslo-Austin Research Fellow, Norway, 2014; Fulbright-Nehru, India, 2015; UT Continuing Fellow 2017; Granof Dissertation Award, 2018. Instructor, University of Maine, 1983. Assistant Manager of Publications, CSEM 1987; Senior Cytogenetic Technologist, Genzyme, 1989–2005; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College 2017–18. Tutor, 2019–present.

    • Erika Troseth Martinez

      Tutor

      BA, English, Colby College, 1995; PhD, Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College 2010–present.

    • Richard A. McCombs, II

      Tutor

      BA, BS, Fordham University, 1990; Loyola Fellow, Fordham University, 1990–92; MA, Fordham University, 1992; Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, 1992–94; Instructor, Marist College, 1995, Tutor, Rose Hill College, 1996–98; Instructor, University of South Carolina, 1999; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; PhD, Fordham University, 2000.

    • David McDonald

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1995; Graduate Research Assistant, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995–96; Programmer, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 1996–98; Applications Developer, PE Informatics, Santa Fe, NM, 1998–99; Manager of Technical Services, Panorama Point Web Development, Santa Fe, NM, 1999–2001; Senior Technician, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001–06; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2016–2020; Visiting Professor, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, Fall 2021 and Summer 2023.

    • Maggie Evans McGuinness

      Assistant Dean

      BA, Spanish Language & Literature/English Literature, Western Washington University, 2004; MFA, Poetry, Texas State University, 2007; PhD, American Literature/Poetics, University of Oregon, 2012; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Literature and Composition, Texas State University, 2004–07; Instructor in Literature and Composition, University of Oregon, 2007–11; Dissertation Fellow, Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2011–12; Fellow, Oregon Humanities Center, 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

    • Joshua Mirth

      Tutor

      BS, Hillsdale College, 2015; MS, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2017; PhD, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2020; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Math, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, 2020-2021; Senior Data Science Analyst, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 2021-2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

    • April Olsen

      Visiting Tutor

      Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

    • Raoni  Padui

      Tutor

      BA Vassar College, 2003; MA Philosophy, Villanova University, 2005; PhD Philosophy, Villanova University, 2012; Adjunct Instructor, Villanova University, 2007-2011; Part-Time Faculty, University of New Mexico, Fall 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Spring 2013–present.

    • Peter Pesic

      Tutor Emeritus and Musician-in-Residence

      AB, Harvard University, 1969; MS, 1970, PhD, 1975, Stanford University; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1969–75; Research Assistant and Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1970–75; Lecturer, Stanford University, 1976–80; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1980-2013; Musician-in-Residence, 1984–present; Dorr Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2003; Peano Prize, 2005; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006–present; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2007–08; Ronald James Alexander Memorial Lecturer on Musicology, Stanford University, 2008; Paul Leonard Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nevada at Reno, 2009; Fellow, American Physical Society 2010- ; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, 2010–12; Price/Webster Prize, 2012; Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University, 2013- ; History of Science Society 2013 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize.

    • Eric  Poppele

      Tutor and Director of Laboratories

      University of Chicago, 1979–80; BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989; MSE, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991; Associate Engineer, Montgomery Watson, 1992–93; Environmental Engineer, Hinds Environmental, Inc., 1994–98; Licensed Professional Engineer, New Mexico, 1997–2009; PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present; Director of Laboratories, 2016–19; Guest Instructor, “Beauty and the Sacred,” Rome Institute of Liberal Arts, Summer 2019; Director of Laboratories, 2024–present.

    • Aparna Ravilochan

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012; Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia, 2013; MA, 2017; PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2019–present; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

    • Julie Reahard

      Tutor

      BA, English, Michigan State University, 1980; MA, Old Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991; Teaching fellow, Department of English, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981–84; Instructor, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987–88; Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–89; Graduate Work, Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–91; Post Doctoral Research, History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–93; Associate Professor, English Department, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1996–98; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1993–present.

    • Mark Rollins

      Tutor

      AB, Princeton University (1977), PhD, Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1991). Teaching Fellow in Philosophy while at Berkeley; Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum, Harvard University for six years (last in 1997). Also taught at UNAM, Mexico City, the American University in Bulgaria, and elsewhere. Visiting Scholar, History of Science Museum, Florence Italy, 2005–06; Visiting Professor in Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2012–13; Visiting Professor, Philosophy & Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2021-2022; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1998–present.

    • Stephen Rosenberg

      Visiting Tutor

      Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

    • Nathan Shields

      Tutor

      BM, Music Composition, New England Conservatory of Music, 2006; MM, DMA, Music Composition, the Juilliard School, 2013; Faculty, Department of Music History, the Juilliard School, 2013-16; Associate Faculty, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, 2013-present; Charles Ives Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2014; Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, 2015; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, St. Olaf College, 2016-17; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2022-23; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023-present.

    • Marsaura Shukla

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1993; MPhil in Theology, Fordham University, 2000; PhD in Theology, University of Chicago, 2012; Martin Marty Fellow, 2006–07; Alma Wilson Fellow, 2007–08; William Rainey Harper Fellow, 2008–09; Lilly Teaching Fellow, 2010–11; Instructor, University of Chicago, 2006–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2012–present.

    • Ahmed  Siddiqi

      Tutor

      BA, Political Science, BS Economics, University of North Texas, 2010; MA, Government, University of Texas, 2014; PhD, Government, University of Texas, 2018; Marcus Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, Emory University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

    • Kit Slover

      Tutor

      B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; M.A., Philosophy, Emory University, 2018; PhD, Philosophy, Emory University, 2021; Instructor of Philosophy, Emory University, 2017–20; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

    • David Starr

      Tutor Emeritus

      BA, Gordon College, 1962; MA, 1966, PhD, 1972, Boston University; Graduate Assistant in Philosophy, Boston University, 1963-64; Teaching Intern, Boston University College of Basic Studies, 1964-66; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Rhode Island, 1966-71; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1972-80, Santa Fe, 1982-2022, Director of The Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, Santa Fe, 1980-82.

    • Nicholas Starr

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002; MA, Political Science, Boston College, 2007; PhD, Political Science, Boston College, 2013; Lecturer and Fellow, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy, University of Virginia, 2012-2014; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Emory University, 2014–15; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2016–present.

    • Sarah Stickney

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2004; Marchutz School of Art, student, 2004–05, studio assistant 2005–06; MFA, University of New Hampshire, 2010; Fulbright Grant for the translation of Italian poetry, Bologna, Italy 2010–11; Instructor, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, Bologna, Italy 2011–12; Visiting Professor, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2017–19; Dean, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2018–2021; Tutor, St. John’s College 2013–present.

    • Susan Stickney

      Tutor Emerita

      BA, SUNY-Binghamton, 1970; Fulbright Scholar, Freiburg, Germany 19970-71; MA, University of Michigan, 1972; German teacher, Olney Friends School, 1972-1975; Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiberg, Germany, 1975-1980; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1992-2017.

    • Annie Thompson

      Tutor

      BA summa cum laude, English and Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2014; PhD, English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, 2022; Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University, 2022–23; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

    • Caleb Thompson

      Tutor

      Tufts University, 1980–1982; BA, Philosophy, Clark University, 1985; MA, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1990; PhD, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1994; Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–96; Hourani Lecturer, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–95; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present.

    • Krishnan Venkatesh

      Tutor

      BA, English Literature, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1982; Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (on Shakespeare editions), University of Muenster, West Germany, 1982–86; Lecturer in British and American Literature, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China, 1986–89; Guest Lecturer in Film Analysis, North China Film and Broadcasting Institute, 1989; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989–present; Graduate Institute Director, 2004–09.

    • Paola Villa

      Tutor

      Laurea, Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Universtità degli Studi di Pavia, 2004; Doctoral candidate, Letterature Comparate, Università degli Studi di Torino, 2004–07; PhD, Italian and History of Science, Medicine and Technology (minor), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017; Instructor in Italian, 2008–16 and Teaching Assistant in History of Science, 2014–16, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–present.

    • Edward A. Walpin

      Tutor

      BA, Political Science, Middlebury College, 1987; MA, English, Middlebury College (Bread Loaf School of English), 1989; MA, Political Science, Duke University, 1992; PhD, Political Science, Duke University, 1998; National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant, 1993–94; Exchange Fellow and Instructor, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany, 1994–95; Fellow, Instructor, and Project Coordinator, Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, 1997–98; Consultant, PBS Frontline, 1998–99; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010–14; Interim Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; Executive Director of Enrollment Management, 2016–17; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2020–2024.

    • Llyd Ewan Wells

      Tutor

      BA, Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology) and Natural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, general and departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999; MS Oceanography, University of Washington, 2001; Graduate Certificate, Astrobiology, and PhD, Oceanography, University of Washington, 2006; Beneficial-Hodson Trust Scholar, Umm el-Marra, Syria, 1999; National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 1999–2002; Recipient, National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, 2002–05; Scholar in Residence, Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College, VT, 2006–07; Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–08; Visiting Faculty, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 2008; Associate, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2008–present; Visiting Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2008–present.

    • Ron Martin Wilson

      Tutor

      BA, New York University, Comparative Literature, 1998; Henry Luce Fellow, Japan, 1998; New York University, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2007–09; Fulbright Fellow, Japan, 2015; Ford Fellowship, 2016; Princeton University, Comparative Literature, 2020; President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2020; St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

    • Russell Winslow

      Tutor

      BA, 1997, Literary Studies, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Dallas; MA, 2001, and PhD, 2006, Philosophy, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research; Teaching fellow, Eugene Lang College, New York City, 2001–05; Post-doctoral fellow at Fordham University College at Lincoln Center, 2006–07; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2007–present.

    • Kenneth B. Wolfe

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1994; MA, Latin, University of California at Berkeley, 1996; PhD, Classics, University of California at Berkeley, 2000; Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics and Humanities, Reed College, 2000–02; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002–present.

    • Michael Wehring Wolfe

      Tutor

      BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1994; MA, History of Religions, University of Virginia, 1997; MDiv, Religion, Columbia University, 2008; PhD, Religion (Islamic Studies), Columbia University, 2016; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present.

    • Alan Zeitlin

      Tutor

      BA English University of California, Davis 1979, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa MA English (Creative Writing) University of California, Davis 1985 JD University of California, Berkeley 1987 Visiting student Hebrew University 1988–89 Graduate student in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1990–92 PhD Classics University of California Berkeley 1998; Lecturer: University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, 1999–2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College, 2000–04, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

    • Amie Leigh Zimmer

      Tutor

      BA, Philosophy and English, University of New Mexico, 2012; MA, Philosophy, New School for Social Research, 2015; PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon, 2021; Instructor, Philosophy, Seattle University, 2020–21; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

Faculty

Profile of  Judith I. Adam

Tutor

About

judith.adam(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1986, MA, 1989, Political Science, University of Alberta; PhD, 1996, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–08.

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “Freshman Laboratory and the Laboratory’s Place in the Liberal Arts”

Profile of  Seth Appelbaum

Tutor

Seth  Appelbaum Profile

About

seth.appelbaum(at)sjc.edu

BA, St John’s College, Annapolis, 2009; MA, Philosophy, 2013, and PhD, Philosophy, 2015, Tulane University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Bellarmine College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–present.

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Seth Appelbaum (A09)

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Graduate Institute Lecture Series: “The Idea of the Common Good”

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Seth Appelbaum (A09)

Profile of  Jan Arsenault

Tutor

Jan Arsenault Profile

About

jan.arsenault(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1982; MA, University of Denver Counseling Psychology, 1989; Diploma in Analytical Psychology, CG Jung Institute of Santa Fe, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1996–present: Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014–17.

Profile of  Lindsay Atnip

Tutor

About

lindsay.atnip(at)sjc.edu

BA, 2005, MA, Master’s Program in the Social Sciences, 2009, PhD, Committee on Social Thought, 2019, University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Scholar, Humanities and Social Change Center, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2019–21; Lecturer, Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, University of Chicago, 2015–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “Wallace Stevens and our Redemption Through Poetry”

Profile of  Philip Bartok

Tutor

Philip Bartok Profile

About

philip.bartok(at)sjc.edu

BS, Physics, University of Connecticut, 1992; Physics Instructor, Denver Institute of Technology, 1995; MA, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; PhD, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2004; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present.

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PhilPapers: Works by Philip Bartok

Profile of  Guillermo Bleichmar

Tutor

About

guillermo.bleichmar(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature, Columbia University, 1997; PhD, Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 2007; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2001–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2009–present.

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The Six-Cornered Snowflake by Johannes Kepler

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Tutor Panel on Dante

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“Natural science as a liberal art: a panel discussion of the St. John’s laboratory program”

Profile of  David Bolotin

Tutor Emeritus

David Bolotin Profile

About

B.A., Cornell University, 1966; Ph.D., New York University, 1974; Lecturer in Classics, Yale University, 1971-73; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1974-82; Santa Fe, 1982-2012; Visiting Associate Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 1986, 1987-88; Carl Friedrich von Siemens Fellow, Siemens Institute, Munich, 2006-07.

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David Bolotin’s Lectures

Profile of  Anthony James Carey

Tutor

About

james.carey(at)sjc.edu

St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1963–65; BA, University of North Carolina, 1967; MA, 1973, PhD 1998, Graduate Faculty, The New School for Social Research; U.S. Marine Corps, 1967–69; Graduate Study in Music, University of North Carolina, 1969; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, East Carolina University, 1974-78; Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1976–78; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1979–83, Santa Fe, 1984–present; Dean, 1986–91, 1996–2000; Acting President, 2000. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy (2004–07; 2009–14; 2016–21; 2024).

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Tutors Talk Books: James Carey on Natural Reason and Natural Law”

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “James Carey on Duns Scotus’s Modal Argument for the Existence of God”

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The privilege of reason: identity and eternity

Profile of  David Carl

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

David Carl Profile

About

david.carl(at)sjc.edu

BA, Philosophy, Pomona College, 1990; MA, Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1991; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of California at Davis, 2000; Lecturer in Philosophy, California State University San Bernardino, 1991–93; English Instructor, Wuppertal, Germany, 1992; Philosophy and Religion Instructor, Diablo Valley College, 1993–95; Poet in Residence, Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, France, 1998; Comparative Literature Instructor, UC Davis, 1995–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–10; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2012–16, 2024–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Fragments

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Continuing the Conversation: “The Fool’s Paradise: To Where Does Travel Lead?”

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The intermittencies of the self: philosophic and poetic inquiries into the nature of selfhood (Or: Is literature the most important activity a human being can engage in, and should you dedicate your life to it?)

Profile of  Alison Chapman

Tutor

Alison  Chapman Profile

About

alison.chapman(at)sjc.edu

BA Honors, English Literature, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, 2009; PhD, English Literature, Harvard University, 2017; Harvard University Teaching Fellow, 2011–17; Preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program, 2017–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2020–present.

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Alison Chapman

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Alison Chapman, Santa Fe

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“A Monument Without a Tomb”: St. John’s Celebrates Major Scenes from Shakespeare’s First Folio

Profile of  Christine Chen

Tutor

Christine Chen Profile

About

christine.chen(at)sjc.edu

BA, magna cum laude, Wellesley College, Russian Studies, 1999; 1998–99, Yale University; MA, Harvard University, Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, 2001; Program Coordinator, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, 2001–02; PhD candidate, Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, U.K.; Graduate tutor, departmental lecturer, Cambridge University, 2004–06; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2006–present.

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Cancer Survivor and Tutor Christine Chen Found Solace—and Treatment—Within the St. John’s Community

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“Embracing the Breakage with Christine Chen”

Profile of  Christopher Cohoon

Tutor

About

christopher.cohoon(at)sjc.edu

B.A., Philosophy and Mathematics, Mount Allison University, Canada, 2002; M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2004; M.A., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2009; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Doctoral Fellow, 2007–10; Chercheur Invité, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, 2009–10; Ph.D., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2016; Faculty Fellow in the Humanities, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2013–16; Senior Faculty Fellow in the Humanities and Associate Director, Foundation Year Program, University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2016–19; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2019–20; Santa Fe, 2020–present.

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“Eating the Good: Plumwood’s Trophic Extensionism”

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Tutor Panel “On Reading Homer”

Profile of  John Cornell

Tutor Emeritus

John  Cornell Profile

About

john.cornell(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1975, MA, 1977, McGill University; PhD, University of Chicago, 1981; McConnell Fellow, 1975-77; Fishbein Fellow, 1977-80; Searle Fellow, 1980-81; NEH Fellow, 1982; ACLS Fellow, 1983-84; Assistant Professor, Honors College, University of Oregon, 1981-83; Assistant Professor, History of Science, University of Georgia, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1985-2022; Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Science, University of Chicago, 1990.

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Tutors Talk Books: John Cornell, Santa Fe

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Faustian Phenomena: Goethe on Plants, Animals, and Modern Biologists

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Music in liberal education

Profile of  Matt Davis

Tutor Emeritus

About

mdavis(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1982; MA in Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 1984; PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Classics, University of Pittsburgh, 1985- 87; PhD in Political Science, Boston College, 1995; Killam Fellow, 1983-84; Earhart Fellow, 1990-91; Bradley Fellow, 1993-96; Bradley Fellow, University of Toronto, 1996-98; Donner Fellow, 1997-98; Special Projects Editor, Books in Canada, 1997-98; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1998-2023; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Carthage College, 2002; Assistant Dean, 2003-05; Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2005-06; Graduate Institute Director, 2009-12; Dean, 2015-2018.

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Divided souls : an introduction to The Merchant of Venice

Profile of  William Donahue

Tutor Emeritus

William  Donahue Profile

About

Tutor Emeritus, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

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What would Kepler say to Einstein?

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A page of Kepler

Profile of  Jacques Antoine Duvoisin

Tutor

Jacques  Antoine Duvoisin Profile

About

jacques.duvoisin(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1980, St. John’s College, Annapolis; MA, 1984, PhD, 1992, The Catholic University of America; Knights of Columbus Fellow, 1981–84; Visiting Fellow, University of London, School for Advanced Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Fall 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1997–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Jacques Duvoisin

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “Jacques Duvoisin on Aristotle’s Hypothetical Method in De Anima”

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“Arithmetic as a liberal art”

Profile of  Michael Ehrmantraut

Tutor

About

michael.ehrmantraut(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Theory and International Relations, Michigan State University; PhD Political Science, Boston College, 2001; Bradley Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, Boston College, 2002, Visiting Scholar, Boston College, 2003–04; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

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“Nihilism and Education in Heidegger’s Essay: ‘Nietzsche’s Word: “God is Dead’”

Profile of  Natalie Elliot

Tutor

Natalie Elliot Profile

About

natalie.elliot(at)sjc.edu

BA Honors, Political Science, 2002, and MA, Political Science, 2004, University of Alberta; PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas, 2009; Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science and Honors College, University of North Texas, 2009–10; Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 2010–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2011–present; Research Fellow, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Spring 2014; Lecturer, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University, 2014–15; Creative Writing Teaching Fellow, University of Montana, 2018–20. MFA, Fiction, University of Montana, 2020; Senior Writer, Santa Fe Institute, 2022; Guest Artist-in-Residence, Woodward Residency, Queens, New York, 2023.

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Tutors Talk Books: Natalie Elliot

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “Is a Short Story Like a Mathematical Proof?”

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Shakespeare’s poetics of modern science

Profile of  Howard Fisher

Tutor Emeritus

Howard  Fisher Profile

About

B.A., University of Rochester, 1965; Technician, Harvard University Cyclotron Laboratory, 1964, 1965; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1965–2006 and Santa Fe, 2006–2018; Visiting Lecturer in Physics, Western New England College, 1980; Visiting Senior Member, Linacre College, Oxford University, 1982–83.

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Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading

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What is the Measure of Electricity?

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Vibrating bodies, disembodied vibrations

Profile of  Grant H. Franks

Tutor

Grant H. Franks Profile

About

grant.franks(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1977; JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1980; Associate, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, 1980–83; Clerk to Judge Cecil E. Poole, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA, 1983–84, Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, 1984–88; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1988–present.

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Tutors Talk Books: Mr. Franks on Ulysses

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Continuing the Conversation: “The Thrill of Literature—and of the Universe”

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“What distinguishes a person from a word? An invitation to the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce”

Profile of  Martha Franks

Visiting Tutor

Martha  Franks Profile

Profile of  Michael Golluber

Tutor

Michael Golluber Profile

About

michael.golluber(at)sjc.edu

BA, Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1988; MA, Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 1998; Instructor of Philosophy, Southwestern University, 1996–98; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1998–2000; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2000–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2017–21.

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Tutors Talk Books: Michael Golluber on ‘Summer Reading’

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Continuing the Conversation: “Sophrosyne: In Search of Moderation with Krishnan Venkatesh and Michael Golluber”

Profile of  Patricia Greer

Tutor Emerita

Patricia  Greer Profile

About

patricia.greer(at)sjc.edu

BA, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 1966; MA, Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, 1967; Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California, 1968-69; MA, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1995; PhD, History of Religions, University of Virginia, 2002; Dupont Writing Fellowship, 2000-01; Adjunct Instructor, History of Asian Religions, University of Virginia, 1999; Visiting Lecturer, Sanskrit Epics, Sweet Briar College, 1999; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2001-2019.

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Continuing the Conversation: The Ideal Community: The Adventure to Try

Profile of  Michael W. Grenke

Tutor

Michael W. Grenke Profile

About

BA, University of Chicago, 1988; PhD, Boston College, 1994; Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1993; Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston College, 1993–94, 1996; Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, Michigan State University, 1995; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1997–2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

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“Penelope: The Odyssey’s Creative Thinker”

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Continuing the Conversation: “The Limitations & Possibilities of Sight: Euclid’s Optics”

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“How to destroy modernity”

Profile of  Charlie Gustafson-Barrett

Tutor

About

charlie.barrett(at)sjc.edu

BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 2006; MA, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2010; Guest Faculty in Philosophy, Sarah Lawrence College, 2013–14; PhD, Philosophy, Tulane University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

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The Lógos of Agency (Or the Agency of Lógos): On Plato’s Ion

Profile of  Claudia Hauer

Tutor

Claudia Hauer Profile

About

claudia.hauer(at)sjc.edu

BA, University of Chicago, 1986; MA, 1991, PhD, 1993, Classics and Modern Greek Studies, University of Minnesota; Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Cornell College, 1993–94; Tutor, St. John’s College, 1994–present; Distinguished Visiting Professor, United States Air Force Academy, 2010–12; 2014–17.

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Books by Johnnies: Strategic Humanism: Lessons on Leadership from the Ancient Greeks

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Continuing the Conversation: “Practicing for Death: Integrating Mind and Body, East and West”

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Tutor Panel “On Reading Homer”

Profile of  Topi Heikkerö

Tutor

Topi Heikkerö Profile

About

topi.heikkero(at)sjc.edu

MTh, Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, University of Helsinki, 2000; MA, Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2005; PhD, Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2009; Researcher, Center for Social Ethics, University of Helsinki, 2002–07; Visiting Scholar, Colorado School of Mines, 2003–04; University Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki 2007; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2008–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Ethics in Technology: A Philosophical Study

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Graduate Institute Lecture Series: Topi Heikkerö and David McDonald

Profile of  Stephen Houser

Tutor Emeritus

About

stephen.houser(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1979; San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1980-82; MA, University of Virginia, 1989; PhD, University of Virginia, 1990; President’s Fellow, University of Virginia, 1987-90; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1983-2022.

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Are wasps figs? Are figs wasps? An Aristotelian conundrum

Profile of  Joshua Hudelson

Tutor

Joshua Hudelson Profile

About

joshua.hudelson(at)sjc.edu

Deep Springs College, 2001–03; BA, Anthropology, Columbia University, 2006; MA, Digital Musics, Dartmouth College, 2011; PhD, Music, New York University, 2018; Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, 2018–19; Postdoctoral Fellow, Orient-Institut Beirut, 2019–20; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2022–present.

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Wages for Soundwork: ASMR as a Reproductive Labor

Profile of  Frank R. Hunt

Tutor

About

frank.hunt(at)sjc.edu

St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1971–73; Cornell University, 1973–74; BA, New York University, 1976; MA, 1980, PhD, 1985, The Catholic University of America; Editor, Catholic University of America Press, 1980–86; Lecturer, Marymount University of Virginia, 1985–86; Editor, Princeton University Press, 1987–89; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1990–present.

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Discourse on Method (Focus Philosophical Library)

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Frank Hunt on Heidegger

Profile of  Mahmoud Jalloh

Teaching Fellow

Mahmoud Jalloh Profile

About

mahmoud.jalloh(at)sjc.edu

BS, Physics and Philosophy, Northeastern University 2017; Visiting Student Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 2016; PhD, Philosophy, University of Southern California 2023; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College 2023–present.

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PhilPapers: Works by Mahmoud Jalloh

Profile of  William Kerr

Tutor Emeritus

About

B.S., International Agricultural Development, Oklahoma State University, 1974; University of Illinois Fellowship, 1975-6; M.S., Economics, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1976; Graduate Study in Economics, University of Chicago, 1976-7; University of Colorado Graduate Fellowship, 1983-87; M.A., Classics, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1985; Graduate Study in Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1987-8; Reynolds Fellowship, 1988-9; Instructor in Latin, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Summer 1985; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder, Summer 1990; Certificate, Chinese Language Education Program, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1998; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989-2016; Tutor Emeritus, St. John’s College, 2016-present.

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Books by Johnnies: William Kerr

Profile of  T. Andrew Kingston

Tutor

T.   Andrew Kingston Profile

About

thomas.kingston(at)sjc.edu

AB, English, Kenyon College, 1995; PhD, Philosophy and Music, The University Professors Program, Boston University, 2003; Lecturer, English, Boston University, 2001–02; Visiting Instructor, Integrated Program in Humane Studies, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano, Kenyon College, 2001–02; Instructor, Writing Program, Boston University, 2002–03; The University Professor’s Program Post-Doctoral Fellow, Boston University, 2003–04; Instructor, Core Curriculum, Boston University, 2004–05; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present.

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Andy Kingston

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Andy Kingston, Santa Fe

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The shape of musical time

Profile of  Georgia “Susu” Knight

Tutor Emerita

Georgia “Susu” Knight Profile

About

B.S., Philosophy, 1970, M.A., English, 1972, Teaching Fellow, 1970-74, University of Utah; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1974-2006; Assistant Dean, 1988-90.

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Meet Susu Knight: Artist, Translator, and Santa Fe’s First Tenured Female Tutor

Profile of  Phil LeCuyer

Tutor Emeritus

About

phil.lecuyer(at)sjc.edu

BA, Colorado College, 1966; Merton College, Oxford University, 1969; Studies in Biology, University of New Mexico, 1970-72; Boettcher Scholar, 1962-66; Perkins Scholar, 1963-66; Rhodes Scholar, 1966-69; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1966-72; Woodrow Wilson Fellow (honorary), 1966; Tutor, English Literature, Summer Humanities Institute, Colorado College, 1968; Tutor, Biology and Chemistry, Institute of Social Research and Development, University of New Mexico, 1971-72; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1972-2018.

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Intellectual sin : three case studies

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The Concept of Truth in the Book of Genesis

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On the Biblical, Geometrical, Political Mind: A Panel in Honor of Bob Sacks

Profile of  David Levine

Tutor Emeritus

David  Levine Profile

About

dll2(at)sjc.edu

University of Pennsylvania, 1962; AB St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1967; MA 1969, PhD 1975, The Pennsylvania State University; Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1967-68; NDEA Fellow (Honorary) 1967-70; University Graduate Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University 1969-70; Independent Research, Centre Universitaire International, Paris, 1970; Language Study, Goethe Institut, West Germany 1970-71; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Maryland, West Germany, 1971; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Philosophy and Humanities, The Pennsylvania State University, 1968-69, 1971-75; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1975-80; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Oklahoma State University, 1980-88; Fellowship Research Grant, Earhart Foundation, 1984-85; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1986, 1988-2019, Assistant Dean, 1997, Director of the Graduate Institute, 1997-2001; Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2001-2006.

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“This senseless course of human things : 'one of Professor Kant’s most cherished ideas’”

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“Modern symbolic unreality, or Mr. Klein’s question : Who lives symbolically?”

Profile of  Allison D’orazio Levy

Tutor

Allison  D’orazio Levy Profile

About

allison.levy(at)sjc.edu

BA, 2006, MA, 2008, Political Science, Boston College; PhD, 2015, Political Science, Boston College; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present.

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Allison Levy on Thucydides and the mendacity of hope

Profile of  David Levy

Tutor

About

david.levy(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2003; MA, Pennsylvania State University, 2005; PhD, Boston College, Department of Political Science, 2010; Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Political Science, 2011–12; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy

Profile of  Obed Lira

Tutor

Obed  Lira Profile

About

obed.lira(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010; AM, Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2013; PhD, Romances Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, 2017; Graduate Prize Fellowship, Harvard University, 2011–15; Research Fellow, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, 2014; John H. Coatsworth Fellowship in Latin American History, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2015; Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Canada, 2018; European Summer University in Digital Humanities, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 2021; C. Graydon and Mary E. Rogers Faculty Fellow, Bucknell University, 2017–20; Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Bucknell University, 2017–22; Faculty in Residence, Bucknell en España, Spain, 2022; Research Affiliate, Poetic Media Lab, Stanford University, 2019–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

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Poet of the Infinite: Tutor Obed Lira (SF10) Leads Faculty Seminar on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

La poética global de Góngora. In «Ni distancias que estorben, ni mares que impidan»: globalización y la temprana modernidad hispánica, ed. Francisco Ramírez Santacruz y Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla, New York, IDEA, 2022, pp. 121-135.

Una lengua al borde. Valparaíso Ediciones. 2022

Cloistered Infinity: Sor Juana and the Metaphor of the Infinite Sphere.” Colonial Latin American Review, vol. 28 issue 4, 2019, pp. 538-555.

“New World Barbarians in Rinconete y Cortadillo” in Cervantes Transatlántico/Transatlantic Cervantes. Eds. Francisco Ramírez Santacruz and Pedro Ángel Palou. Ibérica. Peter Lang Publishing, 2019, pp. 33-47.

Bartolomé de las Casas, un lenguaje.” Public History Project of Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas - NOTICONQUISTA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2019.

Wonder and the Ethics of Proximity in Las Casas's Apologética historia sumaria.” Hispanic Review, vol. 87 no. 3, 2019, pp. 309-331.

Profile of  Kathleen Longwaters

Tutor

Kathleen Longwaters Profile

About

kathleen.longwaters(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature and Zoology with distinction, University of Maine, 1987; MA, Eastern Classics, St. John’s College, 2007; MA, Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, 2009; PhD, South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Texas, 2018. Mossiker Fellow 2012; FLAS Fellow 2013, 2014, 2016; Oslo-Austin Research Fellow, Norway, 2014; Fulbright-Nehru, India, 2015; UT Continuing Fellow 2017; Granof Dissertation Award, 2018. Instructor, University of Maine, 1983. Assistant Manager of Publications, CSEM 1987; Senior Cytogenetic Technologist, Genzyme, 1989–2005; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College 2017–18. Tutor, 2019–present.

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Tutor Earns Top Award for Her Dissertation

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Karma and clinical indications: grappling with lifespan in the early medical traditions of South Asia” 

Profile of  Erika Troseth Martinez

Tutor

About

erika.martinez(at)sjc.edu

BA, English, Colby College, 1995; PhD, Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2009; Tutor, St. John’s College 2010–present.

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Tutors Talk Books—Erika Martinez on James Baldwin

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The Grammar of Eden: A Reading of Genesis 1-3

Profile of  Richard A. McCombs, II

Tutor

About

richard.mccombs(at)sjc.edu

BA, BS, Fordham University, 1990; Loyola Fellow, Fordham University, 1990–92; MA, Fordham University, 1992; Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, 1992–94; Instructor, Marist College, 1995, Tutor, Rose Hill College, 1996–98; Instructor, University of South Carolina, 1999; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; PhD, Fordham University, 2000.

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Books by Johnnies: The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Richard McCombs on Pascal

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Suspicion and trust in George Eliot’s Middlemarch

Profile of  David McDonald

Tutor

David McDonald Profile

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david.mcdonald(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1995; Graduate Research Assistant, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995–96; Programmer, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 1996–98; Applications Developer, PE Informatics, Santa Fe, NM, 1998–99; Manager of Technical Services, Panorama Point Web Development, Santa Fe, NM, 1999–2001; Senior Technician, Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001–06; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2005–present; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2016–2020; Visiting Professor, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, Fall 2021 and Summer 2023.

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Why We Read Eastern Classics

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Continuing the Conversation: “To Think or Do: The Unification of False Dichotomies”

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Music in liberal education

Profile of  Maggie Evans McGuinness

Assistant Dean

Maggie Evans McGuinness Profile

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meagan.mcguinness(at)sjc.edu

BA, Spanish Language & Literature/English Literature, Western Washington University, 2004; MFA, Poetry, Texas State University, 2007; PhD, American Literature/Poetics, University of Oregon, 2012; Teaching Assistant and Instructor in Literature and Composition, Texas State University, 2004–07; Instructor in Literature and Composition, University of Oregon, 2007–11; Dissertation Fellow, Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2011–12; Fellow, Oregon Humanities Center, 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2015–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

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Tutors Talk Books: Maggie Evans McGuinness

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’Tel us som moral thing’: moral certainty and the art of story in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Profile of  Joshua Mirth

Tutor

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BS, Hillsdale College, 2015; MS, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2017; PhD, Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2020; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Math, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, 2020-2021; Senior Data Science Analyst, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 2021-2023; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Profile of  April Olsen

Visiting Tutor

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Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

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Emptiness and Authorship

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A defense of Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric III.13-19

Profile of  Raoni  Padui

Tutor

Raoni  Padui Profile

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raoni.padui(at)sjc.edu

BA Vassar College, 2003; MA Philosophy, Villanova University, 2005; PhD Philosophy, Villanova University, 2012; Adjunct Instructor, Villanova University, 2007-2011; Part-Time Faculty, University of New Mexico, Fall 2012; Tutor, St. John’s College, Spring 2013–present.

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Santa Fe Tutor Raoni Padui Discusses his Debut Book

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Raoni Padui on the Impossibility of Wisdom

Profile of  Peter Pesic

Tutor Emeritus and Musician-in-Residence

Peter Pesic Profile

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peter.pesic(at)sjc.edu

AB, Harvard University, 1969; MS, 1970, PhD, 1975, Stanford University; Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1969–75; Research Assistant and Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1970–75; Lecturer, Stanford University, 1976–80; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1980-2013; Musician-in-Residence, 1984–present; Dorr Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2003; Peano Prize, 2005; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006–present; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2007–08; Ronald James Alexander Memorial Lecturer on Musicology, Stanford University, 2008; Paul Leonard Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nevada at Reno, 2009; Fellow, American Physical Society 2010- ; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, 2010–12; Price/Webster Prize, 2012; Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University, 2013- ; History of Science Society 2013 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize.

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Books by Johnnies: Peter Pesic

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Peter Pesic on Understanding

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’Secret Science’ and Piano Experiments: The Discovery of Harmonics

Profile of  Eric  Poppele

Tutor and Director of Laboratories

Eric  Poppele Profile

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eric.poppele(at)sjc.edu

University of Chicago, 1979–80; BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989; MSE, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991; Associate Engineer, Montgomery Watson, 1992–93; Environmental Engineer, Hinds Environmental, Inc., 1994–98; Licensed Professional Engineer, New Mexico, 1997–2009; PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2006; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2003–present; Director of Laboratories, 2016–19; Guest Instructor, “Beauty and the Sacred,” Rome Institute of Liberal Arts, Summer 2019; Director of Laboratories, 2024–present.

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Studying Phlogiston in the 21st Century

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Tutor Panel on Freshman Lab

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The laboratory’s trivium

Profile of  Aparna Ravilochan

Tutor

Aparna  Ravilochan Profile

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aparna.ravilochan(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2012; Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia, 2013; MA, 2017; PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2019–present; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

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Alum-Turned-Tutor Aparna Ravilochan (SF12) Returns to the Classroom

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Continuing the Conversation: “Family Drama: From Oedipus to Ozu”

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Continuing the Conversation: “Family Drama: From Oedipus to Ozu”

Profile of  Julie Reahard

Tutor

Julie Reahard Profile

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julie.reahard(at)sjc.edu

BA, English, Michigan State University, 1980; MA, Old Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984; PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991; Teaching fellow, Department of English, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981–84; Instructor, Department of English, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987–88; Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–89; Graduate Work, Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, 1988–91; Post Doctoral Research, History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–93; Associate Professor, English Department, Providence University, Shalu, Taiwan, 1996–98; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1993–present.

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Continuing the Conversation: “Vanquishing the Enemy: Sports, War, And... Seminar?

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Continuing the Conversation: “Vanquishing the Enemy: Sports, War, And... Seminar?”

Profile of  Mark Rollins

Tutor

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mark.rollins(at)sjc.edu

AB, Princeton University (1977), PhD, Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1991). Teaching Fellow in Philosophy while at Berkeley; Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum, Harvard University for six years (last in 1997). Also taught at UNAM, Mexico City, the American University in Bulgaria, and elsewhere. Visiting Scholar, History of Science Museum, Florence Italy, 2005–06; Visiting Professor in Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2012–13; Visiting Professor, Philosophy & Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2021-2022; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1998–present.

Profile of  Stephen Rosenberg

Visiting Tutor

Stephen  Rosenberg Profile

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Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe.

Profile of  Nathan Shields

Tutor

Nathan  Shields Profile

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BM, Music Composition, New England Conservatory of Music, 2006; MM, DMA, Music Composition, the Juilliard School, 2013; Faculty, Department of Music History, the Juilliard School, 2013-16; Associate Faculty, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, 2013-present; Charles Ives Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2014; Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, 2015; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, St. Olaf College, 2016-17; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2022-23; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023-present.

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Nathan Shields’ website

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Nathan Shields’ music

Profile of  Marsaura Shukla

Tutor

Marsaura Shukla Profile

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marsaura.shukla(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1993; MPhil in Theology, Fordham University, 2000; PhD in Theology, University of Chicago, 2012; Martin Marty Fellow, 2006–07; Alma Wilson Fellow, 2007–08; William Rainey Harper Fellow, 2008–09; Lilly Teaching Fellow, 2010–11; Instructor, University of Chicago, 2006–11; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2012–present.

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Tutors Talk Books: Marsaura Shukla

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Thinking a Lonelier Thing: The Consolation of Poetry in Emily Dickinson

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Sylvan historian: time in Keat’s ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’

Profile of  Ahmed  Siddiqi

Tutor

Ahmed  Siddiqi Profile

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ahmed.siddiqi(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Science, BS Economics, University of North Texas, 2010; MA, Government, University of Texas, 2014; PhD, Government, University of Texas, 2018; Marcus Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, Emory University, 2018–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

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Ahmed Siddiqi’s website

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Ahmed Siddiqi on Struggle and Salvation in al-Farabi

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To Be Forever and Immortal: Struggle and Salvation in the Thought of al-Farabi

Profile of  Kit Slover

Tutor

Kit Slover Profile

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cslover(at)sjc.edu

B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; M.A., Philosophy, Emory University, 2018; PhD, Philosophy, Emory University, 2021; Instructor of Philosophy, Emory University, 2017–20; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–21; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

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Time and Transcendental Matter: The Sensible Role of the Thing Itself

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Dean’s Lecture Series: “Transcendental Deduction in Kant”

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Self-Consciousness in Kant’s Transcendental Deduction of the Categories: What do we understand when we understand?

Profile of  David Starr

Tutor Emeritus

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david.starr(at)sjc.edu

BA, Gordon College, 1962; MA, 1966, PhD, 1972, Boston University; Graduate Assistant in Philosophy, Boston University, 1963-64; Teaching Intern, Boston University College of Basic Studies, 1964-66; Instructor in Philosophy, University of Rhode Island, 1966-71; Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1972-80, Santa Fe, 1982-2022, Director of The Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, Santa Fe, 1980-82.

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Entity and Existence: An Ontological Investigation of Aristotle and Heidegger

Profile of  Nicholas Starr

Tutor

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nicholas.starr(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002; MA, Political Science, Boston College, 2007; PhD, Political Science, Boston College, 2013; Lecturer and Fellow, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy, University of Virginia, 2012-2014; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Emory University, 2014–15; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2016–present.

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Graduate Institute Lecture Series: Nick Starr on The Tempest

Profile of  Sarah Stickney

Tutor

Sarah Stickney Profile

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sarah.stickney(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2004; Marchutz School of Art, student, 2004–05, studio assistant 2005–06; MFA, University of New Hampshire, 2010; Fulbright Grant for the translation of Italian poetry, Bologna, Italy 2010–11; Instructor, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, Bologna, Italy 2011–12; Visiting Professor, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2017–19; Dean, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 2018–2021; Tutor, St. John’s College 2013–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Portico

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Graduate Institute Lecture Series: Sarah Stickney & John Okrent

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Tutor Panel ‘On Reading Homer’

Profile of  Susan Stickney

Tutor Emerita

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susan.stickney(at)sjc.edu

BA, SUNY-Binghamton, 1970; Fulbright Scholar, Freiburg, Germany 19970-71; MA, University of Michigan, 1972; German teacher, Olney Friends School, 1972-1975; Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiberg, Germany, 1975-1980; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1992-2017.

Profile of  Annie Thompson

Tutor

Annie Thompson Profile

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annie.thompson(at)sjc.edu

BA summa cum laude, English and Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2014; PhD, English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, 2022; Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University, 2022–23; Teaching Fellow, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2023–present.

Profile of  Caleb Thompson

Tutor

Caleb Thompson Profile

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caleb.thompson(at)sjc.edu

Tufts University, 1980–1982; BA, Philosophy, Clark University, 1985; MA, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1990; PhD, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1994; Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–96; Hourani Lecturer, SUNY at Buffalo, 1994–95; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1996–present.

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War & Peace Preceptorial Discussion

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The swine and the chatterbox: Wittgenstein and Augustine on talking (and not talking) about God

Profile of  Krishnan Venkatesh

Tutor

Krishnan Venkatesh Profile

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krishnan.venkatesh(at)sjc.edu

BA, English Literature, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1982; Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (on Shakespeare editions), University of Muenster, West Germany, 1982–86; Lecturer in British and American Literature, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China, 1986–89; Guest Lecturer in Film Analysis, North China Film and Broadcasting Institute, 1989; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1989–present; Graduate Institute Director, 2004–09.

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Books by Johnnies: Frodo’s Wound: Why ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a Great Book

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Continuing the Conversation: “Practicing for Death: Integrating Mind and Body, East and West”

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Continuing the Conversation: “Ceremony & Beauty: The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”

Profile of  Paola Villa

Tutor

Paola Villa Profile

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paola.villa(at)sjc.edu

Laurea, Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Universtità degli Studi di Pavia, 2004; Doctoral candidate, Letterature Comparate, Università degli Studi di Torino, 2004–07; PhD, Italian and History of Science, Medicine and Technology (minor), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017; Instructor in Italian, 2008–16 and Teaching Assistant in History of Science, 2014–16, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2020–present.

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Tutors Talk (& Read) Books: Paola Villa

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Continuing the Conversation: “Home & Hunger: The Crossroads of Food and Thought”

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Continuing the Conversation: “Home & Hunger: The Crossroads of Food and Thought”

Profile of  Edward A. Walpin

Tutor

Edward A. Walpin Profile

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edward.walpin(at)sjc.edu

BA, Political Science, Middlebury College, 1987; MA, English, Middlebury College (Bread Loaf School of English), 1989; MA, Political Science, Duke University, 1992; PhD, Political Science, Duke University, 1998; National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant, 1993–94; Exchange Fellow and Instructor, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany, 1994–95; Fellow, Instructor, and Project Coordinator, Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, 1997–98; Consultant, PBS Frontline, 1998–99; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present; Assistant Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2010–14; Interim Dean, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2014; Executive Director of Enrollment Management, 2016–17; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, 2020–2024.

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Ned Walpin Looks Back on 24 Years at St. John’s College—and Steering the Graduate Institute Through a Global Pandemic

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JohnnieCast, May 23, 2017

Profile of  Llyd Ewan Wells

Tutor

Llyd  Ewan Wells Profile

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llyd.wells(at)sjc.edu

BA, Near Eastern Studies (Assyriology) and Natural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, general and departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999; MS Oceanography, University of Washington, 2001; Graduate Certificate, Astrobiology, and PhD, Oceanography, University of Washington, 2006; Beneficial-Hodson Trust Scholar, Umm el-Marra, Syria, 1999; National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 1999–2002; Recipient, National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, 2002–05; Scholar in Residence, Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College, VT, 2006–07; Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–08; Visiting Faculty, Wagner Free Institute of Science, 2008; Associate, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2008–present; Visiting Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, 2015–16; Tutor, St. John’s College, 2008–present.

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A Conversation on Re-creating History with Tutor Llyd Wells

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Clima(c)tic Change: Twenty Million Hands and the Living Wavering Globe

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Clima(c)tic Change: Twenty Million Hands and the Living Wavering Globe

Profile of  Ron Martin Wilson

Tutor

Ron  Martin Wilson Profile

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ron.wilson(at)sjc.edu

BA, New York University, Comparative Literature, 1998; Henry Luce Fellow, Japan, 1998; New York University, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2007–09; Fulbright Fellow, Japan, 2015; Ford Fellowship, 2016; Princeton University, Comparative Literature, 2020; President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2020; St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–present.

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Continuing the Conversation: “Ceremony and Beauty: The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”

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Continuing the Conversation: “Ceremony and Beauty: The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”

Profile of  Russell Winslow

Tutor

Russell  Winslow Profile

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russell.winslow(at)sjc.edu

BA, 1997, Literary Studies, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Dallas; MA, 2001, and PhD, 2006, Philosophy, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research; Teaching fellow, Eugene Lang College, New York City, 2001–05; Post-doctoral fellow at Fordham University College at Lincoln Center, 2006–07; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2007–present.

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Books by Johnnies: Aristotle and Rational Discovery: Speaking of Nature

Organism and Environment: Inheritance and Subjectivity in the Life Sciences

Necessity and Philosophy in Plato’s Republic

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Russell Winslow on Deleuze

Profile of  Kenneth B. Wolfe

Tutor

Kenneth  B. Wolfe Profile

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kenneth.wolfe(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1994; MA, Latin, University of California at Berkeley, 1996; PhD, Classics, University of California at Berkeley, 2000; Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics and Humanities, Reed College, 2000–02; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2002–present.

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Summer Classics: A Beautiful Opacity

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Dean’s Lecture Series: Tutor Panel on the Biblical, Geometrical, Political Mind in Honor of Bob Sacks

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Ibn Khaldūn on Solidarity

Profile of  Michael Wehring Wolfe

Tutor

Michael Wehring  Wolfe Profile

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michael.wolfe(at)sjc.edu

BA, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1994; MA, History of Religions, University of Virginia, 1997; MDiv, Religion, Columbia University, 2008; PhD, Religion (Islamic Studies), Columbia University, 2016; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 1999–present.

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Cide Hamete Benengeli, author of Don Quixote

Profile of  Alan Zeitlin

Tutor

Alan Zeitlin Profile

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alan.zeitlin(at)sjc.edu

BA English University of California, Davis 1979, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa MA English (Creative Writing) University of California, Davis 1985 JD University of California, Berkeley 1987 Visiting student Hebrew University 1988–89 Graduate student in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley 1990–92 PhD Classics University of California Berkeley 1998; Lecturer: University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, 1999–2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College, 2000–04, St. John’s College, 2005–present.

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Soul Searching Episode 93: “The Meaning of “The Odyssey” with Professor Alan Zeitlin”

Profile of  Amie Leigh Zimmer

Tutor

About

amie.zimmer(at)sjc.edu

BA, Philosophy and English, University of New Mexico, 2012; MA, Philosophy, New School for Social Research, 2015; PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon, 2021; Instructor, Philosophy, Seattle University, 2020–21; Visiting Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2021–22; Tutor, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 2022–present.

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PhilPapers: Works by Amie Leigh Zimmer