Previous Visiting Scholars of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center

Dates in parentheses indicate each Visiting Scholar's tenure at the Center. Following the name of each scholar is the individual's title and affiliation at the time of his or her tenure at the Center, followed by the individual's present title and affiliation if they differ from the former. 

Mahesh Ananth (Fall 2003), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Chicago State University; now Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University South Bend

N. Scott Arnold (Summer 1987, Summer 1988, Summer 1992, Summer 2006), Associate Professor of Philosophy; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama

Nigel Ashford (Spring 2000), Jean Monnet Scholar in European Integration, Department of Politics, Staffordshire University; now Senior Program Officer, Institute for Humane Studies

Neera K. Badhwar (Spring 1994, Spring 2008), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma

Jennifer Baker (Summer 2005), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Charleston

Norman Barry (1989-90, Spring 1992, Summer 2002), Professor of Politics, Buckingham University, England

Jonathan Bean (Summer 1999, Summer 2006), Assistant Professor of History, Southern Illinois University; now Associate Professor of History, Southern Illinois University

David Beito (Summer 1992, Spring 1999), Assistant Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama

Herman Belz (Summer 1995), Professor of History, University of Maryland at College Park

Gary Dean Best (Summer 2000, Summer 2005), Professor of History, University of Hawaii; now Professor Emeritus

Bernard Boxill (Summer 1999), Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John Braeman (Spring 1996, Summer 2000), Professor of History, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Allen Buchanan (Summer 1989, Summer 1990), Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona; now James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy Studies, Duke University

Andrew Busch (Summer 2004), Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Denver; now Associate Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna Collete

Nicholas Capaldi (Summer 1996), McFarlin Professor of Philosophy and Director of Legal Studies, University of Tulsa; now The Legendre-Soule Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics, Loyola University of New Orleans

Young Back Choi (Fall 1998), Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, St. John’s University; now Professor of Economics, St. John's University

Andrew J. Cohen (Summer 1999), Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona; now Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgia State University

David Conway (Spring 1993), Professor and Head of School of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Middlesex University, Middlesex, England

David Copp (Fall 1996), Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Florida

Dennis Coyle (Summer 1990), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Catholic University of America; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of America

Aurelian Craiutu (Fall 2005), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

Donald Critchlow (Fall 2006), Professor of History, Saint Louis University

Stephen Darwall (Spring 2006), John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan

Stephen Davies (Summer 1993), Senior Lecturer, Department of English and History, The Manchester Metropolitan University, England

Howard Dickman (Fall 1984), Ph.D. in History, University of Michigan, Deputy Editor, Harpers magazine; now Assistant Chairman for Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities

John Patrick Diggins (Summer 1999), Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York

Thomas Engeman (Spring 1998), Associate Professor of Political Science, Loyola University

Robert Faulkner (Summer 1994), Professor of Political Science, Boston College

Edward Feser (Summer 2002), Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University

Antony G.N. Flew (Distinguished Research Fellow, 1986-1991), Emeritus Professor, University of Reading, England

Gerald F. Gaus (AY 1992-93), Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, University of Minnesota, Duluth; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Scott Douglas Gerber (Fall 1997, Summer 2006), Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of Law, College of William and Mary; now Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

Alan R. Gibson (Summer 2008), Associate Professor of Political Science, California State University, Chico

David Gordon (AY 1986-87), Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University; Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Robert A.D. Grant (Spring 1999), Reader in English Literature, University of Glasgow; now Professor of the History of Ideas, Department of English LIterature, University of Glasgow

John Gray (Stranahan Distinguished Research Fellow, 1990-1994), Fellow and Lecturer in Politics, Jesus College, Oxford University; now Professor of European Thought, The European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science

John Haldane (Summer 1992, Summer 2000), Reader in Moral Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Philosophy & Public Affairs, St. Andrews University, Scotland; now Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Philosophy & Public Affairs, St. Andrews University, Scotland

Joshua C. Hall (Summer 2009) Assistant Professor of Economics and Management, Beloit College, Wisconsin

Ronald Hamowy (Summer 1996, Summer 1997), Professor of History, University of Alberta; now Emeritus

Jean Hampton (Summer 1993), Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona; deceased

Waldemar Hanasz (Summer 2001), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Clemson University; now Associate Director, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program, University of Pennsylvania

William Hardy (Summer 2004) Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tennessee State University

John Hasnas (Spring 1994), Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, School of Business Administration, Georgetown University; Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Eugene Heath (Summer 1991), Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Kenyon College; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at New Paltz

Stephen Hicks (Summer 1994), Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, Rockford College; now Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Rockford College

Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (Summer 1999), Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Terrence Horgan (Spring 2006), Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Steven Horwitz (Summer 2007), Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University

Lester H. Hunt (1989-90), Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Frank Jackson (Spring 2005), Director, Research School of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The Australian National University

Jonathan Jacobs (Summer 2006), Professor of Philosophy, Colgate University

Daniel Jacobson (Fall 2003), Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University

Steve Kautz (Summer 1990), Assistant Professor of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emory University

Terence Kealey (Summer 1997), Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge; now Vice Chancellor, Buckingham University

Ken I. Kersch (Fall 2005) Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University

David Keyt (Fall 2001), Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington

Daniel B. Klein (Fall 1998), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine; now Associate Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University

Chandran Kukathas (Spring 1991), Lecturer in Politics, University of New South Wales, Australia; now Maxwell Chair in Political Theory, University of Utah

Robert Lawson (Summer 2006), George H. Moor Chair and Professor of Economics, Capital University

Mark Lebar (Fall 2002), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Ohio University; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ohio University

Ryszard Legutko (Spring 1995), Professor of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Jacob T. Levy (Summer 2001), Assistant Professor of Political Science and the College, University of Chicago

John D. Lewis (Summer 2004, AY 2007-2008), Associate Professor of History, Ashland University

Myron Lieberman (AY 1990-91), Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Southern California

Loren E. Lomasky (AY 1988-89, Fall 1997), Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University; now Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, and Director of the Political Philosophy, Policy and Law Program, University of Virginia

Roderick T. Long (AY 1991-92), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Auburn University

Stephen Macedo (Spring 1991), Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University; now Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Eric Mack (Spring 1990, Spring 1997), Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University

Alexei M. Marcoux (Fall 2004), Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Loyola University of Chicago

David N. Mayer (Summer 2009) Professor of Law and History, Capital University, Ohio

Robert Mayhew (Summer 1994), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall; now Associate Professor of Philosophy

Andrew Melnyk (Summer 1991), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia; now Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia

Kenneth Minogue (Spring 1991), Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Adam Moore (Summer 2002), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University; now Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington

John E. Moser (Summer 2000), Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Georgia; now Assistant Professor of History, Ashland University and and Adjunct Fellow of the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs

Jan Narveson (Fall 1990), Professor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo

Robert J. Norrell (Summer 2007) Bernadotte Schmitt Chair of Excellence Professor of History, University of Tennessee

John Nye (Summer 2005), Associate Professor of Economics and History, Washington University in St. Louis

David Oderberg (Summer 2003), Reader in Philosophy, University of Reading, England; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading

James R. Otteson (Summer 2004), Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama; now Director of Honors Program, Yeshiva University

James Payne (Fall 1986), Professor of Political Science, Texas A & M University

Ronald J. Pestritto (Summer 2005), Associate Professor of Politics, University of Dallas, Irving; now Charles & Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution, Hillsdale College

Guido Pincione (Spring 2005, Spring 2008), Professor of Law, Torcuato Di Tella University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kevin Portteus (Summer 2008), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Belmont Abbey College

Paul A. Rahe (Summer, 2009) Professor of History and Political Science, Hillsdale College, Michigan

Douglas B. Rasmussen (Spring 2001, Summer 2008), Professor of Philosophy, St. John's University

Suri Ratnapala (Spring 1998, Fall 2009), Deputy Dean, T C Beirne School of Law, and Deputy Director of Studies, Faculty of Business Economics and Law, University of Queensland, Australia; now Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, University of Queensland, Australia

Zbigniew Rau (Summer 1989, Summer 1991), Instructor in Government, University of Texas, Austin; now Professor, Lodz University Law School, Poland

Kelly Rogers (Spring 1995), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Florida

Alexander Rosenberg (Summer 2000), Professor of Philosophy, Duke University

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Spring 1993), Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; now Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David Schmidtz (Summer 1989, Summer 1999), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; now Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Roger Scruton (Spring 1988), Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, University of London; now University Professor, Boston University and Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, England

George A. Selgin (Summer 2002), Professor of Economics, University of Georgia

Stefan Sencerz (Summer 1990), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi

Daniel Shapiro (Summer 1992, AY 1995-96), Assistant Professor of Philosophy; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University

Jeremy Shearmur (Spring 1997), Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Australian National University; now Convenor, Philosophy Program and Reader in Philosophy, Australian National University

A. John Simmons (Fall 1999), Commonwealth Professor of Political Science, University of Virginia

W. Gene Smiley (Summer 2001), Professor of Economics, Marquette University

Bradley A. Smith (Summer 2007), Professor of Law, Capital University Law School

T. Alexander Smith (Spring 1998), Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tara Smith (Summer 1996), Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin

Elaine Sternberg (AY 2003-04), Fellow of Center for Business and Professional Ethics, Leeds, UK

Robert Sugden (Summer 1993), Professor of Economics, University of East Anglia, England

Daniel Sutter (Summer 1996), Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman; now Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma, Norman

Michele Svatos (Fall 1994), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University

Alexander Tabarrok (Summer 1995), Assistant Professor of Economics, Ball State University; now Associate Professor of Economics, Ball State University

James Stacey Taylor (Summer 2007), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The College of New Jersey

Fernando R. Tesón (Summer 2008), Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar, Florida State University College of Law

C. Bradley Thompson (Spring 2003), Associate Professor of Political Science, Ashland University; now Associate Professor of Political Science, Clemson University

Richard H. Timberlake (Summer 2002), Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Georgia

John Tomasi (Spring 1996), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brown University; now Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Bas van der Vossen, (AY 2009-2010), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Andrzej Walicki (Spring 1989), O'Neill Professor of History, University of Notre Dame; now O'Neill Family Professor Emeritus of History, University of Notre Dame

Steven Wall (Summer 1998), Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University

Robert Weissberg (Summer 2001, Summer 2003), Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

Lawrence H. White (Spring 2008), Professor of Economic History, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Keith Whittington (Summer 1995), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Catholic University; now Assistant Professor of Political Science, Princeton University

Darryl Wright (Summer 1995, Spring 2007), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Harvey Mudd College; now Associate Professor of Philosophy, Harvey Mudd College

Scott Yenor (Summer 2008), Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University

Scot Zentner (Spring 2007), Professor of Political Science, California State University, San Bernadino

Catherine Zuckert (Fall, 1993; Summer 2009), Professor of Political Science, Carleton College; now Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame

Michael Zuckert (Fall, 1993; Summer 2009), Dorothy and Edward Congdon Professor of Philosophy, Carleton College; now, Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame