Whitney Jack Schwab

Associate Professor · Tenured

Department of Philosophy

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Grew up in upstate New York. Attended Cornell University (BA), Oxford University (BPhil), and Princeton University (MA, PhD). Began teaching at UMBC in Fall 2013.

Research interests

Ancient philosophy

Teaching interests

Ancient philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics

Education

  • Ph D, PhilosophyPrinceton University (2013)
    Opinion, Knowledge, and Understanding in Plato's Meno and Republic
  • Other, PhilosophyOxford University (2007)
    The Beliefs of a Skeptic: Dogma in Sextus Empiricus
  • BA, PhilosophyCornell University (2005)
    Psuche and Nous in Aristotle