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Chris Voparil

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Chris Voparil, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7325-113X

  • Freiburger Residence Hall - Freiburger North

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Professional Information

Lynn University (Current)

  • Associate Professor, Lynn University, October 2023-Present

Lynn University (Previous)

  • Chair - Department of Humanities, Lynn University, January 2001-August 2007. He was a member of the original Dialogues of Learning Task Force.

External Affiliations

  • Co-Editor of the journal Contemporary Pragmatism
  • Co-editor of Pragmatism and Justice (Oxford, 2017) and The Rorty Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), in addition to two volumes of Richard Rorty’s work: What Can We Hope For? Essays on Politics (Princeton, 2022) and On Philosophers and Philosophy: Unpublished Papers, 1960-2000 (Cambridge, 2020).

Professional Organizations

  • Secretary of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
  • Founding President of the Richard Rorty Society

Previous employer

  • Graduate Faculty, Union Institute & University, January 2007-October 2023

Awards and Honors

  • Union Institute & University Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2016
  • Herbert L. and Dr. Beth I. Alswanger Gopman Research Fund Award, 2015
  • Union Institute & University Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2013
  • Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2012 

Education/Academic qualification

Political Science, B.A., State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton

Political Science, M.A., State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton

Political Philosophy, Ph.D., The New School for Social Research

Research Interests

  • Pragmatism and American Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Social Justice
  • Critical Social Epistemology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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