Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy; Undergraduate Program Director (Philosophy)
Jacob Stump is an associate teaching professor of philosophy at Northeastern University. His primary area of research is moral psychology in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He leads the Philosophy as a Way of Life Working Group at Northeastern, and he is Faculty in Residence for the Honors Program. He has received the College of Social Science and Humanities’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He teaches courses in the history of philosophy, human flourishing, and the philosophy of emotions. He is an associate editor of Philosophers’ Imprint.
College of Social Sciences and Humanities Outstanding Teaching Award, 2020-21
Stump, J. 2022. “Moving and Looking”. AAPT Studies in Pedagogy 6 (Teaching Philosoophy as a Way of Life): 74-79.
Stump, J. 2020. “On Socrates’ Project of Philosophical Conversion”. Philosophers’ Imprint 20 (32): 1-19.
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Education
PhD, University of Toronto
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