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 MARC BAER
PhD, Philosophy, 2006, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Baer specializes in the area of ethics and has taught philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, at
California State University, Long Beach, and at Concordia College (NY). He spent the fall of 2005 as an Anthem
Foundation fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. In the 2006–2007 academic year, he will be Visiting
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
 B. JOHN BAYER
MA, Philosophy, 2000, University of Illinois
Mr. Bayer is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he has taught introductory philosophy and logic classes. He is currently completing his Ph.D. dissertation on a topic that relates epistemology, philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology. |
 HARRY BINSWANGER
PhD, Philosophy, 1973, Columbia University
Dr. Binswanger is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts, the editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. Dr. Binswanger is a professor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute's Objectivist Academic Center and is a member of ARI's Board of Directors. He is currently working on a book on the nature of consciousness. |
 YARON BROOK
PhD, Finance, 1994, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former finance professor, he has published in academic as well as popular publications, and is frequently interviewed in the media. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, CNBC and PBS, among others. He lectures on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy at college campuses and for corporations across America and throughout the world. |
 ERIC DANIELS
PhD, American History, 2001, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Daniels is a visiting assistant professor of history at Duke University's Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace. He has lectured at summer conferences and to numerous Objectivist community groups, and is an alumnus of ARI's Objectivist Graduate Center. |
 DEBI GHATE
BSc, Psychology and Biology, 1991, University of Toronto; LLB, Law, 1996, University of Calgary
Mrs. Ghate is currently Manager of Academic Programs and In-House Counsel at the Ayn Rand Institute where she also serves as a corporate officer. She is also general manager and corporate secretary for ARI Canada, a Canadian charitable organization. Prior to joining ARI, she practiced law with a focus on insurance defense litigation at a major Canadian insurance company and in private practice. |
 M. ZACHARY JOHNSON
MM, Music Theory, 2002, The Mannes College of Music, New School University; BM, Music Theory, and BMA, Composition, 1998, The University of Michigan
Composer M. Zachary Johnson teaches music theory in the Preparatory Division of the Mannes College of Music in New York. His music has been performed throughout the United States and in Europe. An album of his saxophone compositions is currently being recorded for release in 2006. |
 ELLEN KENNER
PhD, Clinical Psychology, 1992, University of Rhode Island
Dr. Kenner, a clinical psychologist, has taught university courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology and theories of personality. She gives talks on romance, self-improvement, psychological self-defense, parenting and communication skills. She is in her eighth year as host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Rational Basis of Happiness®. |
 ANDREW LEWIS
Bachelor of Education (Secondary), 1988; Graduate Diploma of Applied Philosophy, 1993; Postgraduate Diploma of Philosophy, 1994, University of Melbourne, Australia
Mr. Lewis has studied philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center, the University of Melbourne (Australia) and the University of Southern California. He worked with Dr. Peikoff on his radio show, has lectured at Objectivist conferences and is developing the history curriculum for the VanDamme Academy, where he teaches several classes. |
 JOHN LEWIS
PhD, Classics, 2001, University of Cambridge
Dr. Lewis is an assistant professor of history at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. He holds an Anthem Fellowship for Objectivist Scholarship, a PhD in classics from the University of Cambridge and a BA in History from the University of Rhode Island. He taught ancient history at the University of London, and was a visiting scholar at Rice University and Bowling Green State University. Dr. Lewis has published in classical journals such as Polis, Dike, Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Anglo-Hellenic Review, and in Capitalism Magazine. |
 EDWIN A. LOCKE
PhD, Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1964, Cornell University.
Dr. Locke is Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation (Emeritus) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is internationally known for his research and writings on work motivation, leadership and related topics, including the application of Objectivism to psychology and management. He is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute and has published numerous op-eds. |
 CAPTAIN (RET.) TALBOT MANVEL
Capt. Manvel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Navy for 29 years as an engineering officer, mostly on aircraft carriers, including U.S.S. Midway, CV-41. In his final tour he was responsible for developing the Navy's newest class of nuclear aircraft carriers, the CVN-21. |
 ROBERT MAYHEW
PhD, Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown University
Dr. Mayhew is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Republic, The Female in Aristotle's Biology, and Ayn Rand and "Song of Russia," and the editor of Ayn Rand's Marginalia, The Art of Nonfiction, Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living," Essays on Ayn Rand's "Anthem," and Ayn Rand Answers. He is currently completing a book on Plato and editing a collection of essays titled Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead." |
 SHOSHANA MILGRAM
PhD, Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford University
Dr. Milgram, an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, has lectured on Ayn Rand in university courses, at the Smithsonian, and at academic and Objectivist conferences. Her publications include articles on Ayn Rand, Hugo and Dostoevsky; her current project is a study of Ayn Rand's life up to 1957. |
 EVAN PICOULT
PhD, Experimental Particle Physics, Columbia University
Dr. Picoult is a managing director at Citigroup. He has been a leader in his firm, and in the financial industry, in developing methods for measuring different types of financial risk (e.g., market risk and credit risk). He frequently lectures at professional conferences in North America and Europe and has written technical articles in journals and chapters in several books. |
 STEPHEN PLAFKER
PhD, Mathematics, 1966, University of Illinois
JD, 1973, University of Southern California
Dr. Plafker is a retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. His teaching experience includes teaching law to law students and to undergraduates. Before becoming a lawyer, he taught mathematics at Tulane University. He is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of The Association For Objective Law (TAFOL). |
 JOHN RIDPATH
PhD, Economics, 1974, University of Virginia
Dr. Ridpath (York University, retired) writes and speaks in defense of capitalism, and on the impact throughout Western history—including the American Founding era—of the ideas of the major philosophers. A recipient of numerous teaching awards, and nominee for Canadian Professor of the Year, he continues to lecture throughout Europe and North America. |
 GREG SALMIERI
BA, Philosophy, 2001, The College of New Jersey
Mr. Salmieri is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at The University of Pittsburgh, where he is working on a dissertation on "Aristotle and the Problem of Concepts." He specializes in epistemology and ancient philosophy. |
 DINA SCHEIN
PhD, Philosophy, 2002, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Schein is a visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Auburn University. A graduate of ARI's Objectivist Graduate Center, she has lectured at Objectivist conferences on ethics, esthetics and Ayn Rand's biographical material. She has an essay in Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living," another in the upcoming essay collection on The Fountainhead, and is translating the Russian correspondence to Ayn Rand from her family. |
 PETER SCHWARTZ
MA, Journalism, 1972, Syracuse University
Mr. Schwartz, author of The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America, is the founding editor and publisher of The Intellectual Activist. He is also editor and contributing author of Ayn Rand's Return of the Primitive, and is a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ayn Rand Institute. |
 SANDRA SCHWARTZ
MS, Finance, 1973, State University of New York at Binghamton
Mrs. Schwartz has been an opera aficionado and a passionate observer of the opera scene for more than thirty-five years. She has taught opera appreciation classes, specializing in the operas of Verdi, at Objectivist summer conferences and privately since 1979. From 1994 to 2001, Mrs. Schwartz produced the Second Renaissance summer conferences. |
 TARA SMITH
PhD, Philosophy, 1989, The Johns Hopkins University
Tara Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, where she currently holds the Anthem Foundation Fellowship. She is the author of Moral Rights & Political Freedom, Viable Values and the forthcoming Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics—The Virtuous Egoist, as well as numerous articles. |
 MARY ANN SURES
MA, Art History, 1966, Hunter College, New York
Mrs. Sures has taught art history (N.Y.U. and Hunter College) and Objectivist esthetics (including Esthetics of the Visual Arts, a 10-lecture course written in consultation with Ayn Rand). She co-authored, with her (late) husband Charles, Facets of Ayn Rand, memoirs of their longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O'Connor. |
 ROB TARR
BA, Economics and Philosophy, 1990, University of Waterloo
MA, Philosophy, 1991, University of Toronto
After one year working on a PhD in economics, Rob Tarr relocated to Bermuda and spent 12 years as a research
analyst for a leading investment fund. He currently manages an investment research team in the Philadelphia area. |
 C. BRADLEY THOMPSON
PhD, History, 1993, Brown University
Dr. Thompson is the BB&T Research Professor at Clemson University and the executive director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton and Harvard universities and at the University of London. His books include the prize-winning John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty. |
 LISA VANDAMME
BA, Philosophy, 1994, University of Texas at Austin
Ms. VanDamme is the owner and director of VanDamme Academy, a private school in Laguna Hills, California. At the school, she is responsible for administration, teacher training and curriculum supervision, and teaches grammar and literature to the junior high students. Ms. VanDamme's theoretical work focuses on the application of Objectivism to educational theory. |
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