Alex Richardson

Alex Richardson is Associate Director for Content Strategy and Engagement at the Prindle Institute for Ethics. There, he directs the Institute’s digital strategy, encompassing various platforms, services, and experiences, as well as leading national engagement initiatives and partnerships. He also teaches in the Department of Philosophy at DePauw.
Beyond DePauw, Alex serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and as Chair of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Pre-College Philosophy. HE also sit on the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Council and Steering Committee and the National High School Ethics Bowl Advisory Board.
Working at the intersections of ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of education, Alex considers himself a teacher at heart, and an advocate for public and pre-college philosophy pedagogy. His research interests are varied, but as of late he is thinking and writing about issues in democratic civic education and the development of moral and intellectual virtues, among other topics. Alex received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2021, where he taught for many years and wrote a dissertation on the virtue of civility and its role in the non-ideal politics of democratic societies.

Ethics, Political Philosophy, Public Philosophy

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