Michael Gillespie is a Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Duke University. Professor Gillespie’s research is in political philosophy with a particular emphasis on modern continental theory and the history of political philosophy. He is the author of Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History  (University of Chicago Press, 1984), Nihilism before Nietzsche (University of Chicago Press, 1994), The Theological Origins of Modernity (University of Chicago Press, 2008), and Nietzsche’s Final Teachings(University of Chicago Press, 2017).

The Murphy Institute and the Institute for Corruption Studies will host the fourth Political Economy of Corruption conference on May 5th and 6th, 2023. The workshop will feature papers on corruption and growth; the relationship between corruption, income inequality, and poverty; corruption and racial inequities; the effects of corruption on institutional quality; and more. Conference papers will contribute to a special issue of Southern Economic Journal.  

Mark Timmons is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. His research interests include metaethics, normative ethical theory, and Kant’s ethics.

Devin Stauffer is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in classical and early modern political philosophy. His books include Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice (SUNY, 2001), The Unity of Plato's Gorgias (Cambridge, 2006), and Hobbes's Kingdom of Light (Chicago, 2018).

Dan Russell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. Professor Russell's work focuses on how individuals and groups find ways to improve the quality of life.

Carmen Pavel is Associate Professor (Reader) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Kings College, London, and a 2022 – 2023 Faculty Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs. Professor Pavel’s research primarily focuses on international justice and international law, liberal theory and contemporary changes to it, and ethics and public policy. 

Serene J. Khader is the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College and Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Professor Khader's research interests are in the values that underlie feminist theory and political practice - especially on issues related to women in the global South.

Alex Worsnip is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Professor Worsnip's current research interests are in the theory of rationality and epistemology, especially political epistemology.

Şerife Tekin is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Medical Humanities Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Mark LeBar is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University and a 2022-2023 Faculty Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs. Professor LeBar’s primary research interests are in moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, and ancient Greek philosophy.