John Louis Howard

John Louis Howard is Associate Director of the Murphy Institute. Dr. Howard is also the director of the Undergraduate Program in Political Economy and serves as the major advisor. He has degrees from the University of Georgia (B.A., Philosophy, 1982) and Tulane University (M.A., Philosophy, 1986, and Ph.D., Philosophy, 1992). He has been a faculty member at Tulane University, Loyola University, Xavier University, and the University of Mississippi. He also served as the Director of Bookstore Services at the University of Chicago Bookstore.

Dr. Howard has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and mentoring students. In 1991, he received the Loyola Student Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Teaching. In 2007, he was nominated for the Weiss Presidential Fellowship for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and he was awarded the 2007 Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Non-Tenured Teaching, presented by the Newcomb Memorial College Institute and the Newcomb Alumnae Association. The Tulane Honors Program designated Dr. Howard as the 2009-2010 Honors Professor of the Year. He was was presented with the Outstanding Major Advisor Award by Newcomb-Tulane College in 2018. In 2023, Professor Howard received the Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award from Newcomb-Tulane College.