Biography – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Stephen R. C. Hicks is Professor of Philosophy and author of seven books:

Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Scholargy Publishing, 2004; Expanded Edition, 2011)
Nietzsche and the Nazis (Ockham’s Razor, 2010)
The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis (co-edited with David Kelley, W. W. Norton & Co., 1994, second edition 1998)
Entrepreneurial Living (co-edited with Jennifer Harrolle, CEEF, 2016)
Liberalism Pro and Con (Connor Court, 2020)
Art: Modern, Postmodern, and Beyond (co-authored with Michael Newberry, 2021)
Eight Philosophies of Education (co-authored with Andrew Colgan, 2022)

* His writings have been translated into twenty languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, German, Korean, Persian, Serbo-Croatian, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Russian, Ukrainian, Cantonese, French, Hebrew, Estonian, Urdu, Turkish, and Arabic.

* He has published in academic journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Teaching Philosophy, and Review of Metaphysics, as well as other publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Cato Unbound.

* In 2010, he won his university’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

* He was Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois, has been Visiting Professor of Business Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Visiting Professor at Jagiellonian University, Poland, Visiting Fellow at the Social Philosophy & Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College at Oxford University in England, Senior Fellow at The Objectivist Center in New York, and Visiting Professor at the University of Kasimir the Great, Poland.

* He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Guelph, Canada, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Bio Timeline:

2007-present Executive Director, Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship..
2002-2024 Professor of Philosophy, Rockford University.
2001-04 Director, Honors Program in Liberal Arts, Rockford College.
1999-2000 Senior Fellow, The Objectivist Center, New York..
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1996-2002 Associate Professor and Department Chair, Rockford College.
1996 Salvatori Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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1994 Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, Ohio..
1992-96 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois.
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1992 Ph.D. awarded, Indiana University.
1991 Finished Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington.
1990-92 Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), Trenton, New Jersey..
1989 Instructor, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Adrian College, Michigan.
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1985-89 Course work and Qualifying Exams toward Ph.D. at Indiana University, Bloomington.
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1985 Graduated from University of Guelph with M.A. degree.
1982-84 Worked Farley and King Construction on locations in Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
1979-82 University of Guelph, B.A. (Honours).

1979 Worked for Rockwell International Iron Foundry, Ontario..

1978 Worked for Custom Drilling out of Edmonton, Alberta, on oil rigs in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
1973-78 9th through 13th Grades at Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute..
1971-73 7th and 8th Grades at Willow Road Senior Public School.
1969-71 5th and 6th Grades at the new Central School.
.1968-69 4th Grade at King Edward School.
1967-68 2nd Grade at the old Central School, Guelph.
1966-67 1st Grade at Walkerton Elementary School, Walkerton, Ontario.
1965-66 Kindergarten at King Edward School, Guelph, Ontario.

1960 Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada..