THE FOUNDERS
Tina and Mike Hodges
The Founders
Prof. Werner Stegmaier
Co-Founder and Author of the Philosophy of Orientation
Reinhard G. Mueller, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the FPO
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Frederic Beeskow
Entrepreneur and Mayor of Wittenhagen, Germany
Andrea Bertino, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager for Open Science and Research Data at SWITCH
Timon Boehm, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Independent Scholar of Physics and Philosophy, Zürich, Switzerland
Paul J. D’Ambrosio, Ph.D.
Paul J. D’Ambrosio is associate professor of Chinese philosophy at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, fellow of the Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture, dean of the Center for Intercultural Research, and co-director of the English language MA and PhD program in Chinese philosophy
Christoph Durt, Ph.D.
Scientific Researcher and Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich
Olga Faccani, Ph.D.
FPO Fellow 2021-22; Instructional Developer at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Douglas Giles, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Elmhurst University
Helmut Heit, Ph.D.
Director of the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany
Kathleen Higgins, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin
Karl Jannasch, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, Nashville, Tennessee
Dirk Johnson, Ph.D.
Elliot Professor of Modern Languages at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia
David Kornhaber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin
Manuel Knoll, Prof. Dr. Phil. Habil.
Privatdozent of Political Theory and Philosophy at Munich University (LMU)
Hans-Georg Moeller, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau (Macau SAR, China)
Enrico Mueller, Ph.D.
Philosopher and Research Group Leader at the University of Freiburg, Germany
George Ogata
Senior Agile Engagement Manager at Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Ph.D.
Director of Comparative Literature and Regents’ and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin
Carlin Romano, J.D.
Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Author of America the Philosophical (Alfred A. Knopf/Vintage)
Samantha Sprole, M.A.
Union apprentice electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 429 (Nashville, TN)
Bettina Stumpp, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWS
Olga Faccani
FPO Fellow 2021-22, University of California, Santa Barbara
James Sirigotis
FPO Fellow 2022-23, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nicolás Wiggenhauser
FPO Fellow 2023-24, Stony Brook University
Jes Heppler
FPO Fellow 2024-25, University of California, Berkeley