THE FOUNDERS
![Tina and Mike Hodges](https://www.orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mikeandtinaweb.png)
Tina and Mike Hodges
The Founders
![Prof. Werner Stegmaier](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/prof-werner-stegmaier.jpg)
Prof. Werner Stegmaier
Co-Founder and Author of the Philosophy of Orientation
![Reinhard G. Mueller, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/reinhard-mueller.jpg)
Reinhard G. Mueller, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the FPO
ADVISORY COUNCIL
![Frederic Beeskow](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/frederic-beeskow.jpg)
Frederic Beeskow
Entrepreneur and Mayor of Wittenhagen, Germany
![Andrea Bertino, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/andrea-bertino.jpg)
Andrea Bertino, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager for Open Science and Research Data at SWITCH
![Timon Boehm, Ph.D., Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/timon-boehm.jpg)
Timon Boehm, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Independent Scholar of Physics and Philosophy, Zürich, Switzerland
![Paul J. D’Ambrosio, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/paul-dambrosio.jpg)
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.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/christoph-durt.jpg)
Christoph Durt, Ph.D.
Philosopher and interdisciplinary researcher at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
![Olga Faccani, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/olga-s.jpg)
Olga Faccani, Ph.D.
Hodges Fellow 2021-22; Instructional Developer at the University of California, Santa Barbara
![Helmut Heit, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/helmut-heit.jpg)
Helmut Heit, Ph.D.
Director of the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany
![Kathleen Higgins, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/kathleen-higgins.jpg)
Kathleen Higgins, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin
![Karl Jannasch, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/karl-jannasch.jpg)
Karl Jannasch, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, Nashville, Tennessee
![Dirk Johnson, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dirk-johnson-1.jpg)
Dirk Johnson, Ph.D.
Elliot Professor of Modern Languages at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia
![David Kornhaber, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/david-kornhaber.jpg)
David Kornhaber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin
![Manuel Knoll, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/manuel-knoll.jpg)
Manuel Knoll, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at Turkish-German University Istanbul
![Hans-Georg Moeller, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/moeller.jpg)
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.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/enrico-mueller.jpg)
Enrico Mueller, Ph.D.
Philosopher and Research Group Leader at the University of Freiburg, Germany
![Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/elizabeth-richmond-garza.jpg)
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.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/carlin-romano.jpg)
Carlin Romano, J.D.
Dietrich Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, Author of America the Philosophical (Alfred A. Knopf/Vintage)
![Samantha Sprole, M.A.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/samantha.jpg)
Samantha Sprole, M.A.
Union apprentice electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 429 (Nashville, TN)
![Bettina Stumpp, Ph.D.](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bettina-stumpp.jpg)
Bettina Stumpp, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWS
![Olga Faccani](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Olga-Faccani.jpg)
Olga Faccani
FPO Fellow 2021-22, University of California, Santa Barbara
![James Sirigotis](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/James-Sirigotis.jpg)
James Sirigotis
FPO Fellow 2022-23, University of California, Santa Cruz
![Nicolás Wiggenhauser](https://orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Wiggenhauser_2023_web_750.jpg)
Nicolás Wiggenhauser
FPO Fellow 2023-24, Stony Brook University
![Jes Heppler](https://www.orientation-philosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jes-heppler_2023_web_750.jpg)
Jes Heppler
FPO Fellow 2024-25, University of California, Berkeley