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 HFPO
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.
Philosopher and interdisciplinary researcher at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS)

Olga Faccani, Ph.D.
Hodges Fellow 2021-22; Instructional Developer at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at Turkish-German University Istanbul

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

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.
Dietrich Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, 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)
HODGES DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWS

Olga Faccani
Hodges Fellow 2021-22, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara

James Sirigotis
Hodges Fellow 2022-23, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Nicolás Wiggenhauser
Hodges Fellow 2023-24, PhD Candidate at Stony Brook University