Michael Schapira

Current affiliation:
St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, USA)

Michael Schapira (MA McGill University / PhD Columbia University) works at the intersection of Philosophy and Education, with a particular focus on the theoretical and historical foundations of the modern university.

He has taught in the Philosophy Departments of Rutgers University, Hofstra University, and St. Joseph’s University, but also has a keen interest in teaching philosophy at the pre-college level, which he has done at the Brooklyn Free School and for Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth.

Michael is also a founding member of the “Anxiety Culture” research project, a multi-disciplinary collaboration between Columbia University and Christian-Albrecht Universität in Kiel, Germany.

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