Dr. Seuss and Philosophy - Jacob M. Held [155]
Mari-Gretta G. Klaassen is a student at Palmer Ridge High School in Monument, Colorado, where she focuses her studies on literature and drama. She is coauthor, with Johann A. Klaassen, of “Humiliation and Discrimination: The Role of Shame in the Politics of Difference among the Sneetches of Dr. Seuss.” She does not own, nor does she want, a Thneed.
Dean A. Kowalski is currently an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. He is the author of Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy (2005) and has edited and contributed essays to three popular culture and philosophy books: The Philosophy of The X-Files (2007, paperback 2009), Steven Spielberg and Philosophy (2008), and The Philosophy of Joss Whedon (2011). He has also contributed essays to James Bond and Philosophy, The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, and Homer Simpson Goes to Washington.
Ron Novy is lecturer in philosophy and the humanities in the University College at the University of Central Arkansas. He has contributed to volumes on Batman, supervillains, Iron Man, Green Lantern, and the forthcoming Spider-Man and Philosophy. Ron teaches a number of seminar courses that begin with the letter “M” and spends much of his time reminding freshmen that philosophy begins with imagination. He grew up on Mulberry Street.
Matthew F. Pierlott is assistant professor of philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His research interests center on moral agency, ethical theory, and applied ethics, specifically business ethics. He has become active in philosophy and pop culture literature, contributing to Stephen Colbert and Philosophy (Open Court, 2009) and Fashion and Philosophy (Wiley, 2011). For his contributions to this book he shamelessly employed his young children as research assistants, paying them nothing and keeping them up way past their bedtime.
Benjamin A. Rider is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Central Arkansas. He has written about Plato’s views about moral and philosophical education as well as on other topics in ancient philosophy and applied ethics. He probably spends more time than is healthy examining his life and trying to get others to do the same.
Aeon J. Skoble is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. He is the coeditor of Political Philosophy: Essential Selections (Prentice Hall, 1999), author of Deleting the State: An Argument about Government (Open Court, 2008), and editor of Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty (Lexington Books, 2008), and has written many essays in both scholarly and popular journals. In addition, he writes widely on the intersection of philosophy and popular culture, including such subjects as Seinfeld, Forrest Gump, The Lord of the Rings, superheroes, film noir, Hitchcock, Scorsese, science fiction, and baseball, and is coeditor of Woody Allen and Philosophy (Open Court, 2004), The Philosophy of TV Noir (University Press of Kentucky, 2008), and the best-selling The Simpsons and Philosophy (Open Court, 2000). He cannot read with his eyes shut.
Dwayne Tunstall is assistant professor of philosophy at Grand Valley State University. He is the author of Yes, But Not Quite: Encountering Josiah Royce’s Ethico-Religious Insight (Fordham University Press). His academic publications have covered a wide range of topics, including
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