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Faculty
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 ANDREW
BERNSTEIN
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1986, City University of New York
Dr. Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and is a
member of the Ayn Rand Institute Speakers Bureau. He
is working on a book, The Capitalist Manifesto: The
Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for
Laissez-Faire.
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 DAVID BERRY
D.M.A., Composition, 2002, University of South Carolina
David Berry is an associate professor of music. He teaches
courses across a wide range of historical and theoretical
musical subjects including film music. He is a recorded and
published (BMI) composer with performances of his music in
America and Europe in both fine art and popular music
genres. |
 CRAIG BIDDLE
B.A., Fine Arts, 1988, Virginia Commonwealth University
Craig Biddle is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of
Self-Interest and the Facts That Support It and is currently
writing
another book, Good Thinking for Good Living: The Science of
Being Selfish. In addition to writing, he lectures on the
Objectivist
ethics and teaches workshops on thinking in principles. |
 HARRY BINSWANGER
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1973, Columbia University
Dr. Binswanger is the author of The Biological Basis
of Teleological Concepts, the editor of The Ayn Rand
Lexicon and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand’s
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. Dr. Binswanger is
a
professor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand Institute’s
Objectivist
Academic Center and is a member of ARI’s board of directors.
He is currently
working on a book on the nature of consciousness. |
 TORE BOECKMANN
Writer
Tore Boeckmann is a writer whose mystery short stories have
been published and anthologized in several languages. He is
the editor of Ayn Rand’s The Art of Fiction. He has written
on
literary esthetics for The Intellectual Activist and has
lectured
at Objectivist conferences in America and Europe. |
 YARON
BROOK
Ph.D., Finance, 1994, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn
Rand Institute. A former finance professor, he has published
in academic as well as popular publications, and is
frequently interviewed in the media. He has appeared on
CNN, Fox News Channel and PBS among
others. On college campuses across America and in the
boardrooms of large corporations, he has lectured on
Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy. |
 PAT CORVINI
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1995, University of
California at Santa Barbara
Dr. Corvini recently left a twenty-year career in
semiconductor optoelectronics to work full time in the
history of science and mathematics. She lectured on
Archimedes at the 2003 Objectivist Summer Conference. |
 SUSAN CRAWFORD
B.S.N, Nursing, 1982, Marymount College, Virginia
Susan Crawford is a registered nurse. She runs an
educational toy business and an e-mail discussion list
on parenting issues, the RPList. She has given two
parenting courses and wrote the pamphlet “The Reading
Habit/Money Management.” Susan is married to Jack
Crawford and the mother of two sons, Jason and David. |
 ERIC DANIELS
Ph.D., American History, 2001, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Daniels is a visiting assistant professor of history
at
Duke University’s Program on Values and Ethics in the
Marketplace. He has lectured at summer conferences and
to
numerous Objectivist community groups. He is an alumnus
of ARI’s Objectivist Graduate Center (precursor to the
Objectivist Academic Center). A contributor to the
Oxford Companion to United
States History, he is currently working on a book about
American politics and
ethics in the antebellum period. |
 STUART MARK FELDMAN
M.A., Art, 1975, Rowan University, New Jersey
Stuart Feldman works in bronze, stone and wood, creating
sculptures of the human figure expressing man’s most noble
and inspiring qualities. A former instructor at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, he is cofounder of the
Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art, in Philadelphia. His
sculptures are held in private collections, and he has
created a number of commissioned pieces. |
 ROBERT GARMONG
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2002; University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Garmong is a graduate of the Objectivist Graduate
Center, and has lectured on philosophy at many Objectivist
conferences. He is the author of “J.S. Mill’s
Re-Conceptualization of Liberty,” currently under submission
to publishers. Dr. Garmong teaches philosophy at Texas A&M
University. |
 MARILYN GEORGE
B.S., Child Development, 1961, Iowa State University
AND TED GRAY
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1965, Northeastern
University;
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1971, Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute
Marilyn George is a retired Montessori teacher, school
owner and administrator.
She holds teaching certificates from both the American
Montessori Society and the
International Association of Progressive Montessorians
and was a Montessori teacher
for twenty-five years. She owned, administered and
taught for ten years in her own
school, which had an international reputation for
excellence. She taught Montessori
courses at Seattle University for more than ten years
and has consulted for schools
nationwide. Marilyn has been ballroom dancing since she
met Ted Gray at a
conference in 1989, at her first lesson, and today they
compete at the Silver level.
Ted Gray, an engineer, has been dancing since his teens.
They both consider
dancing primarily a social and romantic activity.
Occasionally, they enter amateur
dance competitions. As a couple they have given many
formal and informal group
lessons—at home, at conferences and on a cruise ship.
Ted is a mechanical
engineer with forty years experience in design and
analysis of structures, and
prevention of vibration. He is an amateur student of
history, enjoying especially the
biographies of great Americans and the history of
technology. He has been a student
of Objectivism for thirty-eight years. |
 DAVID
HARRIMAN
B.S., Physics, 1979, University of California at
Berkeley;
M.S., Physics, 1982, University of Maryland;
M.A., Philosophy, 1995, Claremont Graduate University,
California
David Harriman is the editor of Journals of Ayn Rand
and a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute. He has
lectured extensively on the history and philosophy of
physics. He is currently developing the physical science
curriculum at VanDamme Academy and working on two books: one
demonstrating the influence of philosophy on modern physics
(The Anti-Copernican Revolution) and the other
presenting Leonard Peikoff’s theory of induction (Induction
in Physics and Philosophy). |
 ELAN
JOURNO
B.A., Philosophy, 1997, King’s College, London
Elan Journo was an associate producer of the Leonard
Peikoff Radio Show. A junior fellow at the Ayn Rand
Institute, he is a researcher, writer and editor whose
work has appeared in, among others, The Intellectual
Activist, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston
Chronicle and The Globe and Mail of Canada. |
 ELLEN KENNER
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1992, University of Rhode
Island
Dr. Kenner, a clinical psychologist, has taught university
courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology and
theories of personality. She gives talks on romance,
self-improvement, psychological self-defense, parenting and
communication skills. She is in her eighth year as host of
the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Rational
Basis of Happiness®. |
 ANDREW LEWIS
Bachelor of Education (Secondary), 1988; Graduate Diploma of
Applied Philosophy, 1993; Postgraduate Diploma of
Philosophy, 1994,
University of Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Lewis has studied philosophy at the Objectivist
Academic Center, the University of Melbourne (Australia)
and the University of Southern California. He worked with
Dr. Peikoff on his radio show, has lectured at Objectivist
conferences and
is developing the history curriculum for the VanDamme
Academy, where he
teaches several classes. |
 JOHN LEWIS
Ph.D., Classics, 2001, University of Cambridge
Dr. Lewis is assistant professor of history at Ashland
University, where he holds an Anthem Fellowship for
Objectivist Scholarship. He has published in several
professional journals, and has been a visiting scholar at
Rice University and Bowling Green State University. |
 EDWIN A. LOCKE
Ph.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1964,
Cornell University.
Dr. Locke is Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Motivation
(Emeritus) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the
University of Maryland, College Park. He is internationally
known for his research and writings on work motivation,
leadership and related topics, including the application of
Objectivism to psychology and management. He is a senior
writer for the Ayn Rand Institute and has published numerous
op-eds. |
 ROBERT MAYHEW
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown University
Dr. Mayhew is associate professor of philosophy at Seton
Hall University. He is the author of Aristotle’s
Criticism of Plato’s Republic and The Female in
Aristotle’s Biology and the editor of Ayn Rand’s
Marginalia, Ayn Rand’s The Art of Nonfiction,
Essays on Ayn Rand’s “We the Living” and (forthcoming)
Ayn Rand’s Q & A. He has completed a book on Ayn
Rand’s HUAC testimony and is preparing for publication a
collection of essays on Ayn Rand’s Anthem. |
 SHOSHANA MILGRAM
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford
University
As associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, Dr.
Milgram teaches detective fiction, comparative
literature, film and science fiction, in addition to
other period and genre courses. She has lectured on Ayn
Rand in university courses, at national academic
conferences and at the Smithsonian. Her publications
include articles on Ayn Rand, Victor Hugo and Fyodor
Dostoevsky. |
 AMY PEIKOFF
J.D., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles
School of Law;
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2003, University of Southern
California
Dr. Amy Peikoff is an Anthem fellow at the University of
Texas at Austin, where she is teaching undergraduate
courses in ethics and epistemology. Her writings on
legal and philosophical issues have appeared in academic
journals and
leading newspapers. She has taught for the Objectivist
Academic Center and lectured for Objectivist
organizations and at conferences. |
 JOHN RIDPATH
Ph.D., Economics, 1974, University of Virginia
Dr. Ridpath (York University, retired) writes and speaks in
defense of capitalism, and on the impact throughout Western
history—including the American Founding era—of the ideas of
the major philosophers. A recipient of numerous teaching
awards, and nominee for Canadian Professor of the Year, he
continues to lecture throughout Europe and North America. |
 GREG SALMIERI
B.A., Philosophy, 2001, The College of New Jersey
Greg Salmieri is a graduate student in philosophy at the
University of Pittsburgh, and has taken courses at the
Objectivist Academic Center. He specializes in
epistemology and ancient philosophy, and his research
interests are focused on Aristotle’s epistemology and
methodology and on theories of concepts. |
 PETER SCHWARTZ
M.A., Journalism, 1972, Syracuse University
Peter Schwartz is the founding editor and publisher of
The Intellectual Activist. He is the editor and
contributing author of Ayn Rand’s Return of the
Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, and is
chairman of the board of directors of the Ayn Rand
Institute. |
 BRIAN P. SIMPSON
Ph.D., Economics, 2000, George Mason University, Virginia
Dr. Simpson is an assistant professor at National University
in San Diego, where he has been teaching economics since
2002. Dr. Simpson has presented papers on economic topics at
national and international conferences. |
 TARA SMITH
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1989, The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Smith is an associate professor of philosophy at the
University of Texas, where she currently holds the Anthem
Foundation Fellowship. She is the author of two books as
well as several academic articles, primarily in moral and
political philosophy, spanning such topics as welfare
rights, moral perfection, forgiveness, honesty, love and
objectivity. |
 MARY ANN SURES
M.A., Art History, 1966, Hunter College, New York
Mary Ann Sures taught art history at Washington Square
College of N.Y.U. and at Hunter College. She applied
Objectivist esthetics to painting and sculpture in a
ten-lecture course, “Esthetics of the Visual Arts,” which
was written in consultation with Ayn Rand. Her philosophical
approach to art history is presented in “Metaphysics in
Marble” (The Objectivist, February/March, 1969). She is
co-author with her (late) husband Charles of Facets of
Ayn Rand (published by the Ayn Rand Institute), memoirs
of their longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and her husband
Frank O’Connor. |
 C. BRADLEY THOMPSON
Ph.D., History, 1993, Brown University
Dr. Thompson is a professor of history and politics at
Ashland University. He is the author of the award-winning
book John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty, and he has
recently edited Antislavery Political Writings,
1833–1860: A Reader. He is currently writing a book on
the American and French revolutions. |
 LISA VANDAMME
B.A., Philosophy, 1994, University of Texas at Austin
Lisa VanDamme is the owner and director of VanDamme Academy,
a private elementary and junior high school in Laguna Hills,
California. She specializes in the application of
Objectivism to educational theory. Her previous lectures on
home schooling, hierarchy and the teaching of values will be
included in a forthcoming education anthology featuring
Leonard Peikoff’s “Philosophy of Education.” |
 JAANA WOICESHYN
M.B.A., 1983, Helsinki School of Economics and Business
Administration; Ph.D., Organization and Strategy, 1988,
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School)
Dr. Woiceshyn is an associate professor at the Haskayne
School of Business, University of Calgary. She has taught
business ethics and strategic management to undergraduate,
MBA and executive MBA students and to various business
audiences since 1987. |
 BARRY WOOD
Ph.D., History of Art and Architecture, 2002, Harvard
University
Dr. Wood is curator of the Islamic Gallery Project at the
Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has lectured and
published on subjects ranging from Persian poetry to Web
design. |
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