Jeremy Bendik-Keymer

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer serves as Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Senate Vice-Chair at Case Western Reserve University, where he teaches courses including Climate Justice, Decolonization, and Moral Character. His office is located in Clark Hall 310 with office hours held Fridays 12-4 PM.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2002
• B.A. in Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude), Yale University, 1993

Bendik-Keymer's research centers on planetary justice within the Anthropocene era, integrating decolonization theory with multi-species ethics. He explores political imagination through frameworks of mass extinction, wonder, and the cultivation of good relationships—emphasizing interpersonal and moral dimensions alongside ecological crises. His teaching examines Climate Justice, Education/Freedom/Equality, and foundational philosophical concepts like Goodness, Truth, and Beauty through contemporary global challenges.

He acknowledges the indigenous lands ceded by the Treaty of Greenville (1795) and contextualizes his work within family history spanning New Hartford High School, Yale College, and generational barriers to education during the Great Depression.