About
Rega Wood is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington, where she is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences. Her office is located in Sycamore Hall 117, and she maintains appointment-only office hours Monday through Friday.
Dr. Wood specializes in medieval philosophy with a particular focus on the 13th century and the reception of Aristotelian works in Western thought. Her research centers on Richard Rufus of Cornwall, whom she identifies as the first teacher known to have lectured on Aristotle's libri naturales (metaphysics and natural philosophy) at Paris in the 1230s and 1240s, preceding the better-known Roger Bacon. She has edited numerous works by Adam Wodeham, William Ockham, and John Duns Scotus, and in 1996 launched the Richard Rufus Edition project, supported by the NEH for a decade and published both online and in the British Academy series, Auctores Britannici.
Her scholarly work examines how medieval scholars integrated Aristotelian physics and metaphysics into Western intellectual tradition, with particular attention to Rufus's theories on creation, the origins of the universe, infinite series, and reference. Dr. Wood has published extensively on medieval metaphysics, ethics, and the interpretation of Aristotle, with publications spanning from 1992 to 2018.
Her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and she has collaborated with scholars such as Jennifer R. Ottman, Neil Lewis, and Christopher J. Martin on critical editions of medieval texts. She maintains the Richard Rufus of Cornwall Project website and the Bartholomew's World website as resources for medieval philosophical studies.
