Steven Skultety

Steven Skultety is Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religion, and Director of the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 2006.

Research Interests: Focus on Aristotle’s political philosophy, virtue theory, republicanism, and democratic theory, with long-term work tracking arguments about interpersonal conflict from Presocratics to Stoics. His scholarship bridges classical and modern ethical frameworks.

Publications Trends: Concentrate on Aristotelian ethics, political honor theory, and applications of classical philosophy to contemporary debates on democracy and cosmopolitanism.

Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Philosophy (Phil 101)
• History of Philosophy I (Phil 301)
• Plato (Phil 311)
• Aristotle (Phil 313)
• History of Western Political Philosophy (Phil 330)
• Conservative Political Philosophy (Phil 372)
• Seminar in History of Ancient Philosophy (Phil 401)
• Studies in Ancient Philosophy (Phil 601)