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Andrew Chignell serves as the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor at Princeton University's University Center for Human Values, with joint appointments in the Religion and Philosophy departments. He joined Princeton in 2018 after previously serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania (2016-2017) and as assistant and associate professor at Cornell University's Susan Linn Sage School of Philosophy (2004-2016), where he also held affiliations in German Studies and Religious Studies.
Chignell's research spans multiple areas of philosophy, with primary focus on Kant and other modern European philosophers, philosophy of religion, ethics of belief, moral psychology (particularly hope and despair), aesthetics, and food ethics. His work often bridges historical and contemporary philosophical concerns, connecting classical philosophical frameworks with modern ethical dilemmas.
His publications include the edited volume Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating (2015) and its related Massive Open Online Course on Food Ethics. His recent work demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary engagement, particularly evident in the $5 million cross-disciplinary grant project on hope and despair that brought together philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, religious scholars, and artists.
- Laurance S. Rockefeller Professorship
- President of the North American Kant Society (2020-2023)
- Organizer of the Virtual Kant Congress for Kant's 300th birthday celebration
Chignell actively contributes to multiple research initiatives including the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR), which he co-directs with Lara Buchak, and serves on the faculty steering committees for both the Princeton DeCenter and Princeton Food Project. His current work focuses on Kant's 300th birthday celebrations and continuing development of food ethics scholarship through both academic publications and accessible educational resources.
