Nico Jenkins

Nico Jenkins is an Assistant Professor of Ethics and Philosophy at Husson University and a Fellow at The European Graduate School (EGS). He lectures in the Philosophy Department at the University of Maine, Orono, and serves as a preceptor in its Honors College. His research integrates classical Buddhist thought with contemporary continental philosophy, focusing on finitude, uncertainty, and the impact of climate change on philosophical concepts.

• Education:
• PhD (summa cum laude) in Philosophy, European Graduate School (EGS)
• MA in Eastern Classics, St John’s College (Santa Fe)
• BFA in Performance Art, San Francisco Art Institute

Research interests include ethics, alienation, labor/craft as self-practice (via Foucault and Marx), and critiques of modern academia’s corporatization. His works explore existential voids, ecological slippage, and the erosion of philosophical certainties. Co-founder of the journal continent. (2011–2014), Jenkins also engages in photography documenting post-revolution urban spaces and peripheral environments.

Labs/Teams: Co-leads the EGS Cello Project with Robert Young and Chris Fynsk, teaching a summer seminar on labor and craft.