Randall Auxier

Randall Auxier is a Professor in the School of Communication Studies and Department of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He holds degrees from the University of Memphis (B.A., M.A.) and Emory University (M.A., Ph.D.), where he focused on semiotics and symbol theory.

• Specializations: Semiotics, Philosophy of Communication, Popular Culture
• Leadership: President of Illinois Philosophical Association and Southwestern Philosophical Society
• Editorial Roles: Editor of The Personalist Forum (1997-2006), The Pluralist (2006-2012), Deputy Chief Editor of Eidos: A Journal of the Philosophy of Culture
• Founding: Co-founder of the American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought (2016)

His research spans symbolic and semiotic systems, connecting logic, metaphysics, and ethics to media and popular culture. Publications include over twenty books such as Logic: From Images to Digits (2021) and As Deep as It Gets: Movies and Metaphysics (2021).