Justin R. Marquis
Currently Bicycle Touring North America (May 2025 to Present)
(773) 470-5806
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Education
2007-2012 Loyola University Chicago, Department of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, August 2012
Dissertation: “Nietzsche’s Theory of Cognition: An Interpretation and Defense of Perspectivism”
Dissertation Director: Jacqueline Scott
2004-2006 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Department of Philosophy
Master of Arts, May 2006
1999-2004 Purdue University, West Lafayette, College of Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Arts, May 2004
Majors: Philosophy, History, and Religious Studies
Non-degree Education
2014 & 2009 Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy
Law and Violence: Hegel, Arendt, Derrida (2014)
Political Subjectivity (2009)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2012 “Contra Leiter’s Anti-Skeptical Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Perspectivism.” The Croatian Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 12, No. 1, 2012.
Other Publications
2024-2025 Various Contributions to Tidings, the monthly newsletter of Irving Park Lutheran Church
2023 “Eternal Return” collage series (watercolor and mixed media on cardstock). Works on Paper, Exhibition Catalog, Agitator Co-Op, October 7, 2023.
2016 Test the Wind. Issue #1, Summer 2016. Editor and Contributor
2009 “Philosophy in the Service of Life: Nietzsche and the Practical Employment of Thought.” Proceedings of the Kent State University May 4th Philosophy Graduate Student Conference. No. 8, 2009.
2005 “Rothko as a Tragic Painter.” Soaring Softly. No. 5, Summer 2005.
Gallery Art Shows
2023 “Eternal Return” collage series, Works on Paper at Agitator Co-Op, October, 2023
Employment
2020-Present Self-Employed Bicycle Repair and Restoration (on sabbatical for Bicycle tour)
Double-Take Bikes, Chicago
2023-2025 Library Associate – Teen Services
Chicago Public Library, Richard M. Daley Branch, Chicago
2022-2025 Office Administrator
Irving Park Lutheran Church, Chicago
2018 Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Philosophy, Xavier University, Cincinnati
2017-2020 Bartender and Shift Leader
1215 Wine & Coffee, Cincinnati
2012-2015 Professorial Lecturer (Full-time, non-tenure track)
Department of Philosophy and Religion, American University, Washington, DC
2007-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor, and Dissertation Fellow
Department of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
Area of Teaching Specialization
19th and 20th Century Continental European Philosophy (esp. Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Foucault with competence in Sartre, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard)
Areas of Teaching Competence
Kant, Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Ancient Philosophy, Social/Political Philosophy
Other Teaching Competencies
Ethics, Philosophy of Art, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion, Critical Thinking, Introductory Symbolic Logic, World Religions
Courses Taught
2018 Xavier University, Cincinnati
1 Section over 1 Semester:
Phil 200: Philosophical Perspectives
2012-2015 American University, Washington, DC
18 sections over 6 semesters:
Phil 105: Western Philosophy (9 sections)
Phil 230: Meaning and Purpose in the Arts (7 sections)
Phil 485/685: Nietzsche’s Life Affirmation
Phil 402/602: Nineteenth Century Philosophy
Phil 403/603: Twentieth Century Philosophy
2007-2010 Loyola University Chicago
Two sections over two semesters:
Phil 180: Being Human: Philosophical Perspectives
Phil 181: Introduction to Ethics
As a teaching assistant for Dr. David Yandell, 6 sections over 4 semesters:
Phil 171: Philosophy of Religion (4 sections)
Phil 181: Introduction to Ethics (2 sections)
Other Teaching Experience
Adult Study unit on James Baldwin as prophetic writer, Irving Park Lutheran Church 2025
Faculty Supervisor for six Master’s Qualifying Papers, American University, 2013-2015
Secondary Reader for three Master’s Qualifying Papers, American University, 2012-2015
University College Instructor, American University, 2014
Directed Reading on Shakespeare and Philosophy, American University, 2014
Faculty Supervisor for two Honors Capstone Papers, American University, 2013-2014
Directed Reading in 19th Century German Philosophy, American University, 2013
Directed Reading on Nietzsche, American University, 2013
Graduate Mentor for the Senior Research Mentor Program, Loyola University Chicago, 2010
Languages
English (native), French (advanced), and German (reading knowledge)
Works in Progress
Nietzsche was Buried in a Churchyard (theological work in progress)
If it wasn't for the River (novel in progress)
To Live Differently (major book project in progress)
Ontologies of Affirmation: Deleuze, Spinoza, and Nietzsche’s “Yes” to Life (book project; working title)
Art and Truth: Going Beyond Science, Morality, and Self-Expression (book project; working title)
The Eroticism of the Holy (book project)
Conference Papers, Presentations, and Talks
2015 The Keynote Address at BORDERiZE (topic: Political Apathy), a symposium sponsored by WE(fillintheblank), El Paso, March 20-21, 2015
“A Typology of Nietzschean Nihilism: Understanding Apathy as a Breakdown of Highest Values.” a Tea Talk given to the Philosophical Society at American University, Washington DC, March 4, 2015.
2013 “A Typology of Intersubjective Disagreement in the System of Nietzsche’s Perspectivism,” at the University of Alberta Post-doctoral and Graduate Conference, Edmonton, May 10-12, 2013.
2012 “Nietzsche’s Anti-Philosophy: A Prolegomenon to Understanding Nietzsche as a Philosopher,” at the annual New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association conference, Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands, November 10, 2012
“Nietzsche’s Anti-Philosophy: A Prolegomenon to Understanding Nietzsche as a Philosopher,” a Tea Talk given to the Philosophical Society at American University, Washington, DC, September 25, 2012.
2011 “Philosophy in the Service of Life: Nietzsche and the Practical Employment of Thought” at the annual Research Symposium of the Graduate School Advisory Council, Loyola University Chicago, April 17, 2011.
“Contra Leiter’s Anti-Skeptical Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Perspectivism”
at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Philosophical Society, Appalachian State University, Boone, February 25-26, 2011.
2010 “Nietzsche’s Cartesian Meditation: A Skeptical Argument in Beyond Good and Evil” at the annual congress of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, October 14-16, 2010.
“Metaphysics After the Will to Truth” at The 2nd Annual LSU ‘Mardi Gras’ Philosophy Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, February 19-20, 2010.
2009 “Philosophy in the Service of Life: Nietzsche and the Practical Employment of Thought.” at “Why Nietzsche? Which Nietzsche?” the third annual Graduate Philosophy Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, March 28, 2009.
“Philosophy in the Service of Life: Nietzsche and the Practical Employment of Thought.” at the sixteenth annual May 4th Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, Kent State University, March 14, 2009.
“Foucault’s Two Nietzschean Masks: Responses to the Anthropological Illusion.” at the ninth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle, DePaul University, Chicago, March 6-8, 2009.
2008 “Nietzsche’s Theory of Cognition: Perspectivism.” Department of Philosophy Graduate Colloquium, Loyola University Chicago, November 12, 2008.
“Deleuze and the Encounter with the Other: Ontological and Ethical Implications.” at “The Philosophy of Love and Affectivity,” the ninth annual Marquette Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, March 29, 2008.
“Deleuze and the Encounter with the Other: Ontological and Ethical Implications.” at the thirty-second annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 22-23, 2008.
2006 “How Far Shall We Go? Three Possible Responses to the War in Iraq and the Attack on Civil Liberties.” at “Reclaiming Democracy,” the
seventh biennial conference of the Radical Philosophy Association, Creighton University, Omaha, November 2-5, 2006.
“Toward the Possibility of a Poststructuralist Ethics.” at “Globalization and Resistance,” the second conference of the Philosophy and Literature Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, March 3-4, 2006.
Reviews and Paper Commentaries
2012 Commentator for “Joyful Overman: On the Realization of Truth
through Laughter and Levity.” Presented by Kyle Wendling at the annual New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association conference, Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands, November 10, 2012
2008 Commentator for “The Virtual and the Actual: Deleuze’s Account of Experience.” Presented by Anupa Batra at the thirty-second annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 22-23, 2008.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
2014 Course Development Stipend, American University, Washington
2011-2012 Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
2011 Travel Grant to attend the North Carolina Philosophical Society’s annual conference, AGSP, Loyola University Chicago
2010-2011 Advanced Doctoral Fellowship, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
2010 Travel Grant to attend the CSCP Annual Congress, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
Mentor for the Research Mentoring Program, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
Travel Grant to attend the annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at LSU, Baton Rouge, AGSP, Loyola University Chicago
2007-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
2009 Travel Grant to attend the Collegium Phaenomenologicum, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
Travel Grant to attend the May 4th Philosophy Graduate Student Conference at Kent State University, AGSP, Loyola University Chicago
2008 Travel Grant to attend the Midsouth Philosophy Conference at the University of Memphis, AGSP, Loyola University Chicago
2004 The Outstanding Senior in Philosophy for the graduating class of 2004, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette
The Eric L. Clitheroe Award in Philosophy at the annual Literary Awards Competition for the paper, “The Monad: Simple Substance or Unknowable?” College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Matchette Award, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Professional & Ecclesiastical Service
2023-2025 Assisting Minister, Lector, Communion Minister, Adult Study Leader, and Lay Preacher, Irving Park Lutheran Church (ELCA), Chicago
2014-2015 Transfer Course Articulation Reviewer for the Philosophy and Religion Department, American University, Washington
2012-2015 Editor for the Nietzsche: Epistemology category on philpapers.org
2012-2015 Faculty Advisor for Pharmakon, the student edited philosophy journal of American University, Washington
2012-2015 Faculty Advisor for the Philosophical Society undergraduate student group, American University, Washington
2012-2015 Faculty Sponsor for the Phi Sigma Tau chapter at American University, Washington
2013 Peer Reviewer for the American Society for Aesthetics Graduate E-journal
2013 Panel Moderator and Judge for the Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, Washington, March 30, 2013
2011 Presentation on Applying to American Universities for North Macedonian high school students, The American Corner, Bitola, North Macedonia, October 17, 2011.
Panel Moderator at “Freedom, Action, Politics,” The Biannual Brennan Conference in Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, September 9-10, 2011.
Panelist for the Teaching Assistant Orientation Workshop, The Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago, August 22, 2011.
2010 Paper Reviewer for “Justice: Foundations and Crisis,” The Biannual Brennan Conference in Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, March 12-14, 2010.
2008-2009 Executive Committee Officer (Secretary) of the Association of Graduate Students in Philosophy (AGSP), Loyola University Chicago
2007 Secretary for the journal, The Owl of Minerva, edited by Dr. Ardis Collins
Graduate Courses
2008 Nietzsche and Art, Jacqueline Scott
Foucault on Madness, Andrew Cutrofello
Medieval Theories of Cognition, Blake Dutton
Kant’s Moral Philosophy, Victoria S. Wike
Aristotle’s Ethics, Julie Ward
2007 Plato’s Sophist, Adriaan Peperzak
Kant’s First Critique, David Yandell
Aesthetics (Shakespeare and Philosophy), Andrew Cutrofello
2006 Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition, Daniel W. Smith
Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Patricia Curd
2005 Sartre, William McBride
Spinoza, Daniel W. Smith
Kierkegaard, Martin Matuštík
Deleuze’s Anti-Oedipus and Post-Marxism, Daniel W. Smith
Phenomenology, Daniel W. Smith
History of Analytic Philosophy from Frege to Wittgenstein, Christopher Pincock
Post-Liberal Political Theory, William McBride
2004 Foucault, Daniel W. Smith
Contemporary Analytic Epistemology, Michael Bergmann
Ancient Greek Ethical Theory, Patricia Curd
Graduate Courses taken as an Undergraduate
2004 Nietzsche, Daniel W. Smith
2003 Existentialism, William McBride
2002 Philosophy of Religion, William Rowe
Honorary Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Alpha Theta
References
Erin Bouman
Pastor, Irving Park Lutheran Church (ELCA)
3938 W Belle Plaine Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
erinbouman@sbcglobal.net
Sarah Finney
Martyn Oliver
Director, Arab World Studies, American University
Department of Philosophy and Religion · 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8056
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