Christopher P. Long

Christopher Long is dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Long was previously associate dean for graduate and undergraduate education and professor of philosophy and classics in the College of the Liberal Arts at Pennsylvania State University. Long joined the philosophy faculty at Penn State in 2004 and served as director of graduate studies in philosophy from 2005 to 2010. He was appointed associate dean for undergraduate education in 2010 and added graduate education to his portfolio in 2013. Long’s extensive publications in ancient Greek and contemporary continental philosophy include three books: The Ethics of Ontology: Rethinking an Aristotelian Legacy, Aristotle on the Nature of Truth and an enhanced digital book, Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy: Practicing a Politics of Reading. He is also cofounder of the Public Philosophy Journal, a project to create an innovative online space for digital scholarship and communication.