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John Howard is Associate Director of the Murphy Institute. He has degrees from the University of Georgia (A.B. cum laude, Philosophy, 1982) and Tulane University (M.A., Philosophy, 1986, and Ph.D., Philosophy, 1992). He has been a faculty member at Tulane University, Loyola University, Xavier University, and the University of Mississippi. He also served as the Director of Bookstore Services at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Howard currently serves as the major advisor for the undergraduate program in Political Economy. He is also the major advisor for the Cognitive Studies program. In 1991, he received the Loyola Student Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Teaching. In 2007, he was nominated for the Weiss Presidential Fellowship for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and he was awarded the 2007 Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Non-Tenured Teaching, presented by the Newcomb Memorial College Institute and the Newcomb Alumnae Association.

Tulane Philosophy Department