Mark Risjord

Emory University
Ph.D., The
University of North Carolina

Mark Risjord is an Associate Professor of Philosophy
at Emory University. He received his B.A. in philosophy
and anthropology from the University of Wisconsin and
earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at The University of
North Carolina. Prior to taking his position at Emory,
Professor Risjord taught at Michigan State University.

In 1997, Dr. Risjord was awarded the Excellence in
Teaching Award by the Emory University Center for
Teaching and Curriculum.

He is the author of Woodcutters and Witchcraft:
Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social
Sciences (2000). His articles and essays have been
published in American Philosophical Quarterly,
Philosophical Psychology, and Perspectives on
Science. In addition to the philosophy of
anthropology, Dr. Risjord studies the philosophy of
language and the philosophy of science.

Courses by this
professor:
Great
Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd
Edition >

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