Caleb Zimmerman
Ohio University, Department of Philosophy
Ellis Hall 201, Athens OH 45701
Caleb.zimmerman@ohio.edu
www.calebzimmerman.com
EDUCATION
Temple University
Ph.D. in Philosophy, May 2026
Dissertation: “Neither Political Liberalism Nor Illiberalism: Civility and Integrity in Democratic Society” | Committee: Brian Hutler (chair), Lee-Ann Chae, David Wolfsdorf, Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh), Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)
University of St. Andrews
Postgraduate Diploma (transfer to Temple), 2017
The King’s College (New York)
B.A. cum laude, Politics, Philosophy, & Economics, 2014
Thesis: “Mental Postures in Kierkegaard”
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Ohio University
Assistant Professor of Instruction, 2026 – present
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor, 2023 – 2026
Temple University
Instructor, 2018 – 2023
RESEARCH
Areas of Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Concentration: Aesthetics, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Kierkegaard, Value Theory
PUBLICATIONS
“Anabaptist Two-Kingdom Dualism: Metaphysical Grounding for Nonviolence,” Religious Studies 58, no. 3 (2022): pp. 598-608.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Political Liberalism’s Conscientious Objector: Either Unjustified or Ungovernable”
Under review; manuscript available upon request
“Reasonable But Not Political Liberal: Agapic Pacifists in the Publicly Justified Polity”
Under review; manuscript available upon request
“Can Integralists Exercise Restraint?”
Under review; manuscript available upon request
PRESENTATIONS
“Conscientious Objectors, Not Political Liberals,” Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Society London Meeting, Kings College London, July 2026
“Agapic Pacifists Cannot Be Political Liberals,” Philosophy of Religion and War, Weatherford College, April 2025
“Integralists, Not Perfectionists,” Work in Progress Series, Society of Christian Philosophers, October 2024
“Can Intregralists Accept Political Liberalism’s Restraints?” Canadian Philosophical Society, McGill University, June 2024
“Political Liberalism and Nonperfectionist Integralism,” 5th Annual Northeast Philosophy of Religion Colloquium, Boston College, October 2023
“Civil Disobedience and Religious Insubordination,” Philosophy of Religion and Politics, Weatherford College, March 2023
“Faithful Realist Metaethics,” Works in Progress Series, Temple University, November 2021
“Mental Postures,” Graduate Symposium, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, April 2017
“Truth, Fiction, and Literary Value,” Conference on Religion and Aesthetics, Philosophy Department, University of Nottingham, England, February 2017
COURSES TAUGHT
Social and Political Philosophy (Ohio University: Fall 2026)
History of Modern Western Philosophy (Ohio University: Fall 2026)
British Empiricism (Ohio University MA seminar: Fall 2026)
Fundamentals of Philosophy (Ohio University: Fall 2026)
Political Philosophy and the Social Contract (Master of Liberal Arts course at University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2026; declined)
The Social Contract (University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2026)
Ancient Greek Philosophy (University of Pennsylvania: Spring 2024)
Introduction to Philosophy (University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2023, Fall 2025)
Intellectual Heritage: The Good Life (Temple University: Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
Intellectual Heritage: The Common Good (Temple University: Fall 2019)
Philosophy of the Human (Temple University, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
Meaning of the Arts (Temple University: Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
AWARDS, GRANTS, & FELLOWSHIPS
Summer Research Grant: Philosophy Department, Bar-Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel (2026)
Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Undergraduate Mentoring: Temple University (2023)
Graduate Fellow-in-Residence: Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College (Spring 2022)
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth: 3-week introduction to philosophy for students in grades 5-6 (June 2023)
DEPARTMENT SERVICE
Climate Committee Member Philosophy Department, Temple University (2023 – 2025)
Program Co-Director Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Philosophy Department, Temple University (2021 – 2023)
Undergraduate Mentor Philosophy Department, Temple University (2018 – 2022)
International Committee Member Society of Christian Philosophers (2022 – present)
Seminar Coordinator Eudaemonia: Philosophical, Theological, and Psychological Perspectives, Collegium Institute, University of Pennsylvania (2024)
LANGUAGES
German (Reading, Writing: Proficient; Speaking: Novice)
Albanian (Reading, Writing, Speaking: Fluent)
REFERENCES
Brian Hutler
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Temple University
Lee-Ann Chae
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Temple University
David Wolfsdorf
Professor of Philosophy
Temple University
Jonathan Zimmerman (Teaching Reference)
Judy & Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education
University of Pennsylvania