- Associate Professor, Advisor
- Philosophy: Swan 151
- Email: douglassreed@uri.edu
- Office Location: Dept of Philosophy
Swan Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
Research
Doug Reed specializes in Ancient Western Philosophy, with a focus on ethics in Plato and Aristotle. In his work he tries to uncover insights about virtue and human flourishing in ancient texts that can help us think about ethical questions that remain with us today. In addition to Ancient Western Philosophy, he has interests in Ethics and in the History of Philosophy more generally.
Professor Reed was named the URI Philosophy Ebbs Fellow for 2022-2024. He is the recipient of the 2022 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award and a 2026 winner of the URI Excellence in General Education Award.
Education
- Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2015
- M.A. Virginia Tech, 2008
- B.A. University of Rhode Island, 2004
Selected Publications
“Deficient Virtue in the Phaedo”, Classical Quarterly 70: 1 (2020), 119-130
“The objects of Stoic Eupatheiai”, History of Philosophy Quarterly 34 (2017), 195-212
“Degrees of Virtue in the Nicomachean Ethics”, Ancient Philosophy 33 (2017), 91-112