Nadeem Hussain

Bio

I received my B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University in 1990. I then went to the Department of Philosophy at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I completed a Ph.D. there in 1999. I also spent the academic year of 1998-99 at Universität Bielefeld in Germany. I have been teaching at Stanford since 2000.

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor, Philosophy
• Associate Professor (By courtesy), German Studies

Administrative Appointments

• Dean of the Freshman Sophomore College, Stanford University (2010 - 2016)
• Faculty Director, Residential Programs, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2014 - 2015)
• Senior Associate Vice Provost for Residential Affairs, Stanford University (2013 - 2015)

Honors & Awards

• Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2009)
• The Philosophers Annual 2008, The Philosopher's Annual (2008)
• Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (May - August 2008)
• Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, American Council for Learned Societies (2006 - 2007)
• Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University (2006 - 2007)
• Germanistic Society of America Fellowship, Germanistic Society of America (1998 - 1999)
• Fulbright Travel Grant, Institute of International Education (1998 - 1999)
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (1996 - 1997)
• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (1996 - 1997 (declined))
• Rackham One-Term Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (1995)
• Recognition for Excellence in the Teaching of Philosophy, American Philosophical Association (1995)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of Michigan (1994 - 1995)
• Department of Philosophy John Dewey Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Michigan (1994 - 1995)
• Regents’ Fellowship, University of Michigan (1990 - 1994)
• Wirt and Mary Cornwell Prize in the Humanities, University of Michigan (1990 - 1991)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Member, American Philosophical Association (1999)
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University (2015 - 2019)
• Undergraduate Honors Director, Stanford University (2012 - Present)
• Member, Mind/Bio/Logic Junior Search Committee, Stanford University (2012 - 2013)
• Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Stanford University (2012 - 2013)
• Member, Junior Ethics Search Committee, Stanford University (2010 - 2011)
• Member, Junior Core Search Committee, Stanford University (2010 - 2011)
• Chair, Committee for Redesigning Departmental Web Site, Stanford University (2005 - 2011)
• Co-Chair, Placement Committee, Stanford University (2009 - 2010)
• Chair, Admissions Committee, Stanford University (2008 - 2009)
• Faculty Advisor for Undergraduate Philosophy Association, Stanford University (2008 - 2009)
• Member, Admissions Committee, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
• Member, Placement Committee, Stanford University (2001 - 2003)
• Member, Placement Committee, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
• Member, Ancient Philosophy Search Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
• Member, Library Committee, Stanford University (2001 - 2002)
• Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Stanford University (2000 - 2001)
• Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, University of Michigan (1996 - 1997)
• Member, Graduate Studies Committee, University of Michigan (1994 - 1995)
• Faculty Task Force, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2010 - Present)
• Chair, Task Force on Residential Education, Stanford University (2010 - 2013)
• Member, Committee on Academic Computing and Information Systems, Stanford University (2010 - 2013)
• Member, Subcommittee on Residential and Co-Curricular Learning, Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford, Stanford University (2010 - 2012)
• Member, Governance Board, Introduction to the Humanities Program, Stanford University (2007 - 2010)
• Member, Steering Committee, Web Design Project, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2006 - 2009)
• Member, Islamic Studies Faculty Advisory Board, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2003 - 2008)
• Member, Program Committee, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2009 - 2012)

Professional Education

• B.S., Stanford University, Symbolic Systems (1990)
• M.A., University of Michigan, Philosophy (1995)
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, Philosophy (1999)

Projects

• Habib University, Stanford University, Habib University

  Advising development of the new Habib University

  Location

  Karachi, Pakistan