Anthony G. Rud
American philosopher of education
Anthony Gordon Rud Jr. is an American philosopher of education and Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. His research focuses on the cultural foundations of education, with particular emphasis on the moral dimensions of teacher education, P-12 educational leadership, and higher education, and draws on the thought of John Dewey and Albert Schweitzer. He has served as president of the John Dewey Society (2017–2019) and president of the Philosophy of Education Society (2023–2024), and was dean of the College of Education at Washington State University (2010–2012).
Education
Rud earned an A.B. in religion, cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1976. He studied German at the Goethe-Institut in Staufen, Germany, in 1977. He received an M.A. in philosophy from Northwestern University in 1979, where he held a University Fellowship (1977–78), and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Northwestern in 1982. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by William Earle, was titled Gadamer's Hegel: An Essay on Absolute Idealism and Hermeneutics. He also completed graduate coursework at the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University in 1982.
Career
Before entering graduate school, Rud taught humanities and social studies at the Berkshire Learning Center, a special needs private high school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from 1976 to 1977.
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