Overview
Janiak is Professor of Philosophy and the co-leader of Project Vox. He is former chair of the Bass Society of Fellows and served as Chair of Philosophy from 2015-2020. His most recent book, The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman (Oxford University Press, 2024), concerns the thought of Émilie Du Châtelet and the origins of the canon in modern European philosophy. Adam Gopnik reviewed the book in The New Yorker and it was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal and more recently, the Times …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Philosophy
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2015 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies of Philososphy
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2021 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2014 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Bass Fellow
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2018 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
Indiana University at Bloomington ·
2001
Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
1996
M.A.
Hampshire College ·
1994
B.A.