Christina Olfert

Christiana Olfert is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.  She holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada.  Her primary area of research is Ancient Philosophy with a focus on Ancient ethical theories (especially Aristotle’s), but she also works on the history of skepticism, the history of ethics, Early Modern philosophy, and contemporary moral psychology and philosophy of action.  She grew up on the prairie outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  The beauty of home has inspired her two main hobbies: photography and walking.