Tushar Irani
Professor of Philosophy
Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-4462
Professor of Letters
Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-4462
Professor, Education Studies
Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-4462
Faculty Director, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-4462
Professor, National Education Equity Lab
Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue860-685-4462
BA Colgate University
PHD Northwestern University
Tushar Irani
Tushar Irani's research focuses on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is the author of Plato on the Value of Philosophy: The Art of Argument in the Gorgias and Phaedrus (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and the co-editor of the recent volume of essays, Philosophy as a Way of Life: Historical, Contemporary, and Pedagogical Perspectives (Wiley, 2020). Irani holds a joint appointment at Wesleyan in the Department of Philosophy and the College of Letters. Beginning in the spring of 2021, he will be serving as Director of the College of Letters. In addition to his work on Plato, he has interests in questions of philosophical method, philosophy as a way of life, the history and practice of rhetoric, Ancient Greek and Roman literature, and the history of ethics (especially virtue ethics). For his professional website, see here.
Academic Affiliations
Office Hours
Fall 2024: Monday through Friday, 2:00-3:00pm by appointment. Please schedule an appointment by e-mail or through Calendly.
Courses
Spring 2025
COL 242 - 01
Sophomore Colloquium 2
PHIL 152 - 01
Living Good Life: Greek Lab
PHIL 210 - 03
Living a Good Life
PHIL 210 - 04
Living a Good Life