Bio

Noell Birondo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso. His main interests lie at the intersection of contemporary moral philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy. He recently completed a book on the moral psychology of hate and is writing a book on the influence of Western imperialism on our conceptions of the moral virtues. Winner of the American Philosophical Association’s 2019 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought and a past member of the APA Committee on Inclusiveness in the Profession, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame and B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley.

Awards and Honors

• Paper Acceptance, New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society Annual Conference - New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society (02/15/2023)
• Outstanding Academic Title 2022 - The Moral Psychology of Hate - CHOICE Reviews (12/01/2022)
• Top 75 Community College Titles, November 2022 - The Moral Psychology of Hate - CHOICE Reviews (11/29/2022)
• Provost's Faculty Fellow 2022-2023 - Office of the Provost (07/01/2022)
• Liberal Arts Career Enhancement Award - College of Liberal Arts (04/27/2022)

• Ph D in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame (2004)
• BA in Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1995)

Publications

• Epilogue: An Imperial Passion Rowman & Littlefield (2022), Noell Birondo.
• Introduction: Hate and Racial Ignorance Rowman & Littlefield (2022), Noell Birondo.
• The Moral Psychology of Hate Rowman & Littlefield (2022), Noell Birondo.
• Aristotle and Expertise: Ideas on the Skillfulness of Virtue Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 24 2 (2021), Noell Birondo.
• Introduction: Symposium on Stichter's The Skillfulness of Virtue Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 24 2 (2021), Noell Birondo.

Presentations

• Race, Hatred, and the Preservation of Ignorance (2024), Volume Portland, OR, Noell N. Birondo.
• Overcoming Race, Gender, and Nature: Malinitzin and Sor Juana (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Noell N. Birondo.
• Faculty affirmation of students’ sense of belonging (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Jesus Cisneros, Noell Birondo.
• Does 1492 Mark the Beginning of Latin American Philosophy? (2022), Volume Vancouver, Canada, Noell N. Birondo.
• Does Aztec Philosophy Provide a Philosophy without Europe (or without Christianity)? (2022), Volume Baltimore, MD, Noell Birondo.

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