Brian Armstrong

Associate Professor

Brian Armstrong

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages

Bio

He hails from the Midwest, has lived in twelve different states, and has spent time in St. Petersburg (Russia), Salzburg (Austria), and Bray (Ireland). His academic career focuses on philosophy and literature.

  • (706) 729-2459
  • AH E218A

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy Pennsylvania State UniversityS, 2007

  • MA, Comparative Literature University of Oregon, 1996

  • BA, Philosophy University of Kansas, 1993

Awards & Honors

  • Pamplin Professional Impact Fund Award Georgia Regents University , 2015

  • Pamplin Professional Impact Fund Award Georgia Regents University , 2014

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • PHIL 2030H

    Honors: Intro to Ethics
  • PHIL 2020

    Intro to Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 2010

    Intro to Philosophy
  • EDUC 7004

    Philosophy of Education
  • HONR 3900H

    Honors: Breaking Boundaries
  • PHIL 3005

    Phil of the Human Person

Teaching Interests

Philosophy Literature Humanities

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Review of Anna Schur’s The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia., 2023
    Book Review
  • Socrates in Russia, Part III, 2022
    Other
  • Writing the Russian Socrates: Dostoevsky, Skovoroda, and the World of The Brothers Karamazov” , 2022
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • "Teaching Crime and Punishment as Philosophy", 2022
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • A Chat with Paul J. Contino about Dostoevsky’s Incarnational Realism, 2020
    Other

Research Interests

Dostoevsky and Philosophy; Interdisciplinary Humanities

Department Service

  • Philosophy Curriculum & Development Committee 2014 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

College Service

  • Pamplin Ad Hoc Bylaws Review Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Pamplin Pedagogy and Instruction Committee (PPIC) 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair
  • Pamplin Academic Policies Committee 2017 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • Honors Committee 2013 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship 2013 - 2015

    Role: Committee Member
  • GRU Senate Governance and Communications Committee 2013 - 2015

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Studies in East European Thought - 2023

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article
  • AATSEEL Annual Conference Zoom Volunteer 2021 - 2021

    Role: Member
  • North American Dostoevsky Society North American Dostoevsky Society 2014 - 2020

    Role: Officer, Secretary

Public Service

  • Lake Forest Hills Elementary School PTO 2021 - 2022

    Role: Officer, President/Elect/Past