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Dr. Ivan Marquez

  • Professor - Philosophy

Biography and education

Indiana University (PhD), Philosophy, minor in History and Philosophy of Science
University of Puerto Rico (BS), Biology and Philosophy

Research Interests

  • Marquez, Ivan. Bentley College A&S Dean Research Grant. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
  • Marquez, Ivan. Co-Author, Mini Grant, 2015-2016 Common Experience – Bridged Through Stories: Shared Heritage of the United States and Mexico, An Homage to Dr. Tomás Rivera., $700.00. (Funded: 2015 - 2016). Grant.
  • Marquez, Ivan. Bentley College Faculty Affairs Committee Grant. (Funded: 2002 - 2007). Grant.
  • Marquez, Ivan. Bentley College Summer Research Grant. (Funded: 1999 - 2008). Grant.
  • Marquez, Ivan. Indiana University Tuition Scholarship, Indiana University, Institutional (Higher Ed). (Funded: 1991 - 1993). Grant.
  • Marquez, I. (2025). Rorty, Reason, and Modernity’s Crisis of Critique. London, UK: Lexington Books (now part of Bloomsbury Publishing).
  • Marquez, I. (n.d.). Chitta Ranjan Das, Albert Camus, and Rebellion. In When Feet Become Wings: Chitta Ranjan Das Memorial Lectures.
  • Marquez, I. (n.d.). Comments on “The Poser.” In A. Giri (Ed.), Sociology as Conversation.
  • Marquez, I., & Marquez, I. (2021). Understanding “Roots and Routes” from a Post-Kantian Tradition of Critique. In Crossfertilizing Roots and Routes: Identities, Social Creativity, Cultural regeneration, and Planetary Realizations (pp. 79–84). Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7118-3_6
  • Marquez, I. (2020). Afterword. In C. Ranjan (Ed.), The Essays of Chitta Ranjan Das on Literature, Culture, and Society: On the Side of Life in Spite of (pp. 211–213). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi, National College Honor Society. 2012 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute. Topic: “Latin American Philosophy: The Appropriation of European Ideas in Latin America, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH). June 30, 2005
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Participant, Summer Institute, “Classical American Philosophy: Revisiting the Texts, The Center for Dewey Studies and The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. 1998
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honors Thesis awarded Highest Distinction, University of Puerto Rico. 1987
  1. Other

    Philosophy for Children Program, Crockett Elementary School

  2. Other

    Philosophy for Teens Program, San Marcos Public Library

  3. Member

    The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment

  4. Member

    Liberal Arts Study Abroad Council

  5. Participant

    Participated in undergraduate students exit interviews

  6. Participant

    Participated in M.A. students exit interviews

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