Matthew Shockey, Ph.D.
Wiekamp Hall, Room DW3281
(574) 520-5545
shockey2@iusb.edu
Dr. Shockey received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2004. He joined the faculty of IU South Bend in the fall of 2007, having previously taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Grand Valley State University, and Kalamazoo College.
Dr. Shockey has taught a variety of survey courses in the history of modern European philosophy (1600-present), as well as courses on imagination and empathy, the philosophy of action, meaningful work, and St. Augustine. His current focus is on teaching and developing courses on philosophical aspects of sustainability, such as environmental justice and systems thinking.
Shockey's current work draws on a broad range of sources inside and outside of academic philosophy to think about how we can best live in the face of increasing global ecological instability. Prior to this, his work focused on conceptions of selfhood and subjectivity in the modern Western philosophical tradition, particularly in the work of Rene Descartes, Nicolas Malebranche, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Martin Heidegger. His book on Heidegger, The Bounds of Self: An Essay on Heidegger's Being and Time, was published in May 2021 with Routledge. Various papers he has published can be found here:
https://iusb.academia.edu/MatthewShockey
https://philpeople.org/profiles/r-matthew-shockey
