Dr. Perry Zurn, PhD
Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy, American University
How does change happen? How does it happen in our minds, in our bodies, between people and institutions? My work focuses on forces and histories of change. I am a multi-disciplinary and multi-modal thinker, relying chiefly on philosophical and theoretical methods, interdisciplinary collaborations, archival work, and community-engagement.
“If theory is not the crystallized resin of experience, it ceases to be a guide to action. I offer history, politics, and theory that live and breathe because they are rooted in the experience of real people who fought flesh-and-blood battles for freedom.”
—Leslie Feinberg
