Greg Salmieri

Gregory Salmieri a senior scholar of philosophy in the Salem Center, where he holds the Brigham Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism. He is also director of the center’s Program for Objectivity in Thought, Action, and Enterprise. Dr. Salmieri is the co-editor of A Companion to Ayn Rand (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) and Foundations of a Free Society (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), and author of numerous articles on philosophy, many of them focusing on aspects of Rand’s philosophy or of Aristotle’s. After completing his graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008, Dr. Salmieri taught in the philosophy departments at The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Boston University, and Rutgers University (New Brunswick), before joining the Salem Center in 2020.

Areas of Specialization

Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology, Objectivism

Areas of Competence

Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind

Companies

• Senior Scholar of Philosophy at the Salem Center and Director of the Objectivity Program McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin (2020)
• Lecturer Rutgers University (2014 — 2020)
• Philosophy Fellow Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship (2014 — 2020)
• Fellow Boston University (2012 — 2014)
• Visting Assistant Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008 — 2012)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD University of Pittsburgh (2001 — 2008)
• Bachelor's degree The College of New Jersey (1997 — 2001)