Ian Marcus Corbin

Ian Marcus Corbin is a philosopher, research fellow in neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, and a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita. He has studied politics, religion and philosophy at Gordon College, Oxford University, Yale University and Boston College, with an eye to the ways that deep human values function in the formation and evolution of human communities. At HMS he studies intersubjectivity, cognition and human flourishing. He is writing a book on belonging and worldmaking for Yale University Press. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities in the Boston area and published widely in venues such as the Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Point and Plough. In a former life he founded and ran a contemporary art gallery in Boston's South End

Companies

• Ethics Committee Member Brigham and Women's Hospital (2022)
• Senior Fellow Capita (2020)
• Research Fellow, Neurology Department, Co-Director of The Human Network Initiative Harvard Medical School (2019)
• Contributor Various online and print publications (2011)
• Lecturer Boston College Carroll School of Management (2019 — 2020)
• Adjunct Professor Northeastern University (2014 — 2019)
• Co-founder and Director Matter & Light (2016 — 2019)
• Teaching Fellow Harvard University (2018 — 2019)
• Fine Art Consultant Martin Lawrence Galleries (2015 — 2016)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Philosophy Boston College (2008 - 2018)
• Master's degree, Philosophy, Religion Yale University (2006 - 2008)
• Visiting Oxford University (2005 — 2006)
• BA Gordon College (2004 — 2006)
• Danvers High School