Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Queens Campus
St. John’s University 11439
gyllenhp@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Philosophy, Marquette University, 2000
- M.A., Philosophy, Villanova University, 1994
- B.A., Philosophy, SUNY at Plattsburgh, 1989
Areas of Interest
- Phenomenology, Existentialism, Hermeneutics
- Virtue Ethics
- Ancient Greek Philosophy and German Idealism
Profile
Paul Gyllenhammer has been a member of the St. John’s University
community since 2003. He has an active research interest in the
areas of phenomenology and virtue ethics. He has published articles
on Sartre’s ethics and notion of shame, the question of tolerance
in Heidegger, the topic of normality in Husserl and Foucault, and
Ricoeur’s theory of narrative. He helped to establish PhaenEx:
Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and
Culture, and served as Chair of the Editorial Board from
2007-2009. He is currently the Managing Editor of the
journal.