Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D.

Thomas Hibbs is Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University.  He studied Philosophy at the University of Dallas and the University of Notre Dame and is a talented teacher capable of tackling diverse topics, from Medieval Philosophy to Contemporary Culture.  He served as chair of the Philosophy department at Boston College, during which time his popular course Nihilism in American Culture was featured in a Boston Globe article.  He is frequently invited to comment publicly on current events, appearing on such shows as All Things Considered.  His many publications include Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the Summa Contra Gentiles and a book about current popular culture called Shows About Nothing.