Robert Riordan

Lecturer in Philosophy | University of Wisconsin–Green Bay

I am a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Marquette University. My primary research interests are in the ethics of AI in higher education, existentialism — particularly the works of José Ortega y Gasset and Albert Camus — and Kantian and neo-Kantian ethics, with a particular interest in the work of Christine Korsgaard. My current research focuses on the connections between meaningfulness, morality, and mortality.

At UWGB I teach a range of courses including Business Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, and AI, Algorithms, and Truth — an epistemology course I designed that explores information literacy, algorithmic systems, and the epistemological challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Beyond the classroom, I serve on the UWGB AI Think Tank and am actively involved in shaping the governance frameworks around the university’s AI infrastructure.

I also coordinate the Philosophers’ Café, a public dialogue series held at the Mauthe Center that I relaunched in 2025 after a period of dormancy. The Café has recently been formalized as PHILOS 305, a credit-bearing course that combines public speaker sessions with seminar discussion, drawing guests from academic, legal, civic, and community contexts.

I also write at the intersection of philosophy and business at The Philosophy Business, and contribute to the UWGB AI Blog.