Instructor Bio
Aaron Smith is a fellow and senior manager of intellectual outreach at the Ayn Rand Institute. Dr. Smith writes, speaks and gives interviews for the Institute. He is a contributor to ARI’s online publication New Ideal and a senior instructor for ARI’s intellectual training program, ARU (formerly the Objectivist Academic Center). He develops new educational products for the Institute and provides intellectual and editorial support to a variety of ARI’s programs.
Dr. Smith received his PhD in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University where his research focused on ancient Greek philosophy. Prior to joining ARI in 2013, he was a visiting assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he taught ancient Greek philosophy, moral theory and epistemology. He is also a graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center and an alumnus of ARI’s Advanced Education Program.
