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Dr. Paul M. Schafer, Course Portfolio Working Group Leader

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Paul Schafer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Xavier. He received his B.A. in Philosophy at Memphis State University, and received an M.A. from Villanova University and a Ph.D. from DePaul University, both degrees also in Philosophy. Dr. Schafer's areas of interest are in the history of philosophy, especially modern European philosophy, and social and political philosophy. He received a Rotary Fellowship to study in Marburg, Germany for one year while researching the early writings of Karl Marx, and is currently preparing for publication a volume of Marx's early writings. At Xavier he is coordinator of the Philosopher's Club and leads the Course Portfolio Working Group for the Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Dr. Schafer is also an avid reader, a frequent and enthusiastic traveler, and a lifelong baseball fan.