Donald F. Duclow , Ph.D.

DONALD F. DUCLOW (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, 1974) is Professor of Philosophy at Gwynedd-Mercy College.  He teaches a wide range of courses in Philosophy and in the interdisciplinary Honors Program. Recipient of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (1982), he teaches by discussion more than by lecture.  He has published widely on the medieval Christian Neoplatonic tradition; his book Masters of Learned Ignorance: Eriugena, Eckhart, Cusanus (Ashgate/Variorum, 2006) collects 20 of his articles.  His teaching of the Healing Journey course has opened a second research area:  the cultural dynamics of suffering, healing and dying.  His articles in this area range from Boethius to William James. He is the founding President of Gwynedd-Mercy College’s AAUP Chapter, Secretary of the American Cusanus Society, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy.  He has also served two terms as President of the Delaware Valley Medieval Association. In May 2009, he will retire from Gwynedd-Mercy College to pursue full-time research and publication.