- Ph.D. Program
- Phone: 979-845-5660
- Email: michaelportal@tamu.edu
- Office: YMCA 407
- Personal Website
Research Interests
- Post-Kantian European Philosophy (esp. Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Existentialism)
- Social and Political Philosophy (esp. Empire Studies and French Thought Post-May 1968)
- Jewish Philosophy (esp. Holocaust and Memory Studies)
- Aesthetics
Areas of Speciality
- Continental Philosophy
- Value Theory and Applied Ethics
- History of Philosophy
- Social and Political Philosophy
Biography
Professional Society Memberships
- Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- American Philosophical Association
- Jewish Studies Working Group (Texas A&M University)
- Continental Philosophy Study and Reading Group (Texas A&M University)
Spring 2025 Course Schedule
- Phil 111.505 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W, F - 9:10-10:00 a.m. - YMCA 113.
- Phil 111.507 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W, F - 10:20-11:10 a.m. - YMCA 113.
Educational Background
- M.A., French Studies, American College of the Mediterranean, 2018
- B.A., Philosophy and Policy Studies, Rice University, 2017
Awards & Honors
- Fulbright Scholar – 2022
- Graduate Program Advisory Council Research Award – 2021
- Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Graduate Archive and Fieldwork Grant – 2021
- L.T. Jordan Fellowship – 2020
- Mays Innovation Research Center Ph.D. Grant