DIRECTORS OF THE BIG PROBLEMS PROGRAM
DIRECTORS OF THE BIG PROBLEMS PROGRAM
DIRECTORS OF THE BIG PROBLEMS PROGRAM
Founded in 1999, the Big Problems program is a curricular collaboration between the Franke Institute for the Humanities and the College, which has developed and offered over fifty capstone courses in the College.
Director
Christian W. MacKauer Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College
Co-Directors (2010-2023)
Christian W. MacKauer Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology, and the College
Founding Director (1999-2010)
Peter B. Ritzma Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, Committees on Evolutionary Biology, Conceptual & Historical Studies of Science, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine, and the College
Executive Director
Associate Director, Franke Institute for the Humanities; Lecturer, Humanities Collegiate Division
For more information, please contact Margot Browning, Executive Director, by emailing mb31@uchicago.edu or calling 773-702-5657.