Type of professor

President's Professor

Bio summary

Professor Humphrey's studies concentrate on the philosophers, poets and revolutionaries of Latin America and nation-building in 19th century Latin America have earned him recognition for leadership and innovation in Barrett, The Honors College. His published scholarship includes numerous essays on problems of reason and will and space and time in classical modern philosophy, as well as Kant's epistemology, late metaphysics, and moral and political theory. His translations of Kant's Enlightenment writings have become standards in the field. Professor Humphrey chaired ASU's Philosophy Department from 1974-1983, and then directed ASU's Honors Program, guiding it to collegiate status, becoming the founding dean of Barrett, the Honors College in 1988, a position he held until 2003.