Douglas Young joined the Lycoming College faculty in 2008, having
previously taught at Davidson College in North Carolina and Bowdoin
College in Maine. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell
University where he studied in the Joint Program in Ancient Philosophy
administered by the Departments of Philosophy and Classics. Prior to
that, he earned an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School where his work
focused on the intersection between philosophy and theology. His
undergraduate work was done at Brown University where he received an
A.B. in philosophy & religious studies. Young’s research focuses on
the history of philosophy, particularly that of ancient Greece and
Rome. He also has teaching interests in medieval philosophy,
philosophy of religion, as well as contemporary epistemology and
metaphysics.