University of California, Los Angeles

The Thomistic Institute chapter at UCLA presents a lecture by Prof. Paul Symington of Franciscan University titled “The Dignity of Human Life.”

Grand Salon, Kerckhoff Hall | 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Wednesday, Oct. 16

5:30 PM

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1998. He received an M.A. in Theology from Northeastern Seminary in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College in 2004. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. He then taught for one year at the University of San Francisco before receiving a position in 2008 at Franciscan University of Steubenville. 

He was a Service-Learning Faculty Fellow at the University of San Francisco and received a NYS Professional Development Award from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2007. He is a member of The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, The American Catholic Philosophical Association, and The American Philosophical Association. His research is mainly focused on areas in metaphysics and medieval philosophy.