Stephan Blatti is Director of University Honors, Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives of the Honors College, and Affiliate Associate Professor of Philosophy. Before coming to Maryland, Blatti was the Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He previously held appointments at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Blatti’s primary area of research is metaphysics—specifically, the problem of personal identity—though his work extends to related topics in philosophical psychology, in philosophy of biology, and at the intersection of metaphysics and ethics. The author and editor numerous books, journal issues, and scholarly articles, Blatti received his D.Phil and B.Phil from Oxford University and his BA (with Honors!) from Ohio State University.