Michael D. BurroughsMichael D. Burroughs is Assistant Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. For over a decade, he has been working to provide greater access to pre-college philosophy in the United Sates. Michael has taught philosophy at numerous academic levels, including K-12 and college classes, as well as workshops for pre-college teachers and university professors. In 2008, Michael co-founded Philosophical Horizons, a pre-college philosophy program dedicated to introducing the history and practice of philosophy to children in Memphis city schools (K-12). Michael also served as Outreach Coordinator for the Philosophy Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During his tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill, he taught university courses on pre-college philosophy and collaborated with local educators and philosophy and education graduate students to begin numerous elementary, middle, and high school philosophy programs. Michael serves on the PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) board of directors and has presented and written extensively on issues in pre-college philosophy, including chapters in Philosophy in Schools: An Introduction for Philosophers and Teachers (Routledge, 2013) and Ethics in Youth Sport: Policy and Pedagogical Applications (Routledge, 2013). Read More Read Less