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Scholars & Fellows
The Atlas Society’s Faculty
David Kelley Ph.D
After earning a Ph.D in philosophy from Princeton University in 1975, David Kelley joined the philosophy department of Vassar College, where he taught a wide variety of courses at all levels. Kelley founded The Atlas Society in 1990 and served as Executive Director through 2016. Though officially retired, he continues to serve as a Trustee, and his parttime contributions to The Atlas Society include regular Clubhouse discussions and frequent Current Events commentary. His publications include The Evidence of the Senses, Truth and Toleration in Objectivism, and The Art of Reasoning.
Jason Hill Ph.D
Jason Hill, Ph.D hosts regular and widely attended Clubhouse chats for The Atlas Society, and has taken his turn on our Instagram, answering audience questions. A Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, he’s the author of five books, including Jamaica Boy in Search of America, Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity, Beyond Blood Identities, and most recently What Do White Americans Owe Black People: Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression.
Richard Salsman Ph.D
Richard Salsman hosts a monthly seminar for students at The Atlas Society, Morals and Markets—here he explores the intersection between ethics, politics, economics, and markets. (Morals and Markets is also a podcast!) Founder and president of InterMarket Forecasting, Inc., Richard also received a Ph.D from Duke University where he is currently a professor of political economy. His works include Where Have all the Capitalists Gone?: Essays in Moral Political Economy, Gold and Liberty, and Breaking the Banks: Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions.
“The Atlas Society offers a wonderful opportunity as a professional philosopher, to advance the philosophy of Ayn Rand in a climate of civility, respect and philosophical rigor. It has been a source of real personal and intellectual pleasure to work with The Atlas Society. I learn from my colleagues on a consistent basis.”
“There is an abundance of ideas floating in our culture. What is rare, is the correct fit between ideas and reality. Rand’s ideas ought to be supported because of the inexorable logical connection between her theoretical philosophy and its ability to solve many of the seeming irreconcilable tensions and problems in the world. The last of our great intellectuals were our Founding Fathers. Ayn Rand is the first of their return.” – Jason Hill
Stephen Hicks Ph.D
Stephen Hicks teaches The Atlas Society’s Atlas Intellectuals where he discusses Objectivity, Altruism, and weighs in on thinkers from Milton Friedman to Karl Marx. A Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Stephen has authored Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, Nietzsche and the Nazis, and most recently Eight Philosophies of Education for The Atlas Society. He is also the Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and has appeared on Jordan Peterson’s podcast. To read more about our team—visit atlassociety.org/about/scholars-fellows
Antonella Marty
Antonella Marty leads Sociedad Atlas, curating Spanish language content for social media, posting weekly Instagram Takeovers, and hosting regular live interviews on Twitter. She also represents The Atlas Society at numerous conferences across the globe. She recently published Objetivismo: Preguntas y Respuestas (Objectivism: Questions and Answers), and her other titles include The Intellectual Populist Dictatorship, What Every Revolutionary of the 21st Century Should Know, and Capitalism: Antidote to Poverty.
Rob Tracinski
Rob Tracinski hosts weekly talks on Clubhouse for The Atlas Society and is a regular on our Current Events series. He is the author of So Who is John Galt Anyway?: A Reader’s Guide to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, and What Went Right?: An Objectivist Theory of History. He is publisher of the journal Symposium and his popular newsletter, The Tracinski Letter, which covers culture and politics from an Objectivist perspective. Rob has been published everywhere from The Chicago Tribune to the San Francisco Chronicle, and hosts a podcast called Salon of the Refused.
“I spent many years outside the organized Objectivist movement, partly because I ended up on the wrong side of a number of the usual senseless Objectivist schisms, and partly because this pushed me to make a career independently by reaching out into the mainstream of the American political debate.”
“I haven’t stopped doing that, but working with The Atlas Society has helped me to reconnect with a growing group of Objectivist scholars and to reach new people— particularly young people—who are interested in Objectivist ideas.”
“It’s a step toward helping Objectivism as a philosophy rebuild the productive movement of independent-thinking intellectuals that it needs to flourish in a new century.”
