Nathan Jun graduated with a B.A. in English and Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago in 2001. He subsequently received his M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Literature from Purdue University in 2008. Dr. Jun has been a member of the faculty at Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Texas) for the past twelve years. He currently serves as Professor of Philosophy.
A specialist in political philosophy and the history of political thought, Dr. Jun has written extensively on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century radicalism with a particular emphasis on anarchism. He is the author of Anarchism and Political Modernity (Bloomsbury, 2011) and the editor or co-editor of several volumes including Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader (AK Press, 2018), Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach (with Benjamin Franks and Leonard Williams, Routledge, 2018), Brill’s Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy (Brill, 2017), Without Borders or Limits: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Anarchist Studies (with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2013), and New Perspectives on Anarchism (with Shane Wahl, Lexington Books, 2010). He has also published more than three dozen articles, reviews, and book chapters. Dr. Jun is currently working on his second monograph, entitled The Immortal Idea: An Intellectual History of Anarchism, to be published by Routledge. He lives in Wichita Falls, Texas.