Sugarman received his B.A.cum laudeinphilosophy from Yale University in 1966; his roommate was Joe Lieberman, who later served as United States Senator.[2][1] One of his professors was John Daniel Wild, and he also was mentored by Paul Weiss.[1] After serving as a Carnegie Teaching Fellow in philosophy at Yale during the 1966–1967 academic year, he went on to receive an M.A. from Yale in 1969 and a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1976, both in philosophy.[2] His thesis was entitled, Toward a Phenomenology of Ressentiment.[3]
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Following his Carnegie Fellowship, Sugarman resumed teaching as a part-time instructor of philosophy and religion at the University of Vermont in 1970.[1] He became a full-time instructor of philosophy and religion in 1971 before moving to the newly formed religion department in 1974.[1] In addition to receiving tenure in 1978, he was subsequently promoted to assistant professor (1976), associate professor (1986) and professor (2002) of religion. The author of several books, he specializes in the interstices between phenomenology, Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and ancient and modern humanities.[2] He is also "a world-renowned expert on the Lithuanian-born philosopher Emmanuel Levinas."[1]
According to Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, "one of his journal articles in Phenomenological Inquiry was on Pope John Paul II's nightstand the day he died."[1]
Sugarman, Richard (1980). Rancor Against Time: The Phenomenology of 'Ressentiment'. Hamburg: F. Meiner. ISBN9783787304561. OCLC6598022.
Sugarman, Richard; Simone, R. Thomas (1986). Reclaiming the Humanities: The Roots of Self-Knowledge in the Greek and Biblical Worlds. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN9780819150936. OCLC12695582.
Sugarman, Richard; Duncan, Roger B. (2006). The Promise of Phenomenology: Posthumous Papers of John Wild. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN9780739109427. OCLC61651779.
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