Stephen T. Asma (born 1966) is Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar at Columbia College Chicago.[1] He is also a Senior Fellow of the Research Group in Mind, Science, and Culture at Columbia College Chicago.[2]
Asma is a recipient of the Henry Luce Foundation grant, Public Theologies of Technology and Presence. He is exploring friendship and prosocial affect in the digital age.[10]
Together with Paul Giamatti, Asma is co-host and executive producer of the podcast Chinwag.[11]
Asma also plays music professionally, with various bands, playing bluesorjazz.[12][13][14] He played with Bo Diddley in the 1990s.[15] He has also worked as a professional freelance illustrator.[16][17][18]
Following Form and Function: A Philosophical Archaeology of Life Science. Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Northwestern University Press. 1996.
Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001.
^"Swing Hakim". Stephen T. Asma (rhythm and slide guitar) is a Chicago blues man who has performed and toured across the country with many great bluesmen, such as Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, and B. B. King
