John Kaag
Associate, Transcendentalism Initiative
John Kaag is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research and teaching focus on American philosophy, existentialism, and the history of ideas. He is the author of American Philosophy: A Love Story (FSG, 2016), Hiking with Nietzsche (FSG, 2018), and Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (Princeton, 2020), and co-author of Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living (Princeton, 2023). In addition to his academic scholarship, his writing has appeared in venues such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.