Michael Ferry is an associate professor of philosophy at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Michael grew up in central Pennsylvania. After earning his BA at St. Joseph’s University and his PhD at Georgetown University, he taught for a year at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County before joining the faculty at Spring Hill College, where he has taught for the past ten years. At Spring Hill, Michael teaches a range of courses in moral and political philosophy, and he currently serves also as the Director of the Honors Program and as the Faculty Assembly Chair. Michael is married with 13 year old twins.