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Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy at the University of 91吃瓜, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). He will be formally inducted at a ceremony in October in Cambridge, Mass.

Founded during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock and others, the AAAS is the nation鈥檚 leading learned society. It recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science, scholarship, public affairs and the arts.

A faculty fellow in 91吃瓜鈥檚 , Ameriks specializes in the history of modern philosophy, continental philosophy, and modern German philosophy. He has dedicated much of his research to the study of Immanuel Kant about whom he has published multiple books, including 鈥淜ant and the Historical Turn鈥� and 鈥淜arl Leonhard Reinhold, Letters on the Kantian Philosophy.鈥�

A member of the 91吃瓜 faculty since 1973, Ameriks received his bachelor鈥檚 and doctoral degrees from Yale University.

Seventeen other 91吃瓜 faculty members have been elected to the AAAS. They are: Gerald L. Bruns, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English; the late George Craig, professor of biology; Roberto DaMatta, Rev. Edmund P. Joyce Professor of Anthropology; Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P., John Cardinal O鈥橦ara Professor of Theology; Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus and professor emeritus of theology; Sabine G. MacCormack, Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor of Arts and Letters; Alasdair MacIntyre, research professor of philosophy; Rev. Ernan McMullin, John Cardinal O鈥橦ara Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History; Guillermo O鈥橠onnell, professor of political science; Timothy O鈥橫eara, provost emeritus and Howard J. Kenna Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Alvin Plantinga, Rev. John A. O鈥橞rien Professor of Philosophy; the late Philip Quinn, John A. O鈥橞rien Professor of Philosophy; Ingrid Rowland, professor of architecture; Lawrence Sullivan, professor of theology; Eugene Ulrich, Rev. John A. O鈥橞rien Professor of Theology; and Peter van Inwagen, John Cardinal O鈥橦ara Professor of Philosophy.