Andy Amato

Ph.D. - History of Ideas
University of Texas at Dallas - 2011

M.T.S - Theology
Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas - 2006

B.F.A - Painting & Drawing / Religion
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - 1998

Journal Article
"Reimagining Plausibility: In Defense of Marcuse’s Philosophy of Science and Technology" in Radical Philosophy Review, 2025 2025 - publications

Book
The Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson (Bloomsbury) 2024 - publications

Essay
“A Silent Fool: Cordelia’s Subversive Silence in King Lear,” in Athenaeum Review, 2020, Issue 5, Winter 2020 - publications

Book
The Ethical Imagination in Shakespeare and Heidegger (Bloomsbury)  2019 - publications

Art Reviews and Criticism
Glasstire {Texas visual art} 2014 - publications

Art Reviews and Criticism
Arts & Culture Texas 2013 - publications

Book Chapter
“The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō,” in Levinas and Asian Thought, Duquesne University Press 2013 - publications

Encyclopedia Entry
“Friendship,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer Publishing  2011 - publications

Professor of Instruction in Philosophy
UTD [2022–Present]

Associate Professor of Instruction in Philosophy
UTD [2019–2022]

Senior Lecturer
UTD [2015–2019]

Lecturer
UTD [2012–2015]

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2023                             
• Love and Be Silent: Shakespeare, Emerson, Power
North Texas Philosophical Association, 52nd Annual ConferenceUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
2019                            
• Book Talk: The Ethical Imagination in Shakespeare and Heidegger North Texas Philosophical Association, 51st Annual ConferenceUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
2018                             
• Ravished by Beauty: Emerson and the Essence of Religion
North Texas Philosophical Association, 50th Annual ConferenceUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
2017                             
• Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and Heidegger’s ‘Letter on Humanism’North Texas Philosophical Association, 49th Annual ConferenceUniversity of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2016                             
• Tragic Efficiency—‘Coriolanus’ & ‘The Question Concerning Technology’North Texas Philosophical Association, 48th Annual Conference El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
2014                             
• Free for Dying—Reading at the Intersection of ‘Being and Time’ & ‘Hamlet’ North Texas Philosophical Association, 47th Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 
2013                             
• Poetic Dwelling as Restoration in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’North Texas Philosophical Association, 46th Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 
2012                             
• The Rift and Reason in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ North Texas Philosophical Association, 45th Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 
2011                             
• Read Dangerously: Hermeneutical Violence and The Humanities NMWT Philosophical Association Annual Conference University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 
• The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through BushidōNorth American Levinas Society, Annual ConferenceTexas A&M University, College Station, Texas 
• Towards a Metaphysics of SignificanceNorth Texas Philosophical Association, 44th Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 
2010                             
• Revolutionary Subordination: The Possibility of Sacrifice in a Violent WorldNinth Biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 
2009                             
• Understanding Imagination: Reading Kant & Heidegger Through Shakespeare North Texas Philosophical Association, 43rd Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 
2009                            
• [subterranean] haven: Towards a Collaborative Trans-media Art ProjectResearch, Art, Writing [RAW] SymposiumUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 
2008                            
• Ethics as First PhilosophyNorth American Levinas Society, Annual Conference Seattle University, Seattle, Washington 
• A Daring Hospitality: The Ethics of Poetic TimeNorth Texas Philosophical Association, 42nd Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 

INVITED LECTURES, CAMPUS TALKS, OUTREACH

          2020 

• Studying Philosophy at University – Liberty High School Philosophy Club
• Shakespeare and Philosophy – 1st Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at UTD

          2019

• Philosophy of Religion – UTD Philosophy Club

          2018

• Calculative and Contemplative Thinking – UTD Philosophy Club

          2017

• Existentialism – UTD Philosophy Club

          2016

• Studying the Humanities in College – Ursuline Academy

          2014

• Reading Shakespeare Philosophically – Ursuline Academy

          2013

• The Origin of Storytelling and Why it Matters – Eastfield College 

          2012

• The Rift and the Reason: Heidegger and Shakespeare on Art and Truth – Alvernia University

ART EXHIBITIONS

          2020

• Naked, with Fur, Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, SP/N Gallery, Richardson, Texas

          2013

• Chaos, Curated Group Exhibition Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas 

          2010

• Quantum Dada, Curated Group Exhibition Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas 
• Wish! Auction, Charity Group Exhibition [ Dallas Contemporary ], Dallas, Texas 

          2009

• XVI Annual New Texas Talent, Juried Group Exhibition Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas 

          2008

• UnNatural Disasters, Group Exhibition 
• How To Paint With a Hammer, Two-Person Show, UTD 

          2007

• Babeloney, Curated Group Exhibition Austin College, Sherman, Texa
• 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas 

          2003

• 2003, Curated Group Exhibition Alpine Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
• 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas 

CURATORIAL WORK

          2012

• Monstrous Coupling – Curated Group Exhibition, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Richardson, Texas 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Dallas Area Society for European Inquiry (DASEIN)
• North American Levinas Society 
• Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) 
• New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society North 
• Texas Philosophical Association 
• Radical Philosophy Association