Dr Zachary Isrow

Zachary Isrow is a Tenure-track faculty member at Hudson Valley Community College. Previously, he served as Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair of Humanities at Beacon College. Born in Germany, he earned his BA from Aurora University in Philosophy, a Masters from University of Chicago, and a PhD in Humanities (Philosophy and Anthropology) from Alma Mater Europaea. He is finishing a second PhD in Behavioral Economics at Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu. He is the author of many articles and chapters, and his first book, The Spectricity of Humanness was published in 2022 with DeGruyter. He is currently working on a second book focusing on future-oriented ethics. In his academic work, he is concerned most primarily with the ontological foundations of humanness and the implications of contemporary realisms on our understanding of what makes us human. Just as prominent are his creative pursuits as a composer. His first musical, Raven’s Stars, for which he composed the music, and co-wrote the lyrics and script premiered in Chicago in March 2023. He is currently working on the scripts and scores of two animated films as well as another musical.