JP Messina

Promoted to Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
jpmessin@purdue.edu

JP Messina received his master’s degree from Georgia State University and Ph.D. from the University of California-San Diego, and his bachelor’s degree from Wagner College, all in philosophy.

His research covers several areas—including moral and political philosophy, the ethics of data science, and the history of practical philosophy—unified around philosophical notions of freedom.

Messina’s first book, Private Censorship, was recently published through Oxford University Press. His work has appeared in several scholarly venues, including Philosophers' Imprint; the Canadian Journal of Philosophy; the Journal of Applied Philosophy; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; Kantian Review; and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.

Before joining the faculty at Purdue, he held research positions at the University of New Orleans and Wellesley College.