Dr. Robert McNamara is associate professor of philosophy and head of department at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Ireland, adjunct professor for Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA, while also tutoring periodically at the ITI Catholic University, Vienna, and the Maryvale Institute, England. Robert researches anthropological and metaphysical themes in ancient, medieval, and phenomenological thinkers, especially Aristotle, Aquinas, and Edith Stein, with a defined focus on philosophical personalism in the Christian tradition, and is an associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies, an associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland (currently suspended). He has studied physics, computing, philosophy, and theology, and brings a multidisciplinary perspective to his work. He currently resides in Maynooth, Ireland, with his wife, Caroline, and their four children.