Victor Saenz, Ph.D.

Victor Saenz, Ph.D., is executive director of the Houston Institute, an academic nonprofit whose mission is to help the people of Rice University think deeply about the best way to live through the study of the liberal arts, especially philosophy and literature. For five years he taught in the Rice Philosophy Department, focusing on Plato and Aristotle and the philosophy of religion. His academic work has appeared in Apeiron, Ancient Philosophy Today, and The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Dr. Saenz is currently working on a series of academic articles on Plato and Aristotle’s ethics. He also serves as a bioethics scholar at the Paul Ramsey Institute. Dr. Saenz holds a B.A. in philosophy and classics from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in philosophy from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rice University.