Anthony Chemero

Chemero's research is both philosophical and empirical, with a focus on nonlinear dynamical modeling, ecological psychology, complex systems, phenomenology, and social cognition. He is the author of more than 100 articles and the books Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other (2026, Columbia University Press), Radical Embodied Cognitive Science (2009, MIT Press), and Phenomenology: An introduction (2015/2023, Polity; with Stephan Käufer ). His first book was a finalist for the Lakatos Prize for Philosophy of Science.

He has recently received the Richard M. Shiffrin Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University (2026), The Graduate Student Mentor Award from Student Success at the University of Cincinnati (2026), the Rieveschl Award for Creative/Scholarly Activity (2022), and the University Distinguished Research Award, the Latino Faculty Association Excellence in Research Award (2019).

Chemero received his Ph.D. in philosophy and cognitive science from Indiana University in 1999. From then until 2012, he taught at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M), where he was Professor of Psychology. He then taught as Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. In the Fall of 2026, Chemero became Professor of Philosophy and Connected Computing at Vanderbilt University.