Heather L. Reid is Scholar in Residence at the Exedra Mediterranean Center in Siracusa, Sicily, and Professor of Philosophy at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. She is a 2015 Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 2018-2020 Fellow of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC, and 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. As founder of the Fonte Aretusa organization, she promotes conferences and publishes research on the heritage of Western Greece. She has published numerous books and articles in ancient philosophy, philosophy of sport, and Olympic Studies. She has also been invited to …
Heather L. Reid is Scholar in Residence at the Exedra Mediterranean Center in Siracusa, Sicily, and Professor of Philosophy at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. She is a 2015 Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 2018-2020 Fellow of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC, and 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. As founder of the Fonte Aretusa organization, she promotes conferences and publishes research on the heritage of Western Greece. She has published numerous books and articles in ancient philosophy, philosophy of sport, and Olympic Studies. She has also been invited to lecture on these topics in Beijing, London, Rome, Seoul, and at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece. She is past president (2005-2007) and recipient of the distinguished service (2009) and distinguished scholar (2015) awards of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. She serves on the boards of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. Her books include Olympic Philosophy (2020), Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport (2012), Athletics and Philosophy in the Ancient World: Contests of Virtue (2011), and The Philosophical Athlete (2002, 2nd ed. 2019). She is also co-author of The Olympics and Philosophy (2012), Aretism: An Ancient Sports Philosophy for the Modern Sports World (2011), and Filosofia dello Sport (2011). Her research explores the relationship between ethics and athletics in ancient Greece and Rome; she is currently focusing on the virtues and values of women’s sport in the ancient world.