Christopher Shields, a specialist in ancient philosophy and metaphysics, joined the Department of Philosophy at Notre Dame last year, after spending ten years at the University of Oxford, where he was chair of the Faculty Board of Philosophy and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He also previously served on the philosophy and classics faculties at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colby College, and has held visiting positions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, St. Louis University, Yale, Cornell, and Stanford, among other institutions. Professor Shields has published widely on the ancient philosophers, primarily on Aristotle and Plato, and has received awards for both his teaching and research. Among his books are Aristotle (2014); Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2011); The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, with Robert Pasnau (2003); and Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy, ed., (2002).