Primary research interests for Jacob Tuttle, Ph.D., lie in medieval and late scholastic metaphysics—especially the metaphysics of causation, explanation, and intrinsic change. He also has intersecting interests in early modern philosophy, contemporary metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. His recent publications have focused on efficient causation in the late scholastic philosopher Francisco Suárez (1548–1617).

Dr. Tuttle’s work has been published in Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Review of Metaphysics, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, and edited collections from Cambridge and Routledge. In 2015, he received the Founders Award from the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. Tuttle did his PhD work at Purdue, where he studied under Jeffrey Brower. Before arriving at St. Thomas, he held several visiting appointments, most recently at Georgetown. He’s taught a wide variety of undergraduate courses on topics such as human nature, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and the history of philosophy. He can be recognized on campus by his signature straw hat, which he wears from March until October.