Christa Acampora serves as the Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. Her philosophical research and teaching focus on moral psychology and artificial intelligence, and her administrative areas of expertise include research development, faculty advancement, and student success in a variety of institutional contexts. She has led numerous projects that span the full spectrum of disciplines and professions, and her leadership experiences include enterprise-level responsibilities—inclusive of academic health centers and health systems—as well as school-level responsibilities, including enterprise-minded partnerships.

Acampora is author, co-author, or editor of seven books, and has published dozens of articles and book chapters. Her broad philosophical interests range from the conceptions of responsibility to the beauty of baseball. Her current work examines various forms of moral breakdown and what they can show us about morality more generally.

She has earned numerous fellowships and developed successful grant proposals funding her own academic work, institutional development, and university-wide signature initiatives. She was previously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, leading an institutional grant that engaged the broader public in discussions about experiences of war using classic and contemporary sources from the humanities, social sciences, and medical literatures.

Prior to her appointment at UVA, she served as Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs at Emory, serving as the chief deputy to the provost and as a strategic thought partner for stewarding Emory’s academic mission. In that capacity, she supported implementation of the university’s strategic plan, including advancing strategic research initiatives, faculty and leadership recruitment, institutional development, graduate and undergraduate education, and academic innovation. For nearly two decades, she taught and mentored students at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Before leaving Hunter, she served as the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Research.