Paul H. Benson, Ph.D. is Interim Provost and professor of philosophy. Dr. Benson specializes in ethics and moral psychology. He served as Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2014 and as Associate Dean for Integrated Learning and Curriculum from 2005 to 2007. He served as Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy from 2001 to 2004. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, in philosophy from St. Olaf College in 1979. He was awarded a four-year Danforth Graduate Fellowship and a one-year Whiting Foundation Dissertation Fellowship to pursue doctoral work at Princeton, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1984. He taught at Virginia Tech and the University of Vermont before coming to the University of Dayton in 1985. Before being appointed Department Chair, he served as Director of the CORE Program and was twice named a finalist for the College of Arts and Sciences' outstanding teaching award.