Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture. Hibbs has also served as Director of Baylor in Washington, D.C.  Hibbs has a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and served as a tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas.

Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has taught widely in interdisciplinary core programs at Boston College and Baylor.  Hibbs’ BC class on nihilism, philosophy and popular culture, which regularly drew more than 100 students, was featured in a Boston Globe article.  With his wife, Dr. Stacey Hibbs, he teaches a Baylor Capstone course on Friendship. 

Hibbs has published more than thirty scholarly articles and eight books, the most recent of which is Wagering on an Ironic God: Pascal on Philosophy and Faith (Baylor University Press, 2017).