Rate My Professor Gary Comstock

Gary L. Comstock serves as the Alumni Association Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. He joined NC State as Professor of Philosophy in 2002, following a twenty-year tenure at Iowa State University where he progressed from Assistant to Professor of Religious Studies. Comstock holds a Ph.D. in Religion and Literature (1983) and an A.M. in Religious Studies (1977) from the University of Chicago, as well as a B.A. with High Honors in Religious Studies and English Literature from Wheaton College (1976). Throughout his career, he has directed the NC State Research and Professional Ethics program, served as an ASC Fellow at the National Humanities Center (2007-2009), acted as Editor-in-chief of "On the Human" (2009-2012), and presided over the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (1993-1994). His accolades include the NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award (2015), induction into the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers (2015), the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor title (2020), and Best Paper awards for “The Prawn Hypothesis” (2022) and “Imagining Other Species’ Pains” (2025).