Tony Bolos
DIRECTOR OF NEW COLLEGE MADISON
Tony is currently leading the New College Madison initiative for the Foundation, which is dedicated to developing courses and academic research on topics related to Christianity at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is also the project lead for a recently awarded grant from the John Templeton Foundation: Higher Pursuits 2.0: Enlarging the Impact of the Christian Study Center Movement.
Previously, Tony served as Executive Director of New Hope Peru, which serves vulnerable populations in southern Peru. He led the organization through a period of significant growth and worked with government officials, ministers, and community leaders to launch a pilot foster care program, the first of its kind in the region. Before that, he held a Templeton postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem and taught philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University, offering courses in ethics, philosophy of science, and epistemology. At VCU he also co-founded Scholé House, a place where students, faculty, and the Richmond community engage with scholarship in the Christian tradition.
Tony earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion from Denver Seminary, and a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Crown College. Originally from Utica, New York, Tony lived in Peru both as a teen and, more recently, with his family in Arequipa.
Previously, Tony served as Executive Director of New Hope Peru, which serves vulnerable populations in southern Peru. He led the organization through a period of significant growth and worked with government officials, ministers, and community leaders to launch a pilot foster care program, the first of its kind in the region. Before that, he held a Templeton postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem and taught philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University, offering courses in ethics, philosophy of science, and epistemology. At VCU he also co-founded Scholé House, a place where students, faculty, and the Richmond community engage with scholarship in the Christian tradition.
Tony earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion from Denver Seminary, and a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Crown College. Originally from Utica, New York, Tony lived in Peru both as a teen and, more recently, with his family in Arequipa.