I am a historian of philosophy specialized in early modern philosophy. My research focuses on 17th-C. philosophy and on Baruch Spinoza in particular.

I recently pursued this work as a Solmsen Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin - Madison. The Solmsen fellowship supported my project: Spinoza and the Philosophy of War.

For 2025-2026 I will take up a position Louisiana State University as a postdoctoral researcher in the Ogden Honors College. I was previously a visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans.

Another recent project of mine was co-editing with Stephen Howard (Freiburg) The Edinburgh Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy (forthcoming Dec. 2025). I am also co-founder with Charles Ramond (Paris 8) of the research seminar: Spinoza à Paris 8. Together we co-edited Spinoza in Twenty-First Century American and French Philosophy (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019).

I hold a PhD and MA from the Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis. I hold a BA from Cornell University.

Please feel free to contact me at jckstetter@gmail.com or find me on LinkedIn, PhilPeople, and Academia.edu.