He is a professor of religion at the University of Vermont and "a world-renowned expert on the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas".
cum laude in philosophy from Yale University in 1966; his roommate was Joe Lieberman, who later served as United States Senator.
[3] Following his Carnegie Fellowship, Sugarman resumed teaching as a part-time instructor of philosophy and religion at the University of Vermont in 1970.
The author of several books, he specializes in the interstices between phenomenology, Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and ancient and modern humanities.
"[1] According to Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, "one of his journal articles in Phenomenological Inquiry was on Pope John Paul II's nightstand the day he died.