Robert Switzer is an associate professor at The American University in Cairo's (AUC), Department of Philosophy. He received his BA and MA from the University of Toronto (1982, 1983), and his PhD from The Pennsylvania State University (1989). 

Previously, Switzer has also been a member of the faculty at The University of Alabama (Huntsville), Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), John Cabot University (Rome) and the Collegium Phenomenologicum (Perugia, Italy). Switzer’s activities at AUC have taken many forms, from co-organizer of two conferences to his role as performer/director of "An Evening of Poetry and Music" (April 1998), honoring the memory of Tom Lamont. He has served as the director of the Core Curriculum and founding dean of Undergraduate Studies and The Academy of Liberal Arts (2011-2017), as interim dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (2017-2019), as well as in numerous other roles including department chair (2002-2004 and 2010-2011), acting director of the Center for American Studies (2006-07) and chair of the Provost’s Commission on Liberal Education (1995-1998).