Ronald Weed is a professor of philosophy who co-wrote 24 and Philosophy: The World According to Jack, along with Jennifer Hart Weed and Richard Brian Davis. Originally raised in Boston, Weed got his master's degree at the University of Toronto, and later his PhD from Saint Louis University. He, along with Jennifer Weed, currently teaches at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, and focuses on subjects ranging from philosophy to ancient Greek.