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Jacoby Carter

Associate Professor

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Jacoby Carter

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall North 229

Education

  • Ph.D., Purdue University

Research Interests

Philosophy of Race

Africana Philosophy

Alain Leroy Locke

Pragmatism

Department

Philosophy

Biography

I come to Boston College after several years at Howard University, including as Chair of the Department. Prior to that, I taught at the City University of New York: John Jay College of Criminal Justice. My work began with a focus on American pragmatism, specifically in figures such as John Dewey and Alain Leroy Locke. My current research interests include Africana philosophy, social and political philosophy, value theory (applied ethics), philosophy of race and pragmatism. I am also the Director of the Alain Leroy Locke Society and editor of the African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora Book Series (Palgrave/Macmillan). My most recent publications include Insurrectionist Ethics: Radical Perspectives on Social Justice (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2023) and Philosophizing the Americas (Fordham University Press, 2024). 


In 2024-2025, Prof. Carter will be on research leave as a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies Historically Black College or University (HBCU).

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