PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Professor, 2024 (starting Fall 2024) -
Syracuse University
Associate Professor, 2020 - 2024
Assistant Professor, 2018 – 2020
Affiliate Faculty Member, Women’s and Gender Studies, 2019 - 2024
Affiliate Faculty Member, African American Studies, 2020 - 2024
University of Memphis
Assistant Professor, 2012 – 2018
Pennsylvania State University
Alain Locke Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011 – 2012
Africana Research Center, Affiliate Fellow, 2011 - 2012
EDUCATION
2006 – 2011 Department of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, PhD
Dissertation: Communicating Offense: The Sordid Life of Language Use
Supervised by Howard McGary, Ernie Lepore, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Peter Kivy, Ishani Maitra
2004 – 2006 University of Missouri at St. Louis, B.A. Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude
2004 – 2006 Pierre Laclede Honors College, Honors Certificate
Areas Of Interest
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Humor, African American Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Social Epistemology
PUBLICATIONS
Edited Volumes
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Book Reviews
In Progress
Interviews
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
Conference Activity
Organizing
Commentary
TEACHING
Graduate
Undergraduate
SERVICE
Service to the Department and University
Ad-hoc Reviewing
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Professor, 2024 (starting Fall 2024) -
Syracuse University
Associate Professor, 2020 - 2024
Assistant Professor, 2018 – 2020
Affiliate Faculty Member, Women’s and Gender Studies, 2019 - 2024
Affiliate Faculty Member, African American Studies, 2020 - 2024
University of Memphis
Assistant Professor, 2012 – 2018
Pennsylvania State University
Alain Locke Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011 – 2012
Africana Research Center, Affiliate Fellow, 2011 - 2012
EDUCATION
2006 – 2011 Department of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, PhD
Dissertation: Communicating Offense: The Sordid Life of Language Use
Supervised by Howard McGary, Ernie Lepore, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Peter Kivy, Ishani Maitra
2004 – 2006 University of Missouri at St. Louis, B.A. Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude
2004 – 2006 Pierre Laclede Honors College, Honors Certificate
Areas Of Interest
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Humor, African American Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Social Epistemology
PUBLICATIONS
Edited Volumes
- The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Race(co-edited with Paul Taylor and Linda Martin Alcoff), (2017) Routledge.
- Spindel Supplement: Language, Power, and Society. Southern Journal of Philosophy56:S1 (2018) Wiley.
Journal Articles
- “Whiteness is the Greatest Racial Fraud,” (2021), Boston Review.
- “Roasting Ethics,” (2020), Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 78(4): 451 – 464.
- “Why So Serious? An Inquiry on Racist Jokes” (2020), Journal of Social Philosophy (available online).
- “Understanding in a Time of Unrest,” (2020), C4EJ 6.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses” (2017), Philosophical Topics 45(2):1-19.
- “Modeling Inclusive Pedagogy: Five Approaches to the Canon” (w. Verena Erlenbusch), (2017) The Journal of Social Philosophy, 48(1): 6-19.
- “Racist Humor” (2015), Philosophy Compass 10(8): 501 – 509.
- “What Did You Call Me? Slurs as Prohibited Words” (with Ernie Lepore) (2013), Analytic Philosophy 54(3):350 – 363.
- “Slurring Words” (with Ernie Lepore) (2013), Nous 47(1):25 – 48.
Book Chapters
- “Slurs” (2019) The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh Lafollette),
- “Philosophical Investigations of the Taboo of Insult” (2018), pp. 233-247, in Keith Allan (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language, Oxford University Press.
- “Calling, Addressing, and Appropriation” (2018), pp. 6-28, in David Sosa (ed.), Bad Words, Oxford University Press.
- “Racist Humor” in (2017), pp. 465-469, in David Goldblatt, Lee Brown, and Stephanie Patridge (eds.), Aesthetics: A Reader in the Philosophy of the Arts, 4thEdition, Routledge Press. [This is an abridged and slightly revised version of the original Philosophy Compass article].
- “Epistemic Injustice and the Philosophy of Race” (2017), pp. 139-148, Jose Medina, Gaile Pohlhaus, and Ian Kidd (eds.), The Routledge Handbook to Epistemic Injustice, Routledge.
- “When Reporting Others Backfires” (2016), pp. 253-264, in Capone, A., Kiefer, F., Lo Piparo, F. (eds.)Indirect Reports and Pragmatics, Springer.
- “A Brief Essay on Slurs” (with Ernie Lepore) (2013), pp. 507-514, in Alessandro Capone (ed.) Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy. Springer.
- “Language and Race” (with Sally Haslanger and Rae Langton) (2012), pp. 753-767, in Gillian Russell and Delia Graff Fara (eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Language. Routledge.
Book Reviews
- Review of Glasgow, Haslanger, Jeffers, and Spencer, What Is Race? Four Philosophical Views, Ethics 131(2): 390 – 394 (2020).
- Review of Paul C. Taylor Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics, in The Philosopher’s Magazine(2018).
- Review of Jennifer Saul Lying, Misleading, and What is Said: Explorations in the Philosophy of Language and in Ethics, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2013).
In Progress
- The Ethics of Racial Humor [monograph]
- Oxford Handbook for Applied Philosophy of Language (w. Ernie Lepore)
- “Notorious Thugs”
- Language Matters: Race, Discourse, and the Limits of Understanding, monograph
- “Hate Speech” (commissioned by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- “Exploring Racial Injustice” Co-edited special issue for Journal of Social Philosophy (w. Yolonda Wilson).
- “On Slurs: A Response,” (with Ernie Lepore), New York Times“The Stone”, December 24, 2010.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Philosopher, July 29, 2016, (1944 words)
- “Why Black People Can Use the N-Word: A Perspective,” Word: The Online Journal of African American English. {1036 words)
- “The Original Position,” WiPhi. [This is a 6:24 minute video that briefly describes John Rawls’ notion of the “original position”].
- The UnMute Podcast with Myisha Cherry[http://unmutetalk.podbean.com/e/episode-014-luvell-anderson-on-slurs/?token=0190d1721db7670ebb8ca7224bfa91e8]
Interviews
- “Luvell Anderson on Slurs and Racial Humor” in Unmuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice, ed. Myisha Cherry (2019). Oxford University Press.
- MOCH Freeburg Fellow, Spring 2018
- Professional Development Assignment, 2015-16
- Travel Enrichment Award, 2013
- Mellon Summer Grant, 2010
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
- “TBD”, Symposium on Lucy O’Brien, Aristotelian Society/Mind Association, July 10 – 13, 2022.
- “TBD,” Keynote, Great Lakes Philosophy Conference, Siena Heights University, April 8 – 10, 2022.
- Author Meets Critics, Response to The Politics of Language (Jason Stanley and David Beaver), Central APA, February 23 – 26, 2022.
- “TBD,” Colloquium, Tufts University, November 12, 2021.
- “TBD,” Colloquium, York University, November 10, 2021.
- “Notorious Thugs,” Keynote, University of Vienna Graduate Philosophy Conference, June 5 – 7, 2021 (via Zoom).
- “Racial Satire,” Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy, June 21, 2021.
- “Navigating Racial Satire,” Colloquium, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 5, 2021.
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Philosophy and Race Conference, University of San Diego, February 23, 2021 (via Zoom).
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Colloquium, University of Nevada-Reno, February 18, 2021.
- “Notorious Thugs,” Social and Political Philosophy of Language Workshop, UNC-Chapel Hill/NC State, July 31 – August 2 (via Zoom).
- “In discussion with Cynthia Willet on Uproarious: How Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth,” Emory University, February 25, 2021 (to be rescheduled due to Covid).
- BLM Futures, Eastern APA (SPEP Session), January 5, 2021.
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Colloquium, Roehampton University, December 9, 2020 (via Zoom).
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Keynote, NIU Graduate Philosophy Conference, November 13, 2020.
- “Slurs,” (Guest Lecture for Matt Benton’s seminar), Seattle Pacific University, November 3, 2020.
- “The N-Word: Some Considerations,” MAP Group Berlin, October 28, 2020.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, July 20 – 24, 2020.
- Black Philosophers Conference, Vanderbilt University, June 4 – 6, 2020 (cancelled due to Covid).
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Colloquium, Buffalo State University, April 1, 2020 (cancelled due to Covid).
- Response to Just Words, Author meets Critics, Pacific APA
- “Notorius Thugs,” Slurs Workshop, Technical University of Berlin, March 9 – 14, 2020.
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Utica College Colloquium, February 20, 2020.
- “Inclusive Pedagogy,” Barnard College, December 11, 2019.
- “Laughing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Comedic Imagination,” Brown University Colloquium, November 22, 2019.
- “Ethics, Language, and Research,” Cuse Seminar in Ethical Issues in LLL Research and Teaching, November 15, 2019.
- “Laughing in the Dark,” Philosophy and Comedy Conference, University of Kent, October 25 – 27, 2019.
- “Navigating Racial Satire,” Royal Holloway University of London, October 23, 2019.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Colloquium, Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club, October 22, 2019.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Colloquium, Columbia University, October 10, 2019.
- “Racial Realities,” Colloquium, Cornell University, October 4, 2019.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Colloquium, NYU, September 13, 2019.
- “Racial Realities,” Language, Concepts, and the Construction of Social Hierarchy, University of Melbourne, July 15-17, 2019.
- “Appropriation,” Cornell University (Guest Lecture for Will Starr’s Graduate Seminar), May 1, 2019.
- “Social Philosophy of Language,” Rutgers Semantics Workshop, April 25-28, 2019.
- TBD, Colloquium, University of Minnesota-Morris, April 11, 2019.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Colloquium, University of San Diego, March 15, 2019.
- “Modeling Inclusive Pedagogy,” MAP talk, UC Berkeley, February 28, 2019.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Invited Symposium (w. Noel Carroll), Eastern APA, New York, NY, January 7-10, 2019.
- “Racial Realities,” Colloquium, Princeton University, November 16, 2018.
- “Understanding Black Humor,” Colloquium, Claremont McKenna College, November 2, 2018.
- “Roasting Ethics,” Colloquium, Colgate University, November 7, 2018.
- “Roasting Ethics”, Colloquium, Vassar College, October 3, 2018.
- “Social Philosophy of Language,” Colloquium, GAP.10, Cologne, Germany, Sept. 17-21, 2018.
- “Insults,” Pragmasophia Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 18-21, 2018.
- “Racial Realities,” Invited session, American Sociological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 11-14, 2018.
- “Racial Realities,” Language and Authority Conference, Yale University, April 20-21, 2018.
- “Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Virginia, April 13, 2018.
- “Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Alabama-Birmingham, April 6, 2018.
- “Understanding Black Humor,” AAIHS Conference, Brandeis University, March 30-31, 2018.
- “Understanding Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, Mar 2, 2018.
- “Understanding Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, Mississippi State University, Feb 16, 2018.
- “Understanding Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, Duke University, Feb 9, 2018
- “Mentoring Diversity,” Symposium, Rice University, Jan. 26-27, 2018.
- "Peer Review, Underrepresented Scholarship, and (Questions of) Responsibility" 2018 Eastern APA panel, Savannah, GA, Jan. 3-6, 2018.
- “Understanding Racial Realities,” Philosophy Colloquium, Ohio State University, Dec 1, 2017
- “Navigating Racial Satire,” ASA Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 15-18, 2017.
- “Understanding Resistant Realities,” “Who’s Got the Power? Philosophical Critique of Social and Political Structures,” Conference, Keynote speaker, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, October 6-7, 2017.
- “Black Humor, White Interpretation,” Race, Art, and Aesthetics Conference, Oberlin College, Sept. 29-30, 2017.
- “Notorious Thugs,” Philosophy Colloquium, St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN, Sept. 13, 2017.
- “Understanding Racial Realities,” Society of Philosophy and Psychology, Baltimore, MD, June 29 - July 1, 2017.
- “Roasting Ethics,” The Ethics and Aesthetics of Stand-up Comedy, Bucknell University, April 19 – 27, 2017.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” University of Texas at Austin, Colloquium in the Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies, Austin, TX, March 20-22, 2017.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Philosophy Colloquium, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH, March 10, 2017.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Philosophy Colloquium, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, TBA
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, January 19, 2017.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Colloquium, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, December 9, 2016.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” RIP, University of Memphis, December 2, 2016.
- “Calling, Addressing, and Appropriation,” Speech Act Theory Workshop, Cornell University, November 11 – 14, 2016.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Colloquium, MIT, October 14, 2016.
- “Hermeneutical Impasses,” Colloquium, UBC, BC, Canada, September 23, 2016.
- “Notorious Thugs” and “Navigating Racial Satire,” University of Colorado-Boulder, July 21 – 24, 2016.
- “James Baldwin on the Legitimacy of Black Language,” GRSelona3: philosophy of gender, race, and sexuality, Barcelona, Spain, June 23-24, 2016.
- “Can White People Appreciate Rap?” Race and Racism Workshop, Stonehill College, South Easton, MA, June 4, 2016.
- “Navigating Racial Satire,” Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humor, UNC-Chapel Hill, April 8-9, 2016.
- “Epistemic Injustice and the Philosophy of Race,” DEX3, UC-Davis, March 29-30, 2016.
- Pedagogy and Diversity (with Verena Erlenbusch), MAP Workshop, Princeton University, February 13, 2016.
- “Notorious Thugs,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of San Francisco, September 2, 2015.
- “Calling, Addressing, and Appropriation,” Philosophy Colloquium, Purdue University, April 9 2015
- “Notorious Thugs,” Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, April 2-4, 2015
- “Can White People Appreciate Rap?,” Sociology Brown Bag, University of Memphis, March 20, 2015
- “Can White People Appreciate Rap?,” Thomas Hayes Procter Memorial Lecture, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, March 11 2015
- “Teaching while Black” (with John Torrey), invited session on “Diversity, Philosophy and Education,” Eastern APA, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 27-30 2014
- “Notorious Thugs,” Philosophy Colloquium, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2014
- “Calling, Addressing, and Appropriation,” Philosophy Brown Bag Series, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2014
- “Notorious Thugs,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Oct. 3 2014
- “Notorious Thugs,” California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race, Milwaukee, Sept. 19-20 2014
- “On Racial Violence,” 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece, Aug. 4-10, 2013.
- “On the Possibility of Culturally-Specific Illocutionary Acts,” Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, March 2014
- “On the Possibility of Culturally-Specific Illocutionary Acts,” Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February 2014
- “On the Possibility of Culturally-Specific Illocutionary Acts,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Charleston, February 2014
- “On the Possibility of Culturally-Specific Illocutionary Acts,” Symposium on Slurs, Eastern APA, Baltimore, MD, December 2013
- “On the Possibility of Culturally-Specific Illocutionary Acts,” Centre for Social and Political Thought Speaker Series, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, December 2013
- “Slurs and Slurring,” Department of Philosophy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, November 2013
- “Racial Humor, Epistemic Costs, and Implicit Bias,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2013
- “The Semantics and Pragmatics of Racial Slurs,” Department of Philosophy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, October 2013
- “Slurs and Censorship,” Department of Philosophy, Colby College, Waterville, September 2013
- “The Ethics of Appropriation,” Department of Philosophy , Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, September 2013
- “Language and Society,” Invited Session, Central APA, New Orleans, February 2013
- “Expletives,” Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, July 2012
- “The Normativity of Offense,” Washington University in St. Louis, April 2012
- “Humor and Racial Stereotypes,” Implicit Bias and Philosophy Workshop, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, June 2012
- “Appropriating Offensive Racial Slurs,” Department of Philosophy, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, January 2012
- “Doing Things With Bad Words,” Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, February 2012
- “Ethics and Speech,” Department of Philosophy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, December 2011 (via Skype)
- “Organizing Africana,” Articulating Africana Philosophy Conference, Penn State University, State College, PA, November 2011
- “When Jokes are Racist,” Rock Ethics Seminar Workshop, Penn State University, State College, PA, February 2011
- “How Racist Language Affects You,” Paul Robeson Cultural Center Open Forum, Penn State University, State College, PA, October 2011 (Invited)
- “Enlightenment Principles and Racist Language,” Department of Philosophy, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, March 2011
- “What’s Meaning Got To Do with It? Slurring Words and Offense,” Department of Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, CA, January 2011
- “Slurring Words,” Department of Philosophy, City College of New York, NY, April 2011
- “Slurring Words,” Pacific APA Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 2011
- “Slurring Words,” Workshop on Generics, Epithets, and Bias, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2010
- “Slurring Words,” Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 2008
Conference Activity
Organizing
- 36th Spindel Conference, speakers: Sally McConnell-Ginet, Andrea Pitts, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Terrence Tucker, Rebecca Kukla, José Medina, Lynne Tirrell, Imani Perry. The University of Memphis, Sept. 22-23, 2017.
- Ida B. Wells Philosophy Conference (with John Torrey). The University of Memphis, Nov. 18, 2016.
- Ida B. Wells Philosophy Conference (with Corey Barnes). The University of Memphis, 2012-2015.
Commentary
- Comments on Ralph Difranco’s “Appropriate Slurs,” Pacific APA San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2016.
- Author meets Critics Session, Elisabeth Camp’s “Slurs as Dual Speech Acts,” Central APA, St. Louis, MO, Feb 18-21, 2015
- Comments on Ishani Maitra’s “On The Plurality of Pejoratives,” Pacific APA San Francisco, CA, February 2013
- Comments on Joshua Mugg’s “What Are the Cognitive Costs of Racism? A Reply to Gendler,” Eastern APA, Atlanta, GA, December 2012
- Comments on Jeremy Pierce’s “Race and Context-Sensitivity,” Pacific APA, Seattle, WA, April 2012
- Comments on Jeff Watson’s “Mending the Broken Promises of the Past: On Responsibility to Repair Historical Wrongs,” Central APA, Minneapolis, MN, March 2011
TEACHING
Graduate
- PHIL 7/8040: Slurs, Spring 2017, University of Memphis
- PHIL 7/8040: Race and Science, Spring 2015, University of Memphis
- PHIL 7/8203: Meaning, Spring 2013, University of Memphis
Undergraduate
- PHIL 1102: Values in the Modern World, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017 University of Memphis
- PHIL 3880: Language and Power, Fall 2017
- PHIL 3411: Contemporary Moral Problems, Fall 2014, University of Memphis
- PHIL 3741: African American Philosophy, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, University of Memphis
- PHIL 1101: Honors Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2012, University of Memphis
- Racist Language, Spring 2012, Pennsylvania State University
- Persons, Moral Value, and the Good Life, Fall 2011, Pennsylvania State University
- Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy, Spring 2010, Rutgers University
- Introduction to the Philosophy of Language, Fall 2009, Rutgers University
SERVICE
Service to the Department and University
- Executive Committee [Syracuse]: 2019 – 2020
- Graduate Admissions [Syracuse]: 2021
- Special Paper Committee [Syracuse]: Adam Patterson (2018), Chris Bousquet (2020, chair), Emine Naz Oktay (2021)
- Humanities Center Advisory Board [Syracuse]: (2020-21)
- Colloquium Speaker Committee, 2018-2019 (Syracuse U.)
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2017- 2018 (U. of Memphis).
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2017-2018 (U. of Memphis).
- Faculty Senator (Philosophy), 2016-2017 (U. of Memphis).
- Programming Committee, 2016-17 (U. of Memphis).
- Reviewer for National Council for Undergraduate Research, 2016/17 (U. of Memphis).
- MOCH Scholarship Committee, Spring 2017 (U. of Memphis).
- BA Assessment Committee (Chair), Fall 2014 – 2015. (University of Memphis)
- Faculty Evaluator for Student Research Forum, Fall 2014
- Faculty Advisor for Discover Your Major Day booth, 2013, 2014
- Faculty Advisor for Ida B. Wells Philosophical Conference, Fall 2012 – Present. (University of Memphis)
- Simco Lecture Advisory Committee, 2014-15; 2016-17. (University of Memphis)
- Faculty Advisor for the Philosophy Circle, Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 (University of Memphis)
- Graduate Admissions Committee, Spring 2013, Spring 2017 (University of Memphis)
- Marcus Orr Scholarship Selection Committee Member, 2014, 2015 (University of Memphis)
- Committee on the Status of Underrepresented Groups (C-Surg), 2013 – Present. (University of Memphis)
- Theoretical Comprehensive Exam Committee (Fall 2012)
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Advising and Mentoring - Graduate Mentoring: William Osborne
- Teaching Mentor: William Osborne (2018-19, Syracuse), Rowen Bell (2020-1, Syracuse)
- Dissertation Co-Director: John Torrey (U. of Memphis)
- Dissertation Committee Member: Christina Friedlander (U. of Memphis), Chris Lucibella (U. of Memphis), Samaiyah Scott (U. of Memphis), Michael Hunter (UC Davis; outside reader)
- Dissertation Committee Member (completed): Clifton Granby (U. of Memphis), Corey Barnes (U. of Memphis), Jordan Liz (U. of Memphis), B. Tamsin Kimoto (U. of Memphis-2015-17; transferred to Emory)
- Graduate Teaching Mentor: Lucas Olsen
- Graduate Teaching Mentor: Josh Dohmen
- Informal Undergraduate Mentor: Taylor Hill (U of Memphis), Brandon Gobourne (CUNY)
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Service to the Discipline - Eastern APA Nominating Committee: 2021 – 2023.
- Editorial Advisory Board Member: Public Philosophy Journal
- Advisory Board Member: Mellon Publication Ethics
- 2017-18 Eastern APA Planning Committee
- APA Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession, 2015 - 2018
- APA Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers, 2012-2015
- ASA Diversity Committee Member, 2012-present
- Editorial Panel Member for Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 2012-present
- Co-Founder of The Society of Young Black Philosophers (est. 2011)
Ad-hoc Reviewing
- Southern Journal of Philosophy
- Philosophical Perspectives
- Ethics
- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
- Australian Journal of Linguistics
- Mind
- The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Language
- Dialectica
- Philosophical Studies
- Journal of Pragmatics
- Journal of Political Philosophy
- Linguistics and Philosophy
- Crítica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía
- Critical Philosophy of Race
- Erkenntnis
- Thought
- Ergo
- Hypatia
- Social Theory and Practice
- Inquiry
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
- American Philosophical Association
- American Society for Aesthetics