Areas of Specialization:  African-American Philosophy, Post-Kantian Philosophy/ German Idealism, Hegel, and Philosophy of Race

Areas of Competence:  Feminist Philosophy and Metaphilosophy

I specialize in exploring the philosophical dimensions of the black experience. My dissertation focused on the black reception of Hegel, and Hegelian themes still serve as a foundation for much of my work.

With my training in the history of philosophy, I examine how African-American figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Anna Julia Cooper provide unique answers to our philosophical questions. Currently, I am working on completing a monograph titled, The Truth of Race: The Metaphilosophy of W. E. B. Du Bois. I am editing a volume Du Bois on Political Economy for Oxford New Histories of Philosophy with several co-editors. 

My research also encompasses Feminist Philosophy. I am interested in the theoretical connection between race and gender. Looking ahead, my second major project will focus on what I think of as Anna Julia Cooper's maternal theory of race. 

Representative Publications:

• Du Bois’s “Conservation of Races”:  A Metaphilosophical Text, Metaphilosophy
• Du Bois and Hegelian Idealism, Idealistic Studies
• The Faithfulness to Fact, forthcoming in The Monist
• Book Review: Melvin L. Rogers's The Darkened Light of Faith, forthcoming in Ethics
• Review Essay: Robert Bernasconi's Critical Philosophy of Race: Essays, forthcoming in Mind
• Du Bois on the Practical and Intriguing Value of Hegel, under review
• The Gender Problem with Black Solidarity, draft
• Sexism as Racism, research in progress
• Racial Fetishization, research in progress

Should you be interested in my drafts, contact me at kharris@virginia.edu