George Yancy | |
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| Born | George Dewey Yancy June 3, 1961 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, New York University, Duquesne University |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions | Duquesne University Emory University |
| Thesis | Whiteness and the return of the "Black body" (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fred Evans |
Main interests | Critical theory of race, critical whiteness studies, African American philosophy, philosophy of the body |
| Website | www |
George Dewey Yancy (born June 3, 1961)[1] is an American philosopher who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He is a distinguished Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, one of the college's highest honors.[2] In 2019–20, he was the University of Pennsylvania's Inaugural Provost's Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow. He is the editor for Lexington Books' "Philosophy of Race" book series.[3] He is known for his work in critical whiteness studies, critical philosophy of race, critical phenomenology (especially racial embodiment), and African American philosophy, and has written, edited, or co-edited more than 20 books. In his capacity as an academic scholar and a public intellectual, he has published over 250 combined scholarly articles, chapters, and interviews that have appeared in professional journals, books, and at various news sites.
Yancy has authored numerous essays and conducted interviews at both The New York Times' philosophy column "The Stone," [4] and at Truthout, which is "a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues." Additionally, he has published at CounterPunch, The Guardian, Inside Higher Ed, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. At "Academic Influence," Yancy has been called one of the top 10 influential philosophers in the decade spanning 2010–2020, due in part to the number of citations and web presence.[5]