Writer | Professor | Philosopher | Theologian
RESEARCH
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Literature:
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African American Literature: 1950s-1960s (Wright, Ellison, Baldwin)
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African-American Thought (Cornel West, James Cone, bell hooks)
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Shakespearean Studies (Shakespearean Tragedy, Shakespearean Sonnets)
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Philosophy and Theory:
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Ancient Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle)
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Analytic Philosophy (Wittgenstein, Russell)
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Continental Philosophy (existentialism, ontology, epistemology, phenomenology)
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Critical Theory (Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Gender, Postcolonialism, Marxism, Critical Race, Cultural Studies)
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Hermeneutics (philosophical, theological, biblical interpretation)
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Literary Theory (emphasis in applications to Shakespeare)
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Modern French Philosophy (Foucault, Derrida, Sartre)
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Modern German Philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger)
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Posthumanism (Animal Studies, Philosophy of Technology, Race)
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Rhetoric (Classical, Argumentation Theory, Modern)
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Theology:
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Christian and Systematic Theologies (Macquarrie, Bultmann, Rahner, Tillich)
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Christian Existentialism (Kierkegaard)
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Existential Theology (Heidegger-influenced: Macquarrie, Rahner, Bultmann, Tillich)
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History of Christianity (primitive Christianity, the Early Church, Reformation)
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New Testament (Canonical Texts and Non-Canonical Literature)
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