Stokes Hall North 229
Philosophy of Race
Africana Philosophy
Alain Leroy Locke
Pragmatism
I come to Boston College after several years at Howard University,聽including as Chair of the Department. Prior to that, I聽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聽African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora Book Series聽(Palgrave/Macmillan). My聽most recent publications include聽Insurrectionist Ethics: Radical Perspectives on Social Justice聽(Palgrave/Macmillan, 2023) and聽Philosophizing the Americas聽(Fordham University Press, 2024).聽
In 2024-2025, Prof.聽Carter will be on research leave as a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies Historically Black College or University (H情色空间U).
Carter, J. A. and Estevez, H. A. eds. Philosophizing the Americas: An Inter-American Discourse. New York: Fordham University Press 2024.聽
Carter, J. A. and Scriven, D. eds. Insurrectionist Ethics: Radical Perspectives on Social Justice. New York:聽 Palgrave 2023.聽
Carter, J. A. African American Contributions to the Americas鈥 Cultures: A Critical Edition of Lectures by Alain Locke. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2016.聽
Carter, J. A. 2014. Does 鈥渞ace鈥 have a future or should the future have 鈥渞aces鈥?聽 Reconstruction or eliminativism in a pragmatist philosophy of race. Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society 50:1 29鈥47.聽聽
Carter, J. A. 2013. The insurrectionist challenge to pragmatism and Maria W. Stewart鈥檚 feminist insurrectionist ethics. Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society 49:1 54鈥73.