Leonard Harris (philosopher)

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Leonard Harris in 2005

Leonard Harris is a professor of philosophy at Purdue University. He also serves as director of the Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. program at the university.

He has previously been a member of the graduate faculty, and former Director of African American Studies at Purdue University. He is a specialist in the philosophical work of Alain LeRoy Locke.

He is one of the founding members behind Philosophy Born of Struggle (PBOS).

Honors[]

• William Paterson University’s University Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2002–2003;
• , W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, 2001–2002;
• Fulbright Scholar, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1998–1999;
• Visiting Scholar, King's College, Cambridge, UK, Visiting Scholar, summer 1984,
• Portia Washington Pittman Fellow (named for Portia Pittman), Tuskegee Institute, 1980–81,
• , Fellow, 1976-77.

Bibliography[]

Authored[]

• , co-author, , Chicago University Press, 2008, 448 pp.^[1]

Edited[]

• , Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 1984, 316 pp.
• , New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999, 357 pp.
• , Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989, 332 pp
• , (Co-editor with , ), Oxford: , 2002, 456 pp.
• Racism, New York: , 1999, 484 pp.

See also[]

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

References[]