Nkiru Nzegwu
SUNY Distinguished Prof; Nelson Mandela Visiting Prof, Rhodes Univ, South Africa, Prof Extraordinarius, Univ of South Africa
Africana Studies
Biography
Professor Extraordinarius, University of South Africa, UNISA, School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies.
Member, SUNY Distinguished Academy Board
Member, 2020-2021 University-wide Advisory Council on Distinguished Professorships
Education
- PhD, University of Ottawa
- MA, BA (Hons), University of Ife
Research Interests
- Feminist philosophy
- African philosophy
- African women studies
- African and African Diaspora art and aesthetics
Teaching Interests
- Artificial Intelligence and Racism
- Race, Philosophy & the Law
- African Intellectual Traditions
- African Art and Aesthetics
- African Women and Feminism
Honors and Awards
- Residency Award, Office of the Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen鈥檚 University, Canada
- Senior Humanities Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles
- Senior Research Grant, The Getty
- Society for The Humanities, Fellowship, Cornell University
- Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship
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