Douglas Ficek is a doctoral student in philosophy at Temple University, where he is also a graduate researcher at the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought.  In addition to his work at Temple, Ficek also teaches philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, where he lives. Ficek specializes in Africana philosophy, but he also does work in critical race theory, philosophy of existence, philosophy of religion, philosophy of liberation, social and political philosophy, and theoretical and applied ethics.

Articles by Douglas Ficek

1 "Rawls, Race, and Reparations," Radical Philosophy Review, Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2, Fall 2003.

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2 "Humanism: African-American Liberation (A)theology," Free Inquiry, Volume 21, Number 4, Fall 2001.

3 "College Students Talk Politics: Revisited," Kettering Exchange, Fall 2000.

4 "Distinction without Difference: Oyèrónké Oyewùmí and The Invention of Women," Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 32, Number 4.

Forthcoming work

1 "The Humanism of Africana Philosophy," Shifting the Geography of Reason II: Gender, Science, and Religion. Proceeding of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, eds. Marian P. Banchetti-Robino and Clevis R. Headly, London: Cambridge Scholars Press.