PHILOSOPHY
Dr. Jennifer Lisa Vest is a mixedblood poet and philosopher originally from Chicago, whose work is grounded in and guided by her ancestry of multiplicity. Dr. Vest has a PhD in Indigenous Philosophies from UC Berkeley and is the founder of the field of Philo-Poetics which combines philosophy, critical theory, story telling and poetry. She is an escaped academic who contributed to the shaping of Native American and African philosophies through her service fro many years on the boards of: The International Society of African Philosophy and the APA Committee on the Status of Indigenous Philosophers. She has published in the areas of African philosophy, Caribbean philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Native American Philosophy, and Mixed Philosophy in journals such ass Philosophical Topics, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, and the Journal of Caribbean Studies
Publications in Philosophy
Articles
“What Would Philosophic Pluralism Look Like: True Dialogue, Epistemic Credibility, Rational Parity, and Death in the University” Philosophical Topics 45 (Spring 2015)
“What Doesn’t Kill You: Existential Luck, Postracial Racism, and the Subtle and Not so Subtle Ways the Academy Keeps Women of Color Out.” Seattle Journal for Social Justice 12.2 (Fall/Winter 2013)
“Perverse and Necessary Dialogues in African Philosophy” Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1.2 (2009)
“The Promise of Caribbean Philosophy: How it Can Contribute to a 'New Dialogic' in Philosophy." Journal of Caribbean Studies. 33. 2 (Jul-Dec 2005)
“The Internally Globalized Body As Instigator: Crossing Borders, Crossing Races” In Florida without Borders: Women at the Intersection of the Local and Global. Sharon Masters, Judy A. Hayden and Kim Vaz, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008; 75-88.
"Being and Not Being, Knowing and Not Knowing" Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience. Tina Fernandes Botts, ed.. New York: Lexington Books, 2016
“What Would Philosophic Pluralism Look Like: True Dialogue, Epistemic Credibility, Rational Parity, and Death in the University” Philosophical Topics 45 (Spring 2015)
“What Doesn’t Kill You: Existential Luck, Postracial Racism, and the Subtle and Not so Subtle Ways the Academy Keeps Women of Color Out.” Seattle Journal for Social Justice 12.2 (Fall/Winter 2013)
“Perverse and Necessary Dialogues in African Philosophy” Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1.2 (2009)
“The Promise of Caribbean Philosophy: How it Can Contribute to a 'New Dialogic' in Philosophy." Journal of Caribbean Studies. 33. 2 (Jul-Dec 2005)
“The Internally Globalized Body As Instigator: Crossing Borders, Crossing Races” In Florida without Borders: Women at the Intersection of the Local and Global. Sharon Masters, Judy A. Hayden and Kim Vaz, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008; 75-88.
"Being and Not Being, Knowing and Not Knowing" Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience. Tina Fernandes Botts, ed.. New York: Lexington Books, 2016