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University of Detroit Mercy, CLAE<\/p>\n
4001 W. McNichols Rd.<\/p>\n
Detroit, MI 48221 U.S.A.<\/p>\n
Phone # (313) 993-1124<\/p>\n
Email: presbegm@udmercy.edu<\/p>\n
https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/gailpresbey\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/philpeople.org\/profiles\/gail-presbey<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND<\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n DEGREES:<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PhD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fordham University, 1989, Philosophy<\/p>\n Dissertation: \u201cHannah Arendt on Political Action: From Theory to Practice,\u201d James Marsh, Mentor.<\/p>\n MA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fordham University, 1983, Philosophy<\/p>\n MA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wayne State University, 2022, History. Specialization: World History.<\/p>\n BA \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Detroit, 1981, Honors Program; Summa Cum Laude. <\/p>\n CERTIFICATES:<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Graduate Certificate in World History, Wayne State University, 2016<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Areas of Specialization<\/u>: Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy in Africa, Philosophy of Peace and Nonviolence.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Areas of Competence<\/u>: Comparative Philosophy, Ethics, History of Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, World History, African History, Latin American History.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n University of Detroit Mercy. Full Professor of Philosophy, August 2007\u2013present. Department Chair, August 2009–2012 and 2024–present \u00a0(rotating 3 year appointments in the dept).<\/p>\n University of Detroit Mercy. Affiliate Faculty, Department of History, 2022- present.<\/p>\n University of Detroit Mercy. Associate Professor of Philosophy, August 2003\u20132007.<\/p>\n University of Detroit Mercy. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, August 2000\u20132003.<\/p>\n University of Nairobi, Kenya. Fulbright Senior Scholar, Philosophy, 1998\u20132000.<\/p>\n Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1991\u20131998.<\/p>\n University of Nairobi, Kenya. Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, July 1995\u2013May 1996. Volunteer teaching during sabbatical.<\/p>\n Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 1989\u20131991<\/p>\n Iona College, New Rochelle, New York. Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy, 1988<\/p>\n Fordham University, Bronx, New York. Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy, 1986\u20131988<\/p>\n Fordham University, Bronx, New York. Teaching Fellow, Philosophy, 1983\u20131985<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DIRECTORSHIPS and ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2002\u2013present. University of Detroit Mercy: Director, James Carney Latin American Solidarity Archives. In charge of public programming on Latin American Peace and Justice issues (12 or more speakers yearly), planning and hosting art exhibits (bi-annually), collecting and overseeing cataloging of archival papers, and hosting an annual fundraiser dinner for the UCA Jesuit Martyrs Scholarship (University of Central America \u2013 El Salvador), editing and posting videos to the CLASA you tube channel. See CLASA website<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023, Chair, Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference (appointed by the Academic Vice President and Provost). See GLBD website<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n 2023: Planned and administered the Fall 2023 conference, which had over 400 attendees and thirty sessions, with the help of a planning committee. Wrote a successful grant proposal to Fund for Equal Justice, to support the conference. Co-wrote, with Tim Hipskind, S.J., Chelsea Manning, and Prasad Venugopal, a successful grant to Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to provide funds for the 2023 conference in context of the Laudato Si<\/em> seven year challenge. Administered a grant from Kellogg Foundation to cover the basic expenses of the conference. See a description of my ongoing responsibilities, below in 2021.<\/p>\n 2020-2022, Co-Chair, Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference (appointed by the Academic Vice President and Provost). See GLBD website<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n 2022: Planned and administered the Fall 2022 conference, which had over 350 attendees, with help of a Co-Chair and a planning committee. Co-wrote (with Gloria Rivera, IHM) a successful grant proposal to Fund for Equal Justice, to support the conference. Co-wrote, with Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos and Grace Gamble, a successful grant to Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to provide funds for the 2022 conference in context of the Laudato Si<\/em> seven year challenge. See a description of my ongoing responsibilities, below.<\/p>\n 2021: Organized in-person conference for over 200 attendees, including recruiting and communicating with sponsors, planning the program and communicating with presenters and program design staff, reserving facilities on campus and buses, taking minutes of planning committee meetings and ensuring committee members had tasks to accomplish, organizing student volunteers, overseeing finances and accounts and completing paperwork, updating website and sending out (thousands of) emails.<\/p>\n 2020: Planned, hosted, recorded, edited, oversaw captioning, and posted on you tube four videos for our virtual presentations (due to covid).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Albertus Magnus College: Founder and Director of Peace and Justice Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, 1990\u20131991. Created new curriculum; spearheaded having new minor approved, recruited and advised students in the minor, and taught core courses for the minor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fordham University: Co-Founder and Assistant Director for the Peace and Justice Studies Program, 1987-88. Co-authored proposal to begin the program, co-designed the new curriculum, and taught core courses for the certificate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AWARDS<\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n 2025: Peace Action of Michigan PeaceBuilder Award.<\/p>\n 2018: Pax Christi Michigan Purple Ribbon for Peace Award.<\/p>\n 2006: Mission Leadership Award, University of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2003: Faculty Achievement Award, University of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 1994: Faculty Extraordinary Performance Award, Marist College.<\/p>\n 1981: John C. Vismara Philosophy Award, University of Detroit.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n GRANTS<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Institutional grants \u2013 all grants below are authored, submitted, and awarded.<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023:\u00a0\u00a0 Co-principal investigator, with Prasad Venugopal, Tim Hipskind, and Chelsea Manning, grant from Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to provide funds for the 2023 Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference in context of campus-wide efforts to fulfill year one of the Laudato Si<\/em> seven year challenge<\/p>\n 2023: \u00a0 Fund for Equal Justice (Buck Dinner) grant, to provide funding for the Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference.<\/p>\n 2022: \u00a0 Co-principal investigator, with Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos (Prasad Venugopal) and Grace Gamble, grant to Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to provide funds for the 2022 Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference in context of campus-wide efforts to fulfill year one of the Laudato Si<\/em> seven year challenge.<\/p>\n 2022: \u00a0 Fund for Equal Justice (Buck Dinner) grant, to provide funding for the Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference. Co-written with Gloria Rivera, IHM.<\/p>\n 2011:\u00a0\u00a0 Micro-Mission Grant, to bring in two speakers to address peace and justice from Mercy and Jesuit perspectives, in conjunction with CLASA. Funded internally by UDM.<\/p>\n 2005-06, 2006\u20132007, 2007-08, and 2008-09: Grant funded by the Jesuit Community at UDM to cover costs of running the James Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (UDM) and its public programming.<\/p>\n 2006\u20132007 and 2007-08: Grant funded by the Mercy Ministry Project to cover costs of running the James Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (UDM) and its public programming.<\/p>\n 2008:\u00a0 J. William Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence award, to enable University of Detroit Mercy to host a scholar from Kenya, Oriare Nyarwath of the Philosophy Department, University of Nairobi, for five months (January-May).<\/p>\n 2000: Grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, East Africa office, to cover costs of East African participants to the 6th<\/sup> International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS) conference, University of Nairobi, April 2000. They also covered costs of publication of the book, Thought and Practice in African Philosophy<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Individual (research)<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023:\u00a0\u00a0 Fulbright Hays Seminar Abroad award. The Mexico-USA Seminar Abroad is organized by the Mexico-U.S. Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS).<\/p>\n 2022:\u00a0\u00a0 Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Feminist Teaching Grant, funded by U of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2022:\u00a0\u00a0 Paid Research Leave, for Winter 2022 semester, funded by U of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2020:\u00a0\u00a0 Paid Research Leave, for Fall 2020 semester, funded by U of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2016:\u00a0\u00a0 Fulbright Hays Group Study Abroad award for one month curricular research on Afro-Brazilian history and culture, Salvador, Bahia and Sao Luis, Maranhao, June-July 2016.<\/p>\n 2015-16: Grant for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship (GAFS), awarded by the Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program (funded by U OF DETROIT MERCY).<\/p>\n 2014-15: Paid Research Leave, for Winter 2015 semester, funded by U of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2012-13: Paid Research Leave, for Winter 2013 semester, funded by U of Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 2011-12: Research grant, awarded by MFA Internal Research Fund Committee (funded by U of Detroit Mercy).<\/p>\n 2011: Grant for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship (GAFS), awarded by the Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program (funded by U of Detroit Mercy).<\/p>\n 2010-11: Research grant, awarded by MFA Internal Research Fund Committee (funded by U of Detroit Mercy).<\/p>\n 2009: Research grant, funded by University of Detroit Mercy Professors Union.<\/p>\n 2008: Research Grant, funded by Mellon Funds for Humanistic Studies.<\/p>\n 2008: Research grant, funded by University of Detroit Mercy Professors Union.<\/p>\n 2007: Research Grant, funded by Mellon Funds for Humanistic Studies.<\/p>\n 2006\u20132007: Paid Research Leave, University of Detroit Mercy, August 2006- May 2007.<\/p>\n 2006: Research grant, funded by Mellon Funds for Humanistic Studies.<\/p>\n 2005: J. William Fulbright Research award, \u201cGandhi\u2019s Ahimsa,\u201d 6 months (January\u2013June), hosted by World Peace Center, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India. Funded by Institute of International Education, Council on International Exchange of Scholars.<\/p>\n 2001: Jesuit 100 Association Faculty Summer Stipend for Course Development, University of Detroit Mercy, funded by the Jesuit Community at Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n 1998\u20132000: J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar award (Lecturing and Research). Kenya, originally granted for ten months (1 September 1998\u201330 June 1999); renewed for a second ten months (1 September 1999\u201330 June 2000). Funded by the Institute of International Education, Council on International Exchange of Scholars<\/p>\n 1997: Marist College Travel Grant, for South Africa (conference\/research) 8 March\u201324 March. Funded by Marist College.<\/p>\n 1995\u20131996: Marist College Sabbatical, funded by Marist College, 15 July 1995\u201314 July 1996.<\/p>\n 1993: Marist College Summer Research Grant, for Kenya, 1 June\u201331 July, funded by Academic Vice President\u2019s office, Marist College.<\/p>\n 1988\u20131989: Dissertation Fellowship, Fordham University, funded by Fordham University, September 1988\u2013May 1989.<\/p>\n 1983\u20131985: Teaching Fellowships, Fordham University, funded by Fordham University, 9\/83-5\/84; renewed for 9\/84-5\/85.<\/p>\n 1981\u20131983: Graduate Assistantships, Fordham University, funded by Fordham University; September 1981\u2013May 1982; renewed, September 1982 May 1983.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CERTIFICATES: not involving university credit-bearing coursework<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2017: Meta Peace Team, Certificate of Completion, \u201cTraining for Trainers,\u201d June 2017.<\/p>\n 2016: The Center for Latino\/a and Latin American Studies, Wayne State University, Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to the Community. . . April 2016.<\/p>\n 2015: Certificate of Completion of the Oral History Institute, Kenyon College, sponsored by Ohio Humanities and Kenyon College, June 2015.<\/p>\n 2014: Peace and Justice Studies Association Recognition of Board Service with the PJSA, and Dedication to the Work of Peace and Justice, for Service Enhancing the Fields of Nonviolence and Peace Studies<\/p>\n 2002: Certificate of Appreciation, Kenya Students and Nationals Association\u2013Michigan<\/p>\n 1998: Certificate of Appreciation for Surpassing Service to the Marist College Praxis Project<\/p>\n 1993: Certificate in Recognition of Outstanding Service Provided to the Marist Community<\/p>\n 1992: New York State Certificate in Community Mediation<\/p>\n 1992: Certificate, Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, Alternatives to Violence Program<\/p>\n 1991: Certificate of Appreciation for Campus Volunteer Work, Albertus Magnus College Community Corner Project<\/p>\n 1989: Certificate in Gandhian Studies, Gandhigram Rural University, Madurai, India<\/p>\n 1988: Certificate in Peace and Justice Studies, Honoris Causa, Fordham University<\/p>\n 1981: Certificate of Academic Excellence, University of Detroit<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PUBLICATIONS:<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Books<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gail M. Presbey, The Life and Thought of H. Odera Oruka: Pursuing Justice in Africa<\/em>. In Bloomsbury Studies in World Philoso<\/em>phy series. Foreword by Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach. London: Bloomsbury Publishers, 2023.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gail M. Presbey, Editor, Philosophical Perspectives on the \u201cWar on Terrorism.\u201d<\/em> Value Inquiry Book Series vol. 188. New York: Rodopi Publishers, 2007. Twenty articles, 490 pp. In addition to editing, I wrote the preface (pp. xvii\u2013xix), Introduction (pp. 1\u201319), and chapter 9 (listed above). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/9789401204354<\/em> [Online<\/em><\/a>.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gail M. Presbey, Daniel Smith, Pamela Abuya, and Oriare Nyarwath (Eds.), Thought and Practice in African Philosophy<\/em>. Nairobi, Kenya: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2002. 25 chapters, 324 pp. In addition to editing, I wrote the Introduction, pp. xi\u2013xxv, and chapter 23 (listed above). (now online<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gail M. Presbey, Karsten Struhl, and Richard Olsen (Eds.), The Philosophical Quest: A Cross-Cultural Reader<\/em>, Second edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000, 648 pp, which has over twenty-five percent new material. With co-authored Instructor\u2019s Guide (217 pp.). Overall input on the book, especially regarding selections on African, African-American, Islamic, Native American, and some South Asian and feminist philosophies. With special responsibility that included writing all introductory material for the chapters on Ethics, Meaning of Life, and Social Justice. [Online<\/em><\/a>.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gail M. Presbey, Karsten Struhl, and Richard Olsen (Eds.), The Philosophical Quest: A Cross-Cultural Reader<\/em>. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Journal Articles, peer reviewed<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTrinidad\u2019s Role in the Development of Nonviolent Strategies: Focus on C.L.R. James,\u201d Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research<\/em>, 50\/1 (2025), 22-34. Feb. 5, 2025 – Early view.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHow Nonviolent Movements in the Caribbean Influenced Pan-Africanism,\u201d Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research<\/em>, 48\/2 (2023), 103-116 [abstract<\/em><\/a>], and Online first<\/em><\/a>, May 8, 2023.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWomen\u2019s Rights in Kenya since Independence: The Complexities of Kenya\u2019s Legal System and the Opportunities of Civic Engagement,\u201d Journal of Social Encounters<\/em>, thematic issue on Democracy and Political Change, 6\/1 (2022), 32-48. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSophie Oluwole\u2019s Contribution to African Philosophy,\u201d Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy<\/em>, 35\/2 (Spring\/May 2020), 231-242. [full text<\/em><\/a>] DOI: 10.1017\/hyp.2020.6<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBukusu and Amazonian Perspectives on Harmonious Relations with the Other,\u201d Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture<\/em>, 23\/1 (2019), 1-54. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Best of Both Worlds: Philosophy in African Languages and English Translation,\u201d APA Newsletter on Indigenous Philosophy <\/em>16\/2 (Spring 2017), 7-14. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGandhi, Dube and Abdurahman: Collaborations to end Injustice in South Africa,\u201d in World History Bulletin<\/em>, 32\/1 (Spring 2016), 5-11. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOdera Oruka and Mohandas Gandhi on Reconciliation,\u201d Polylog: Forum f\u00fcr interkulturelles Philosophieren<\/em>, 34\/2 (2015), 187-208. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGandhi\u2019s Many Influences and Collaborators,\u201d in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, <\/em>35\/2 (August 2015), 360-369. [full text<\/em><\/a>] DOI: 10.1215\/1089201x-3139144<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGlobalization and the Crisis in Detroit,\u201d in Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, <\/em>15\/1-2 (2015), 261-277. DOI: 10.1163\/15691497-12341344 [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u76d6\u5c14\u00b7\u666e\u96f7\u65af\u8d1d, \u80af\u5c3c\u4e9a\u8de8\u6c11\u65cf\u4e0e\u8de8\u4e16\u4ee3\u7684\u201c\u56fd\u5bb6\u6587\u5316\u201d\u6784\u5efa\u00a0\u00a0(\u201cAttempts to create an Inter-ethnic and Inter-generational \u2018National Culture\u2019 in Kenya),\u201d \u300a\u7b2c\u6b27\u6839\u5c3c\u300b(Diogenes), <\/em>(Chinese translation of article published in French in 2011, see below), 60\/2, 2014, 21-38. DOI: 10.1177\/0392192113493726<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAttempts to create an Inter-ethnic and Inter-generational \u2018National Culture\u2019 in Kenya,\u201d Diogenes, <\/em>(English version of article published in French in 2011, see below), 59\/3-4 (2014), 48-59. [full text]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWomen\u2019s Empowerment: The Insights of Wangari Maathai,\u201d Journal of Global Ethics<\/em>, 9\/3 (December 2013), 277-292. \u00a0[abstract<\/em><\/a>] [full text<\/em><\/a>] DOI: 10.1080\/17449626.2013.856640<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEvaluating the Legacy of Nonviolence in South Africa\u201d (Revised and republished), Journal of Natal and Zulu History<\/em>, Special Edition: 1913, Satyagraha, Passive Resistance and its Legacy, 31\/2 (2013), 139-168.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cKenyan Sages on Equality of Sexes,\u201d Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK) Special Issue: Odera Oruka Seventeen Years On.<\/em> New Series, 4\/2, (December 2012), pp.111-145. http:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/tp<\/em><\/a> or http:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/tp\/article\/viewFile\/88142\/77779<\/em><\/a> \u00a0\u201cTeaching \u2018Philosophy of Feminism\u2019 from a Global Perspective,\u201d in APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy<\/em>, 12\/1 (Fall 2012), 4-9.<\/p>\n \u201cB\u00e2tir une \u00abculture nationale\u00bb interethnique et interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelle au Kenya\u201d\/ \u201cAttempts to create \u2018National Culture\u2019 including Inter-ethnic and Inter-generational Community in Kenya,\u201d Diog\u00e8ne<\/em>\/Diogenes: <\/em>Revue Internationale des Sciences Humaines<\/em> special issue on \u201cCommunity and Africana Philosophy,\u201d Vol. 59, issue # 235-236, 62-80, 2011\/3. (The same article is online in the English version of the journal). DOI: 10.3917\/dio.235.0060 [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cArendt on Language and Lying in Politics: Her Insights Applied to the \u2018War on Terror\u2019 and the U.S. Occupation of Iraq,\u201d Peace Studies Journal<\/em> 1\/1 (November 2008), pp. 32-62. (See: http:\/\/peaceconsortium.org\/peace-studies-journal\/archives).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTeaching about Racism and Sexism in Introduction to Philosophy Classes,\u201d APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy<\/em> 7:2 (Spring 2008) pp.\u00a0 5-13. See http:\/\/c.ymcdn.com\/sites\/www.apaonline.org\/resource\/collection\/D03EBDAB-82D7-4B28-B897-C050FDC1ACB4\/v07n2Feminism.pdf<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSage Philosophy: Criteria that Distinguish it from Ethnophilosophy and Make It a Unique Approach within African Philosophy,\u201d Philosophia Africana<\/em>, 10:2 (August 2007), 127-160. DOI: 10.5840\/philafricana20071023<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEvaluating the Legacy of Nonviolence in South Africa,\u201d Peace and Change<\/em>, 31:2 (April 2006), pp. 141\u2013174. DOI: 10.1111\/j.1468-0130.2006.00351.x<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cChallenges of Founding a New Government in Iraq,\u201d Constellations: an International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory<\/em>, 12:4 (December 2005), pp. 521\u2013541. DOI: 10.1111\/j.1351-0487.2005.00431.x<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cScrutinizing Justifications for Increased Surveillance,\u201d Human Rights Global Focus<\/em>, 2:4 (December 2005), pp. 4\u201314.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMahmood Mamdani\u2019s Analysis of Colonialism Applied to the U.S.-led War on Iraq,\u201d<\/p>\n Polylog:<\/em> Forum for Intercultural Philosophy<\/em>, 5 (2004), http:\/\/them.polylog.org\/5\/apg-en.htm<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSage Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Creatively Coping with Negative Emotions,\u201d International Journal of Philosophical Practice<\/em>, 2:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 1\u201320, found at: http:\/\/npcassoc.org\/journal\/table-of-contents\/vol-2-no-1<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Struggle for Recognition in the Philosophy of Axel Honneth, Applied to the Current South African Situation and Its Call for an \u2018African Renaissance,\u2019\u201d Philosophy and Social Criticism<\/em>, 29:5 (2003), pp. 537\u2013561.\u00a0 DOI: 10.1177\/01914537030295003<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cConflict Resolution: Insights of Refugees at Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya,\u201d Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society<\/em>, XII:1 (2003). DOI: 10.5840\/acorn20031215<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cUnfair Distribution of Resources in Africa: What Should Be Done about the Ethnicity Factor?\u201d Human Studies<\/em>, 26:1 (January 2003), 21\u201340. DOI: 10.1023\/A:1022583716722<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cArendt\u2019s Politics of Disinterest: Can They Be Applied to the African Context?\u201d International Studies in Philosophy<\/em>, 35:1 (2003), 85\u2013108.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTeaching and Research in African Philosophy,\u201d (Republication), Aitia: Philosophy-Humanities Magazine<\/em>, 24:3 (2003), pp. 6\u201323.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAfrican Sage Philosophy and Socrates: Midwifery and Method,\u201d International Philosophical Quarterly<\/em>, 42:2, Issue 166 (June 2002), pp. 177\u2013192. DOI: 10.5840\/ipq20024223<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMaasai Concepts of Personhood: The Roles of Recognition, Community, and Individuality,\u201d International Studies in Philosophy<\/em>, 34:2 (2002), pp. 57\u201382.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAkan Chiefs and Queen Mothers in Contemporary Ghana: Examples of Democracy, or Accountable Authority?\u201d International Journal of African Studies<\/em>, 3:1 (Fall 2001), 63\u201383.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cH. Odera Oruka on Moral Reasoning,\u201d Journal of Value Inquiry<\/em>, 34:4 (December 2000), pp. 517\u2013528. DOI: 10.1023\/A:1004793415638<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOn a Mission to Morally Improve Society: Odera Oruka\u2019s African Sages and the Socratic Paradigm,\u201d International Journal of Applied Philosophy<\/em>, 14:2 (Fall 2000), pp. 225\u2013240. DOI: 10.5840\/ijap200014221<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cShould Women Love \u2018Wisdom\u2019? Evaluating the Ethiopian Wisdom Tradition,\u201d Research in African Literatures<\/em>, 30:2 (Summer 1999), pp.165\u2013181. DOI: 10.2979\/ral.1999.30.2.165<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Wisdom of African Sages.\u201d New Political Science<\/em> 21:1 (1999), pp. 89\u2013102. DOI: 10.1080\/07393149908429854<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAkan-H\u00e4uptlinge und K\u00f6nigsm\u00fctter im heutigen Ghana: Beispiele f\u00fcr Demokratie und verantwortliche Autorit\u00e4ten<\/em>?\u201d \u00a0(Akan Chiefs and Queen Mothers in Contemporary Ghana: Examples of Democracy, or Accountable Authority?), translated by Nausikaa Schirilla, Polylog: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr interkulturelles Philosophieren<\/em>, 1:2 (1998), pp. 43\u201357. On the web at: http:\/\/them.polylog.org\/2\/fpg-de.htm<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCriticisms of Multiparty Democracy: Parallels between Wamba-dia-Wamba and Arendt,\u201d New Political Science<\/em>, 20:1 (1998), pp. 35\u201352. DOI: 10.1080\/07393149808429811<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWho Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation of Sage Philosophy,\u201d Quest: Philosophical Discussions<\/em>, XI:1&2 (1997), pp. 53\u201365. http:\/\/www.quest-journal.net\/1997.htm See also the World Congress of Philosophy website: http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wcp\/Papers\/Afri\/AfriPres.htm<\/em><\/a> 10.5840\/wcp20-paideia199823409<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cZur Praxis der afrikanischen \u2018Weisen\u2019: H. Odera Orukas Herausforderung an die Selbstbeschrankung akademischer Philosophen<\/em> (African Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka\u2019s Challenges to the Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher), translated from English by Jadwiga Adamiak, Widerspruch-Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Philosophie<\/em> (Munich, Germany) (May 1997), pp. 74\u201393.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWays in Which Oral Philosophy is Superior to Written Philosophy: A Look at Odera Oruka\u2019s Rural Sages,\u201d APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience<\/em> (Fall 1996), pp. 6\u201310.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAfrican Sage-Philosophers in Action: H. Odera Oruka\u2019s Challenges to the Narrowly Academic Role of the Philosopher,\u201d Essence: An International Journal of Philosophy<\/em> (Nigeria), 1:1, (June 1996), pp. 29\u201341.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHannah Arendt on Power, Consent, and Coercion: Some Parallels to Gandhi\u201d Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi- King Society<\/em> (Fall\u2013Winter 1992\u20131993), pp. 24\u201332. . [abstract<\/em><\/a>] [full text<\/em><\/a>] DOI: 10.5840\/acorn1992\/1993729<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Book Chapters, peer reviewed <\/u>(list includes translations and invited republications of peer reviewed articles)<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forthcoming, \u201cA woman sage and healer in Rongo: Her role in oral philosophizing and Oruka\u2019s sage philosophy project,\u201d in Anke Graness (Ed.), Philosophy and Orality \u2013 Philosophies in Oral Traditions<\/em> Universit\u00e4tsverlag Hildesheim (University Press Hildesheim), 2026.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNgaimarish ole Mulo: Wisdom, Conflict Resolution, Peace.\u201d Daniel Sasine, translator. In Mohammed Rustom (Ed.), A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy<\/em>. Equinox, 2025, 381-388.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGandhi\u2019s Encounter with the British Suffrage Movement: Lessons Learned,\u201d in Veena Howard (Ed)., Gandhi’s Global Legacy: Moral Methods and Modern Challenges<\/em>. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2023, 87-106.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWisdom from Women in Africa,\u201d in Kai Kresse and Oriare Nyarwath, Eds., Rethinking African Sage Philosophy:\u00a0 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on and Beyond H. Odera Oruka.<\/em> Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2023, 99-122. The book also includes Appendix 2, \u201cInterview with Julia Auma Ouko, Kamagambo, May 3, 1999,\u201d by Gail Presbey and Humphrey Ojwang, 229-238, and Appendix 3, \u201cInterview with Ntetia Nalamae, Olepolos, April 25, 1999,\u201d by Gail Presbey and Daniel Sasine, 239-244.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGandhi,\u201d in Christian Peterson, Charles F. Howlett, Deborah Buffton, and David Hostetter (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Peace History<\/em>. Oxford Academic. 2022. 538-558. Published online first<\/em><\/a> in November 2022.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Challenge of Ubuntu Ethics and Humane Business Management in the Global Capitalist Context,\u201d in Workineh Kelbessa and Tenna Dewo, Eds., Philosophical Responses to Global Challenges with African Examples<\/em>. Ethiopian Philosophical Studies, II, in series, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series II: African Philosophical Studies. Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Value and Philosophy, 2022, 207-260. ISBN 9781565183520 [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDefying Stereotypes: An Indian Woman Freedom Fighter,\u201d in Lyn\u00e9e Lewis and Helen Gaillet (Eds.), Remembering Women Differently: Refiguring Rhetorical Work, <\/em>University of South Carolina Press, 2019, 170-185.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPhilosophy of Nonviolence in Africa,\u201d in Andrew Fiala (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence, <\/em>2018, 64-79. Part of <\/em>DOI: 10.4324\/9781315638751<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOdera Oruka on Culture Philosophy and its role in the S.M. Otieno Burial Trial\u201d in Odera Oruka in the Twenty-First Century<\/em>, <\/strong>ed. by Reginald M. J. Oduor, Oriare Nyarwath and Francis Owakah. Washington, D.C.: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2018, 99-118. [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCrisis, Dispossession and Activism to Reclaim Detroit,\u201d in Philosophy and Crisis: Responding to the Challenges to Ways of Life in the Contemporary World, <\/em>Volume One, Golfo Maggini, Vasiliki Solomou-Papanikolaou, Helen Karabatzaki, and Konstantinos D. Koskeridis (Eds.), Washington, D.C.: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2017, 121-129. [online full text, see p. 121+]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOruka and Sage Philosophy: New Insights in Sagacious Reasoning,\u201d in Toyin Falola and Adeshina Afolayan (Eds.), Handbook of African Philosophy<\/em>. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017, 75-96.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWomen\u2019s Empowerment: The Insights of Wangari Maathai\u201d (Republication), in Eric Palmer, ed.\u00a0Gender Justice and Development: Vulnerability and Empowerment, Volume II. <\/em>Routledge, March 2015.\u00a0ISBN: 978-1-138-85259-4<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEvaluating the Legacy of Nonviolence in South Africa\u201d (Republished as book chapter), in 1913, Satyagraha, Passive Resistance and its Legacy, <\/em>Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden and Kalpana Hiralal (Eds.), New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2015, 215-256.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDorothy Day\u2019s Pursuit of Public Peace Through Word and Action,\u201d in\u00a0 R. Greg Moses and Gail Presbey (Eds.), Peace Philosophy and Public Life:\u00a0 Commitments, Crises, and Concepts for Engaged Thinking<\/em>, Value Inquiry Book Series, vol. 268, Rodopi Publishers, 2014, 17-40. DOI: 10.1163\/9789401210522_004<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGhana: Nonviolent Resistance in the Independence Movement, 1890s-1950s,\u201d in Maciej Bartkowski (Ed.), Rediscovering Nonviolent History:\u00a0 Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles and Nation-Making,<\/em> Lynne Rienner, 2013, 51-70.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGandhi: The Grandfather of Conflict Transformation,\u201d in Emiko Noma, Tom Hastings, and Rhea DuMont (Eds.), Conflict Transformation:\u00a0 New Voices, New Directions<\/em>, McFarland Press, 2013, pp. 213-224. [abstract<\/em><\/a>] [full text<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr. on Vietnam:\u00a0 King\u2019s Message Applied to the U.S. Occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan,\u201d in Robert Birt (Ed)., The Liberatory Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr: Critical Essays on the Philosopher, King, <\/em>Lexington Books, 2012, 215-242.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201c<\/strong>Government by Fear, and How Activists of Faith Resist Fear,\u201d in Anna J. Brown and James Marsh (Eds.), Faith, Resistance, and the Future: Daniel Berrigan’s Challenge to Catholic Social Thought<\/em>, Fordham University Press, 2012, pp. 209-236, 363-66.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cShould Women Love \u2018Wisdom\u2019\u201d? (republication), in Gutema, Bekele and Charles Verharen (eds.), African Philosophy in Ethiopia (Philosophy in Africa Now series).<\/em> Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Philosophical Studies, 2012, pp. 159-181. The same reprint appears in a U.S. published version of the book, by Gutema, Bekele and Charles Verharen (eds.), \u00a0African Philosophy in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Philosophical Studies, II<\/em>. Washington, D.C.: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2013, 139-158, available in print and at: http:\/\/www.crvp.org\/publications\/Series-II\/15-Contents.pdf<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cLa lotta per il riconoscimento applicata alla situazione sudafricana come appello per una \u2018African Renaissance\u2019<\/em>\u201d (Republication\/translation of \u201cThe Struggle for Recognition Applied to the Current South African Situation and Its Call for an \u2018African Renaissance,\u2019\u201d), in Antonio Carnevale and Irene Strazzeri (eds.), Lotte, Riconoscimento, Diritti, <\/em>in the Series Biblioteca di Cultura Morlacchi<\/em>, Morlacchi University Press of Perugia, 2011, 385-419.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSecurity Through Mutual Understanding and Co-existence or Military Might?: Somali and U.S. Perspectives\u201d in Matt Meyer (Ed.), \u00a0Seeds Bearing Fruit: Pan African Peace Action in the 21st Century<\/em>, Africa World Press, 2011, pp. 323-351.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIs the United States-Led Occupation of Iraq Part of the \u2018War on Terror\u2019\u201d? In Gail M. Presbey, ed. Philosophical Perspectives on the \u201cWar on Terrorism.\u201d<\/em> Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi Publishers, 2007, pp. 161\u2013197.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cStrategic Nonviolence in Africa: Reasons for Its Embrace and Later Abandonment by Nkrumah, Nyerere, and Kaunda.\u201d In David Boersema and Katy Gray Brown, ed. Spiritual and Political Dimensions of Nonviolence and Peace<\/em>. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006, pp. 75\u2013101.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPhilosophic Sages in Kenya Debate Ethnicity\u2019s Role in Politics.\u201d In D. Carabine and L. L. Ssemusu, ed. Ethnicity in an Age of Globalization<\/em>. Nkozi: Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2002, pp. 161\u2013183.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cShould Women Love \u2018Wisdom\u2019\u201c? (republication). in P. H. Coetzee and A. P. J. Roux, ed. Philosophy from Africa<\/em>, 2nd ed. Capetown: South Africa: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 361\u2013372.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAfrican Philosophers on Global Wealth Distribution,\u201d in Gail M. Presbey, et.al., ed. Thought and Practice in African Philosophy. <\/em>Nairobi, Kenya: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2002, pp. 283\u2013300.<\/p>\n
\nMajors: Philosophy, Religious Studies, English.<\/p>\n\n