Robert Gooding-Williams

Robert Gooding-Williams
Born1953
SpouseSara Gooding-Williams
RelativesTalia Gooding-Williams (daughter)
Julian Gooding Williams (son)
Education
EducationYale University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Schrader and Heinrich von Staden
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsColumbia University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Amherst College
Main interestsNietzsche, philosophy of race

Robert Gooding-Williams (born 1953) is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He was previously M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of African-American Studies and Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He was the founding director of Columbia's Center for Race, Philosophy, and Social Justice. He specializes in philosophy of race and Continental philosophy, especially Nietzsche.