Robert Gooding-Williams
Robert Gooding-Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Spouse | Sara Gooding-Williams |
| Relatives | Talia Gooding-Williams (daughter) Julian Gooding Williams (son) |
| Education | |
| Education | Yale University (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Schrader and Heinrich von Staden |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Columbia University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Amherst College |
| Main interests | Nietzsche, 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.