My scholarly interests are quite broad; my philosophical orientation could be termed historical and humanist. I enjoy teaching in the Justice Studies program and the Thematic Studies program, as well as in the Department of Art, Music, & Philosophy. I'm a CUNY PhD, awarded in 1989 for a dissertation on Marx's Capital and Ethical Theory. Before that I did a BA at City College in math (I started in physics, but balked at the lab work). I attended the Fiorello LaGuardia High School when it was just 'Music & Art,' perched atop Harlem at 135th street. My mother is proud of my public education; so am I.

My publications have been on African American philosophy and Marxism. An anthology, African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions appeared in 1997. The Blackwell Companion to African-American Philosophy, coedited with Prof. Tommy Lott, appeared in 2003.