Don Deere
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Areas of Specialization

  • Latin American and Latinx Philosophy
  • Decolonial Philosophy
  • 20th Century Continental Philosophy
  • Caribbean Philosophy
  • Social & Political Philosophy

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

  • Continental Philosophy
  • Philosophies of the Global South

Biography

Don Deere is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Texas A&M University. He previously was a faculty member at Wesleyan University and received his PhD with distinction from DePaul University and BA from Cornell University. He is a Mellon Mays fellow and the recipient of a Mellon Career Enhancement Faculty Fellowship. His research focuses on the intersections of Latin American, Caribbean, and Contemporary Continental European Philosophy. His book, The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, is forthcoming with Duke University Press and he is the co-translator of Santiago Castro-Gómez’s Zero-Point Hubris: Science, Race, and Enlightenment in 18th-Century Latin America, published with Rowman & Littlefield International in 2021.

Scholarly Achievements

  • The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space (Duke University Press, Forthcoming)

 

Spring 2025 Course Schedule

  • Phil 251.500 - Introduction to Philosophy. T, R - 9:35-10:50 a.m. - ILCB 237.

  • Phil 419.500 - Current Continental Philosophy. T, R - 12:45-2:00 p.m. - YMCA 113.

 

Office Hours

  • By Appointment

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Philosophy with Distinction, DePaul University – 2016
  • M.A. in Philosophy with Distinction, DePaul University – 2009
  • B.A. in Philosophy, Cornell University – 2007
  • B.A. in Government, Cornell University – 2007
  • Certificate in Latin American Studies, Cornell University – 2007