Curriculum Vitae of DERRICK DARBY University of Michigan Department of Philosophy 2215 Angell Hall 435 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003 (734) 764-6285 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., Philosophy, 1996 Thesis: A Coherent Theory of Moral Rights (Director: Joseph L. Camp, Jr.) Colgate University, B.A., Philosophy (with Honors), 1988 FACULTY POSITIONS University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Professor of Philosophy (2014-current) University of Kansas - Professor of Law (2013-2014) - Professor of Philosophy (2012-2014) - Associate Professor of Philosophy (2007-2012) Texas A & M University, Associate Professor of Philosophy (2005-2007) Northwestern University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1996-2004) VISITING AND AFFILIATED FACULTY POSITIONS University of Chicago School of Law, Visiting Professor of Law (2015-2016) University of Michigan, Visiting Professor of Philosophy (Winter term 2013) University of Kansas, Affiliated Faculty, School of Law (2007-2012) University of Kansas, Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Policy & Social Research (2008-2014) University of Virginia, Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy (1994-1995) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social and Political Philosophy, Race, Inequality AREAS OF COMPETENCE: African American Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Law, History of Political Philosophy (modern) PUBLICATIONS Books 3. The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice (with John Rury), University of Chicago Press forthcoming 2. Rights, Race, and Recognition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) 1. Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, coedited with Tommie Shelby (Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2005) Portuguese Translation: Martha Malvezzi Leal as Hip Hop e a Filosofia (São Paulo: Madras Editora Ltda., 2006) Published Articles and Chapters 21. “Postracial Remedies,” (with Richard Levy) University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 50 (2017): 387-488 20. “Uncovering the Voting Rights Act: The Racial Progress Argument in Shelby County,” Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 25 (2016): 329-346 19. “War and Education in the United States: Racial Ideology and Inequality in Three Historical Episodes,” (with John Rury) Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education 52 (2016): 8-24 18. “Race, Inequality of Opportunity, and School Choice” (with Argun Saatcioglu) Theory and Research in Education 13 (2015): 56-86 17. “Beyond the Sins of the Fathers: Responsibility for Inequality” (with Nyla R. Branscombe) Midwest Studies in Philosophy 38 (2014): 121-137 16. “Race, Justice, and Desegregation” (with Argun Saatcioglu) Du Bois Review 11:1 (2014): 87-108 15. “Egalitarianism and Perceptions of Inequality” (with Nyla R. Branscombe) Philosophical Topics 40 (2012): 7-25 14. “Adequacy, Inequality, and Cash for Grades” Theory and Research in Education 9 (2011): 209-232 13. “Slaying the Inequality Villain in School Finance: Is the Right to Education the Silver Bullet?” (with Richard Levy) Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 20 (2011): 351-387 12. “Educational Inequality and Affirmative Action in Brazil” Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 22 (2010): 408-415 11. “Taking Individuals Seriously: New Liberalism and Rights” in Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas, eds., James Connelly and Stamatoula Panagakou (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010), 215-238 10. “Reparations and Racial Inequality” Philosophy Compass 5 (2010): 55-66 9. “Educational Inequality and the Science of Diversity in Grutter: A Lesson for the Reparations Debate in the Age of Obama” The University of Kansas Law Review 57 (2009): 755-793 8. “Blacks and Rights: A Bittersweet Legacy” Law, Culture, and the Humanities 2 (2006): 420-439 Curriculum Vitae of Derrick Darby 2 7. “Yo! It Ain’t No Mystery: Who is God?” in Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme to Reason, eds., Derrick Darby and Tommie Shelby (Chicago: Open Court 2005) 6. “Rights Externalism” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 68 (2004): 620-634 5. “Unnatural Rights” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33 (2003): 49-82 4. “Feinberg and Martin on Human Rights” Journal of Social Philosophy 34 (2003): 199-214 3. “Grounding Rights in Social Practices: A Defence” Res Publica 9 (2003): 1-18 2. “Two Conceptions of Rights Possession” Social Theory and Practice 27 (2001): 387-417 1. “Are Worlds Without Natural Rights Morally Impoverished?” The Southern Journal of Philosophy 37 (1999): 397-417 Book Reviews 7. Duncan Ivison, Rights, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2008.12.15) 6. Maria Dimova-Cookson and W. J. Mander, eds., T. H. Green: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy, Ethics 118 (2008): 341-345 5. Hilary Putnam, Ethics without Ontology, International Philosophical Quarterly 45 (2005): 397-398 4. William A. Edmundson, An Introduction to Rights, Ethics 115 (2005): 812-816 3. Richard A. Primus, The American Language of Rights, Ethics 111 (2001): 823-826 2. Michael P. Zuckert, The Natural Rights Republic, Ethics 109 (1999): 493 1. John Searle, The Construction of Social Reality, Mind 105 (1996): 716-719 FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND SPECIAL INVITATIONS • ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship (with John Rury): The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice (2015-2016) $140,000 • Spencer Foundation Grant (with John Rury): Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matters (2013) • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2011) • University of Kansas Scholarly Achievement Award (2011) • Spencer Foundation Grant: Philosophy and the Racial Achievement Gap (2009-2011) $39,700 • KU New Faculty General Research Fund Award: Educational Inequality (Summer 2009) $3,000 • KU Keeler Family Intra-University Professorship (Spring 2009) • Invited Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil (July 2007) • Invited Research Group Participant, Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists, University of Havana, Cuba (June 2006), funded by a $4000.00 Texas A&M Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Grant • Faculty Fellow, Northwestern University Kaplan Center for the Humanities (2000-2001) • Provost Developmental Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (1992-1993) Curriculum Vitae of Derrick Darby 3 SELECTED INVITED LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS (1996-present) “Evil Monsters and Where to Find Them” • LaGuardia Community College, Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, Keynote (April 2017) “Recognizing Dignity: MLK’s Vindication of Voting Rights” • Johns Hopkins University, Race, Recognition and Respect Conference (April 2017) “Mass Incarceration in the Trump Era” • University of Michigan, Policymaking under the Trump Administration, Invited Panelist (March 2017) Social Justice Hip Hop Panel • University of Michigan, Maize Collective, Invited Moderator (March 2017) “What is Black Lives Matter, and Would They Boo Dr. King” • University of Akron, Rethinking Race presentation (February 2017) Why and When Does Inequality Matter? • Ohio State University, Center for Ethics and Human Values, Invited Panelist for COMPAS Conference (September 2016) “A Vindication of Voting Rights” • Wayne State University, Philosophy Colloquium (October 2016) • New York University, Colloquium in Legal, Political and Social Philosophy (October 2016) • Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Workshop (June 2016) “Old Poison in New Bottles: How Racism Thrives in Integrated Schools and Why this is a Problem of Justice” • King’s College, Peace and Justice Center Barbara Sabol Memorial Lecture (April 2016) “Doing the Knowledge” • University of Michigan, TED talk, TEDxUofM (April 2016) “Schooling Inequality: Why America is not a Land of Equal Opportunity for Everyone” • Georgia State University, Social Mobility Symposium, Keynote Speaker (February 2016) “Uncovering the Voting Rights Act in Shelby” • University of Kansas School of Law, Voting Rights Symposium (February 2016) • University of Chicago School of Law, invited lecture (January 2016) “The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice ” • University of Illinois, Chicago, Race & Ethnicity Workshop (September 2016) • Columbia University Teachers College, History and Philosophy Colloquium (March 2016) • NYU Steinhardt School, Open Forum (March 2016) • NYU Steinhardt School, History and Philosophy Workshop (March 2016) • University of Chicago School of Law, American Constitution Society talk (January 2016) Curriculum Vitae of Derrick Darby 4 “Postracial Remedies” • University of Michigan, School of Law, Law Review Symposium Presentation (February 2017) • Stanford University, Political Theory Workshop (April 2016) • University of Chicago School of Law, Law and Philosophy Workshop (February 2016) • University of Kansas School of Law, Legal Theory Workshop (December 2015) “Ideology, Inequality, and Injustice in Education” • Georgia State University, Philosophy Colloquium (February 2016) • University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy Colloquium (October 2015) “The Fair Value of Voting Rights” • University of Chicago, Practical Philosophy Workshop (January 2016) • University of California, Berkeley Law School, Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory (October 2015) “Contesting the Achievement Gap” (with John Rury) • University of Rochester, Workshop on History and Philosophy of Education (April 2015) “Long Live Hip Hop! The Good, the Bad, and the Vulgar” • University of Michigan, MAP lecture (April 2015) “What’s Wrong With Racial and Other Social Injustices?” • University of Michigan,