Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Director of Philosophy Program
- Department
- History and Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures
- Office
- Howard Hall 324
- Phone
- 732-263-5738
- mchavez@monmouth.edu
Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy (Philosophy, Interpretation, & Culture Program), State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A., Philosophy and Religion, Truman State University
Research Interests
Philosophy of Race and Gender
Latinx and Latin American Philosophy
Decolonial Theory
Critical Thinking Pedagogy
Publications
Scholarly Articles
2019 – “Toward a Decolonial Ethics.” Speaking Face to Face/Hablando Cara a Cara: The Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones. Ed. Pedro DiPietro, Ed. Jennifer McWeeney, Ed. Shireen Roshanravan. Albany: SUNY Press. 175-196.
2018 – “The Chicanx Movement and Philosophy: Recovering Patrick Carey-Herrera’s Chicanismo: Hypothesis, Thesis, and Argument: Seven Essays Concerning the Essentials of Chicano Thought and Behavior.” Inter-American Journal of Philosophy. 9(2): 58-75.
Presentations/Invited Talks
2020 – Anti-Racist Pedagogy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, July 22
2019 – Critical Thinking Educators and Administrators Academy
2019 – “Border, Race, and Ethics.” Sixth Biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Race, November 16.
2019 – “What Does It Mean to Decolonize Masculinity?” Unveiling Inequality and Gender-Based Violence: A Global Policy Symposium, June 7.
2018 – “Teaching Political Economy and Philosophy of Liberation in Intro Classes via the Simple Corn Game.” Twenty-Second Biennial American Association of Philosophy Teachers International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, July 28.
2018 – “The Ethics of Decoloniality.” Toward Decolonial Feminisms Conference, May 13.
2017 – “Towards an Ethics of Resistance.” Society of Mexican American Philosophy Conference, Texas A&M University, May 20.
Professional Associations
American Philosophical Association
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
American Studies Association
Society for Mexican American Philosophy
Radical Philosophy Association
National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Awards
2019 – Candidate, Distinguished Teaching Award
Courses
Frequently Taught Classes
Recently Taught Classes
2021 Fall
- PL-104-01 - Ethics
- RS-104-01 - Ethics
- PL-101-02 - Introduction to Philosophy
- PL-101-03 - Introduction to Philosophy
- PR-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
- RS-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
2021 Summer A
2021 Spring
- PR-411-02 - Gender and Global Culture
- PR-411-50 - Gender and Global Culture
- PL-260-01 - Informal Logic
- PL-101-03 - Introduction to Philosophy
2020 Fall
- PL-104-01 - Ethics
- PL-260-01 - Informal Logic
- PL-101-03 - Introduction to Philosophy
- PR-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
- RS-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
2020 Summer A
2020 Spring
- PR-411-50 - Gender and Global Culture
- PL-260-01 - Informal Logic
- GS-252-01 - Race and Ethnicity
- SO-252-01 - Race and Ethnicity
2019 Fall
- PR-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
- RS-400-50 - Love, Life, and Liberty
- FYPL-102-01 - Science Fiction and Philosophy