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Biography

Erika Brown has research interests in women of color feminist philosophy, feminist accounts on love, social and political philosophy, aesthetics (particularly poetry and literature), Existentialism, queer theory, and environmental justice. They serve as a committee member on Asian & Asian American Philosopher & Philosophies for the American Philosophical Association.

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, Villanova University, 2025
  • M.A., Philosophy, Villanova University, 2020
  • B.A., Philosophy, Western Kentucky University, 2016
  • B.A., Art History, Western Kentucky University, 2016
  • PHIL 180: Democracy & Justice
  • BRDG 105P: Intro to Ethical Reasoning

“Feminist Accounts on Love.” In: Kassner, J.J., Chatterjee, D.K. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer. Berlin, Heidelberg (2026)

“Transnational Feminism.” In: Kassner, J.J., Chatterjee, D.K. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer. Berlin, Heidelberg (2026)

“Theorizing the Body”, co-authored chapter with Tamsin Kimoto (Washington University in St. Louis) in An Introduction to Feminist Ethics: fundamental concepts and current issues, Routledge (2026)

“Vicious Art or Vicious Audience? Understanding the Effects of Art on the Youthful and Vicious Audience in Aristotle’s Poetics,” co-authored with Audrey Anton (Western Kentucky University). in “Selected Essays from the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Paideia,” Parnassos Press – Fonte Aretusa (2023)

“Continental Feminism and Asian American Feminist Thought,” single authored section in “Continental Feminism,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 Edition)