Philosophy

Daw-Nay Evans

Daw-Nay Evans

Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
Chair of Philosophy

Philosophy

Education
PhD Philosophy, DePaul University
MA Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
MA Coursework in Philosophy: St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University
BA Philosophy, George Mason University

Positions Held
LFC: Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2018-Present
LFC: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2012-2018
SAIC: Instructor, 2005-2012
DePaul University: Instructor, 2004-2009

Research and Teaching Interests
Africana Philosophy
19th- and 20th-Century European Philosophy
History of Philosophy

Selected Courses Taught
FIYS 104: Africana Philosophy                                         
PHIL 117: Political Philosophy                                         
PHIL 118: Why Philosophy Matters 
PHIL/AFAM 120: Brooklyn’s Finest: JAY-Z & Philosophy
PHIL 203: Business and Professional Ethics
PHIL/AFAM 206: Letters to a Young Black Philosopher
PHIL 208: Death
PHIL 223: Does God Exist?
PHIL/AFAM 255: Philosophy of Race and Racism                     
PHIL/AFAM/CINE 258: Fight the Power: Spike Lee's Black Aesthetics
PHIL/AFAM 271: African Philosophy
PHIL/AFAM 272: African American Philosophy  
PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 320: Back to the Things Themselves: Husserl, Heidegger and Derrida
PHIL 322: The Owl and the Hammer: From Hegel to Nietzsche
PHIL/AFAM 330: History and Philosophy of Slavery
PHIL 440: Senior Seminar: Nietzsche
PHIL 480: Senior Seminar: Heidegger’s Being and Time
Philosophers in the Forest

Fall 2024 Owl and Hammer

Fall 2024 
PHIL 322: The Owl and the Hammer: From Hegel to Nietzsche

From Left To Right: Megan, Andrew, Davis, Hannah

Fall 2019 Owl and Hammer

Fall 2019 PHIL/AFAM 255: Philosophy of Race and Racism

From Left to Right: Jacqueline, Grace, Mehal, Dega

Fall 2019 Owl and Hammer

Fall 2019 PHIL 322: The Owl and the Hammer: From Hegel to Nietzche

From Left to Right: Sarah, Erica, Thuy

Spring 2024 Brooklyn

Spring 2024 PHIL 120: Brooklyn's Finest: JAY-Z and Philosophy

From Left to Right: Skai, Langston, Gavin, Andrew, Tyler, Mal

Spring 2024 Philosophy Dark

Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy

From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Sam, Cindy, Davis

Spring 2024 Medieval PHIL

Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy

From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, Cindy

Spring 2024 Jumping

Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy

From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, Cindy

Spring 2017 PHIL 320

Spring 2017 PHIL 320: Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Deconstruction

From Left to Right: Corey, Danae, Marc, Christian, Nicholas, James

Fall 2016 PHIL 292

Fall 2016 PHIL 292: Hegel to Nietzsche

From Left to Right: Corey, Carly