Daw-Nay Evans
Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
Chair of African American Studies
Chair of Philosophy
Philosophy
- 8477355185
- daevans@lakeforest.edu
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 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 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
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 PHIL 322: The Owl and the Hammer: From Hegel to Nietzsche
From Left To Right: Megan, Andrew, Davis, Hannah
Fall 2019 PHIL/AFAM 255: Philosophy of Race and Racism
From Left to Right: Jacqueline, Grace, Mehal, Dega
Fall 2019 PHIL 322: The Owl and the Hammer: From Hegel to Nietzche
From Left to Right: Sarah, Erica, Thuy
Spring 2024 PHIL 120: Brooklyn's Finest: JAY-Z and Philosophy
From Left to Right: Skai, Langston, Gavin, Andrew, Tyler, Mal
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy
From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Sam, Cindy, Davis
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy
From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, Cindy
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy
From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, Cindy
Spring 2017 PHIL 320: Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Deconstruction
From Left to Right: Corey, Danae, Marc, Christian, Nicholas, James
Fall 2016 PHIL 292: Hegel to Nietzsche
From Left to Right: Corey, Carly
Philosophers in the Forest
Fall 2016 PHIL 292: Hegel to Nietzsche; From Left to Right: Corey and Carly
Spring 2017 PHIL 320: Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Deconstruction; From Left to Right: Corey, Danae, Marc, Christian, Nicholas, and James
Spring 2024 PHIL 120: Brooklyn's Finest: JAY-Z and Philosophy; From Left to Right: Skai, Langston, Gavin, Andrew, Tyler, and Mal
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy; From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Sam, Cindy, and Davis
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy; From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, and Cindy
Spring 2024 PHIL 312: Doing Philosophy in the Dark: Medieval Philosophy; From Left to Right: Cara, Ebtsam, Davis, Sam, and Cindy