Kathryn Sophia Belle

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Aliases:
Kathryn T. Gines

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"NOTE: In 2017 I changed my name to KATHRYN SOPHIA BELLE to honor my maternal grandmother (Kathryn Bell). I added the extra "e" (from Bell to Belle) for self-differentiation and for the meaning ("beauty"). Often our names are patrilineal. We frequently (not always) carry names of fathers, then husbands. It is POWERFUL to me that my maternal grandmother named herself and it is an honor to connect to that power and legacy by choosing my version of a matrilineal name.

Citations: I have published a lot under my former name (Kathryn T. Gines). I now publish under my new name (Kathryn Sophia Belle). When citing scholarship published under "Kathryn T. Gines" please add a footnote/endnote that I am now "Kathryn Sophia Belle." THANKS!

Kathryn Sophia Belle, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Philosophy and affiliate faculty in African American Studies as well as Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Her primary research and teaching interests lie in Africana/African American Philosophy, Black Feminist Philosophy, Continental philosophy (especially Existentialism), and Critical Philosophy of Race. She has also taught in African American Studies/African Diaspora Studies and Women's Studies. Some of the major figures she writes about …

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