My name is Corey Beckford, and I am currently a doctoral student in Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. I received my BA in Philosophy from Lake Forest College in 2019, and my MA from Brandeis University in 2021.
My main area of specialization is in Kant’s aesthetics, especially environmental aesthetics. I also specialize in African-American Philosophy with an emphasize on the work of Alain Leroy Locke, and William H. Ferris.
My areas of competency include: Phenomenology of Stand-up Comedy; Critical Race Theory (particularly the work of Derrick Bell, Jr., and the intersection between legal narrative and aesthetics); and Philosophy of Law. Below you’ll find some selections from my C.V. If you would like a copy of my C.V., or would like to chat about any of the selections below, please ask!
C.V. Selections
Articles
2017. Zhu Rui, & Beckford Corey. “Reply to Steven Burik.” Philosophy East and West 68 (1):271-276.
Conference Presentations
Presentations Related to my interests in Kant
➢“Kant, Alain Locke, and Cosmopolitanism” — 45th-Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Participant Conference, Summer 2023
➢ “A Mark of a Good Soul”: A Kantian Account of Environmental Aesthetic Appreciation – APA Eastern Division Conference 2023, Montreal, Canada Graduate Poster Session Spring 2023
➢ “What is the worth of a negro?: A possible Kantian Answer” – APA Eastern Division Conference 2022, Baltimore, Invited Symposium: Racism and the History of Philosophy Fall 2022
Presentations Related to my interests in Black Aesthetics and Phenomenology
➢ “Beautiful Chaos: Resolving Du Bois and Locke With Stand-up Comedy” APA Eastern Division Conference 2023, Montreal, Canada, International Association of the Philosophy of Humor Spring 2023
➢ “A Phenomenology of stand-up Comedy: Richard Pryor, Heidegger, and the disclosure of (comedic) truth” — APA Central Division Conference 2022, Chicago, IL for the International Association of the Philosophy of Humor Spring 2022
Teaching Experience
As Sole Course Instructor
Major Issues in Philosophy — Baruch College, Fall 2023/Spring 2024
Introduction to Philosophy of Law — Baruch College, Fall 2022/ Spring 2023
African American Philosophy — Hunter College, Spring 2023/Fall 2023/Spring 2024
As a Course Assistant
Neuroethics with Dr. Eyal Tal, Brandeis University Spring 2021
Introduction to Philosophy with Dr. Eyal Tal, Brandeis University Fall 2020
Philosophy of Law with Dr. Andreas Teuber, Brandeis University Spring 2020
Philosophy of Race and Gender with Dr. Marion Smiley, Brandeis University Fall 2019
