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I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. I specialize in metaphysics and philosophy of language. 

My current research concerns the nature of the social world. I focus on two broad questions. How are social kinds (like gender and race) constructed by us? And how do our linguistic practices (like assertions about racial identity) shape social reality?

I received my PhD in Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017. I received my BA in Philosophy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012.

You can contact me at kevin.richardson(at) duke (dot) edu.

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Last updated:11/16/21