Bio - Kevin Richardson

I go by many names—Kevin Richardson, K., Bad Kevin, the Young Thug of analytic philosophy, the Kevin Richardson that isn't a lion whisperer—but you can just call me Kevin.

I went to a bunch of schools and did a bunch of stuff there.

Be more specific.

Okay, at UNC Chapel Hill, I...

...took several literature classes but learned that an English major was not for me.
...studied neo-pragmatism with Geoff Sayre-McCord, Simon Blackburn, and John Roberts.
...worked with Dorit-Bar-On and her research group on the origins of linguistic meaning.
...rushed Franklin Street after UNC Chapel Hill won a basketball championship even though I didn't care about sports.
...got a BA in Philosophy.

Immediately after undergraduate, I went to MIT for a PhD in Philosophy. There, I...

...studied the difference between knowledge and understanding with Steve Yablo and Roger White.
...wrote a dissertation on varieties of metaphysical explanation (also called grounding explanation) with Steve Yablo (chair), Sally Haslanger, Brad Skow, and Jack Spencer.
...attended and presented at many philosophy conferences/gatherings.
...was the president of MIT's Black Graduate Student Association. (I also created their website, logo, and marketing materials!) Of this I am proud.
...I met bae.
...experienced terrible weather, like the day I opened my door and had snow to my neck. (Didn't go outside that day.)
...got a PhD in Philosophy. (No MA though. MIT doesn't do MAs...)

After a few perilous months on the philosophy job market, I was lucky enough to get a job at North Carolina State University (NCSU), a university which, if anyone NCSU-affiliated is reading this, is the objectively best university in the world.

I could go on about my academic research and teaching but there are other pages for that.

I take the word "bio"—short for "biography"—very seriously. A bio is about me, and I am more than my academic parts, at least to my friends and family.

In addition to being a scholar, I am...

...an Afrofuturist.
...a writer of speculative fiction.
...a filmmaker.
...part of the Black Radical Tradition.
...a gamer.
...an educator.
...a Black person.

I have a lot of other properties. My apologies to those I've missed, but if I kept the list going, it would get too long.

In summary: I'm just doing my thing.