Jan. 28 Transition to Virtual Operations, Campus Closed

Bowie State University will be transitioning to virtual operations for all classes and office operations on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus on Jan. 28. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather.

Frederick Mills

Department of History and Government

Frederick B. Mills, PhD, is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of History and Government. He specializes in the philosophy of liberation; early Greek philosophy; modern philosophy; and existential phenomenology, with interests in Buddhism, Latin American Philosophy and Political Theory.

He has published an introduction to philosophy, a book on Enrique Dussel's ethics of liberation, and articles on the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Enrique Dussel, and Mario Bencastro. He has also published articles and lectured on US policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean and on the Bolivarian cause of regional independence and integration.

He teaches introduction to philosophy; principles of reasoning; business ethics; philosophies of human nature; and philosophy of mind. He has presented philosophical papers for educational institutions in the US, Mexico, El Salvador, and (virtually) Argentina.

Dr. Mills serves on the editorial board of the journal: Filosofía de la Liberación. Descolonización y Transmodernidad, and as volunteer Deputy Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Washington DC). He is a member of the American Philosophical Association, the American Association of University Professors, and the Association for Philosophy and Liberation (US chapter).He is a founding board member of the Association for Educational Development in El Salvador (ADEES, Inc.).

Dr. Mills enjoys hiking, biking, poetry, and striving to live in the present moment. For a bibliography of selected publications see frederickmills.com