Robert Birt

Dr. Robert Birt is a native of Baltimore.He graduated from Morgan State University in 1976 with BA degrees in History and Philosophy, and obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1984. Doctoral thesis was written on Alienation in the Later Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Dr. Birt has taught philosophy at Tuskegee University, Saint Joseph's University, Texas A & M University, Morgan State University before joining the faculty of Bowie State University in August of 2007. He is editor/author of The Quest for Community and Identity: Critical Essays in Africana Social Philosophy. His articles have appeared in journals such as Philosophy East and West, Man and World (now renamed The Continental Philosophy Review), Quest: Journal of African Philosophy, Philosophical Forum, Social Science Information, International Philosophical Quarterly, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience (on whose editorial staff he served). He is presently working on an anthology of philosophical essays on the thought of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is also currently serving as faculty advisor to the Philosophy Club of Bowie State University.