Derefe Chevannes
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Derefe Kimarley Chevannes is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, specializing in Black political thought. He holds a PhD from the University of Connecticut.
Chevannes’s research examines Black liberation and Black radical thought in the modern world, writing at the intersection of political theory and Black studies. He has published in journals such as Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, Philosophy and Global Affairs, The CLR James Journal, Comparative Education Review and Theory & Event, among others, including several book chapters in edited volumes.
His work interrogates the racial logics of colonial modernity and draws on Africana thought for critically rethinking the human condition, with particular interest in theories of freedom. He was previously an assistant professor in political theory.