Derrick Darby

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He holds a BA from Colgate and a PhD from Pittsburgh. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in the Atlantic and published in the New York Times and other outlets. He is a cohost of A Pod Called Quest. He is...See more

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He holds a BA from Colgate and a PhD from Pittsburgh. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in the Atlantic and published in the New York Times and other outlets. He is a cohost of A Pod Called Quest. He is coauthor, with John L. Rury, of The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice. See less