Kevin M . Graham, PhD

Professor

Professor

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Contact

kgraham@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Philosophy
Pre-law Advising
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 106

Kevin M . Graham, PhD

Professor

Professor

Dr. Graham has taught philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences since 1996. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Philosophy; he previously served as Associate Chair of the department during 2005-2009 and as Chair of the department during 2009-2013. Dr. Graham served the university as Director of the Magis Core Curriculum during 2013-2017, and as Interim Director of the Magis Core Curriculum during Fall Semester 2018 and Fall Semester 2020.
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Dr. Graham's primary areas of research interest are in the fields of social and political philosophy, the philosophy of race, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in philosophy. He is the author of Beyond Redistribution: White Supremacy and Racial Justice ((Lexington Books, 2010), as well as numerous articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Dr. Graham is the faculty mentor of the ongoing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience entitled "The Slave Narratives Research Group."

Teaching Interests

  • Social and political philosophy

Research Focus

Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Department

Philosophy

Position

Professor

Books

  • The Cambridge Rawls Lexicon
    Graham Kevin M, Race [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Beyond Redistribution
    Graham Kevin M, Distributive Justice and the Injustice of Hate Speech [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Beyond Redistribution
    Graham Kevin M, Police Violence and the White Supremacist State [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Beyond Redistribution
    Graham Kevin M, Racism or White Supremacy? Understanding Race-Related Injustice [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Beyond Redistribution
    Graham Kevin M, The Political Significance of Social Identity [Book Chapter] 2010
  • Graham Kevin M., Beyond Redistribution : White Supremacy and Racial Justice 2010

Articles

  • Graham Kevin, Solidarity with Travellers 2001

Publications

  • Teaching philosophy
    Graham Kevin, Leavelle Aaron, Plummer-Reed Katherine, Out of the Stove-Heated Room and into the Agora: The Emergence of Collaborative Undergraduate Research in Philosophy
    46:2, p. 143 - 161 2023
  • Social philosophy today
    Graham Kevin M., Arthur Anaja, Griswold Ali, Kearns Beau, Klade Quinlyn, Larson Maddox, , Black Trust and White Allies in advance 2023
  • Radical philosophy review : RPR
    , A Standpoint on Race
    25:2, p. 253 - 263 2022
  • Social philosophy today
    Graham Kevin M., Frazer Hannah, Griswold Ali, Kitteringham Emma, Klade Quinlyn, Arthur Anaja, Nagahawatte Jaliya, , Slave Narratives and Epistemic Injustice
    38, p. 83 - 97 2022
  • The journal of scholarship of teaching and learning
    Graham Kevin, Kokensparger Brian, Blended Instruction in Symbolic Logic
    21:2, p. 1 2021
  • American Philosophical Association Newsletters: Feminism and Philosophy
    Saul Jennifer Mather, Graham Kevin M., Lying, Misleading and What Is Said
    13:2, p. 46 - 48 2014
  • Graham Kevin M., The Chinese Must Go: The Racial Oppression of Chinese Americans, 1840-1965 2009
  • Social Philosophy Today
    Graham Kevin M., The Chinese must go: The racial oppression of Chinese Americans, 1840-1965
    25 2008
  • Mills Charles, Graham Kevin, The racial contract 2002
  • Outlaw Jr., Graham Kevin, On race and philosophy 2002
  • McGary Howard, Graham Kevin, Race and social justice 2002
  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences
    Graham Kevin M., Race and the limits of liberalism
    32:2, p. 219 - 239 2002
  • Social philosophy today
    Anderson-Gold Sharon, Colwell C, Hull Margaret, Kampe Cornelius, Graham Kevin, Carew George, Johnson Clarence, MacLeod Alistair, Garcia Ernesto, Miller Jessica, Narveson Jan, Rowan John, Schaff Kory, Rasheed Shaireen, Hudson Yeager, Race, social identity, and human dignity
    16, p. 11 - 224 2002
  • Social Epistemology
    Graham Kevin M., The Ideal of Objectivity in Political Dialogue: Liberal and Feminist Approaches
    16:3, p. 295 - 309 2002
  • Journal of Value Inquiry
    Graham Kevin M., Autonomy, individualism, and social justice
    36:1, p. 43 - 57 2002
  • Public affairs quarterly
    Graham Kevin M., Racism and the Limits of Distributive Justice
    15:3, p. 271 - 289 2001
  • Radical philosophy today
    , Participatory Democracy in an Age of Global Capitalism
    2, p. 155 - 168 2001
  • The Journal of value inquiry
    Graham Kevin, Fifteenth International Social Philosophy Conference
    34:1, p. 105 - 109 2000
  • Social philosophy today
    , After the Buses Stop Running
    16, p. 59 - 76 2000
  • Social Theory and Practice
    Graham Kevin M., The Political Significance of Social Identity: A Critique of Rawl's Theory of Agency
    26:2, p. 201 - 222 2000

Awards

  • Magis Core Curriculum Champion
    Creighton University Magis Core Curriculum Director and Associate Director
  • Dr. & Mrs. Randolph Ferlic Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
    Creighton University Research Council
  • 2017 Iggy Award
    Awarded to a professor, staff member, faculty advisor or student leader who provided special counsel and support during a student’s first semester.
    Creighton EDGE
  • Dean's Award for Professional Excellence in Service
    College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dean’s Award for Professional Excellence in Freshman Advising
    College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dean’s Award for Professional Excellence in Advising in the Major
    College of Arts & Sciences