Tina Fernandes Botts is an American legal scholar and philosophy professor currently teaching at
Washburn University School of Law
The Washburn University School of Law is a public law school located on the main campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Washburn Law was founded in 1903. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and has been a member of t ...
.
She is known for her work in constitutional law, legal hermeneutics, intersectionality, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of race (particularly mixed-race theory). Previous posts include Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College; Visiting Professor of Law at University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a private, American Bar Association (ABA)-approved law school in the Oak Park neighborhood of the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the University of the Pacific and is located on ...
; Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno; Visiting Assistant Professor of philosophy at Oberlin College; Fellow in Law and Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and Faculty Associate and Area Leader in Public Policy and Diversity, at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...
.
Education and career
Botts earned her Ph.D. in philosophy from the
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
The university maintains the Herff Col ...
under the supervision of Thomas Nenon, her J.D. from
Rutgers School of Law, and her B.A. in philosophy with a minor in physics from the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
at College Park.
Research areas
Botts' research areas are constitutional law, philosophy of law (including
critical race theory
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between Social constructionism, social conceptions of Race and ethnicity in the United States census, race and ethnicity, Law in the United States, social and political ...
), philosophical hermeneutics, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy, ethical theory, and applied ethics.
Selected works
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*"Legal Hermeneutics," Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015.
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* "Antidiscrimination Law and the Multiracial Experience: A Reply to Nancy Leong" 10 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 191, Summer 2013.
* "Hermeneutics, Race, and Gender" in The Routledge Companion to Philosophical Hermeneutics, Jeff Malpas and Hans-Helmuth Gander, eds., London: Taylor and Francis (2014).
* Feminist Thought. 5th Edition, co-authored with Rosemarie Tong, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2013.
References
External links
Faculty Profile Washburn LawWhat is it Like to be a PhilosopherPoliticalphilosopherAfrican American Philosophers and Philosophy, Table 1
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University of Michigan faculty
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American philosophers
American philosophy academics
University of Memphis alumni
University of Memphis faculty
Rutgers School of Law–Camden alumni
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Arkansas State University faculty
Scholars of feminist philosophy
Year of birth missing (living people)