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Kristie Dotson serves as the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan, affiliated with the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) program. Her work bridges institutional roles with transformative philosophical inquiry focused on systemic oppression.
Her academic foundation includes:
- Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Memphis (2008)
- M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Memphis (2005)
- M.A. in Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1999)
- B.A. in African American Studies, Business Administration, and English Literature from Coe College (1996)
Professor Dotson's research centers on epistemic violence and exclusion within knowledge production systems, particularly examining how Black feminist frameworks expose mechanisms that maintain racial and gender hierarchies. Her scholarship demonstrates how epistemic practices obscure oppression through deliberate gaps in recognition and validation of marginalized perspectives.
Her work critically engages metaphilosophical questions about philosophy's purpose, arguing for its role as a practice of social transformation rather than abstract theorizing. This perspective manifests in her development of concrete tools like the Faculty Epistemic Exclusion Scale and theoretical innovations such as epistemic exclusion theory.
Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals increasing focus on institutional manifestations of epistemic injustice, particularly within academic evaluation systems. Her recent work combines rigorous theoretical development with personal narrative forms (love letters, apostate tales) to demonstrate how epistemic resistance operates through both scholarly and embodied practices. This dual approach challenges traditional boundaries between academic philosophy and lived experience while documenting patterns of scholar devaluation affecting faculty of color.
