Robert Birt

Dr. Robert Birt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History & Government at Bowie State University. He graduated from Morgan State University with BA degrees in History and Philosophy in 1976 and earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1984, focusing on alienation in Jean-Paul Sartre's later work.

• Previously taught at Tuskegee University, Saint Joseph's University, Texas A&M University, and Morgan State University
• Editor/author of The Quest for Community and Identity: Critical Essays in Africana Social Philosophy
• Currently working on an anthology of philosophical essays on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thought
• Faculty advisor to Bowie State University's Philosophy Club

His research spans Continental philosophy, social theory, and Africana studies, with a focus on existentialism, alienation, and African American philosophical identity. He has contributed to journals like Philosophy East and West, Continental Philosophy Review, and Quest: Journal of African Philosophy.