Shannon Hoff

Shannon Hoff is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland, specializing in European philosophy, political philosophy, feminism, and aesthetics. She has previously held positions at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto and Muskingum University in Ohio. Hoff is author of The Laws of the Spirit: A Hegelian Theory of Justice (SUNY Press, 2014) and the forthcoming How to Read Hegel Now (University of Chicago Press, 2026). Her research bridges Hegelian and Merleau-Pontian phenomenology with contemporary critical theory, focusing on oppression, gender, and the intersection of materiality and meaning.

• Ph.D., Stony Brook University
• Areas of Research: Political Philosophy, Feminism, Phenomenology, Hegel, Decolonial Theory
• Current Projects: A feminist-phenomenological analysis of gender and a book on art

Hoff’s recent publications explore themes such as the white gaze, decolonial universality, and feminist phenomenology of sexuality, often engaging thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Jessica Benjamin, and Sylvia Wynter. She has held leadership roles in the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy and the Society for Continental Feminism, and her work is supported by SSHRC grants.