Don Thomas Deere

Don Thomas Deere is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Texas A&M University. He previously taught at Wesleyan University and received his PhD with distinction from DePaul University and BA from Cornell University. He is a Mellon Mays fellow and the recipient of a Mellon Career Enhancement Faculty Fellowship. His research focuses on the intersections of Latin American, Caribbean, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy. His book, The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space, retraces the lasting impact of colonial spatial organization in the Caribbean and the Americas and its implications for global modernity (Duke University Press, 2025). He is the co-translator of Santiago Castro-Gómez’s Zero-Point Hubris: Science, Race, and Enlightenment in 18th-Century Latin America, published with Rowman & Littlefield International in 2021. His articles and book chapters have been featured in venues such as Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, Journal of World Philosophies, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Latin American Perspectives, Decolonizing Ethics, The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, and The Foucauldian Mind.

Scholarly Achievements

• The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space (Duke University Press, Forthcoming)

Spring 2025 Course Schedule

• Phil 251.500 - Introduction to Philosophy. T, R - 9:35-10:50 a.m. - ILCB 237.

• Phil 419.500 - Current Continental Philosophy. T, R - 12:45-2:00 p.m. - YMCA 113.

Office Hours

• By Appointment