Leonard Harris

Leonard Harris is a professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He also serves as director of the Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. program at the university.

He has previously been a member of the graduate faculty, and former Director of African American Studies at Purdue University. He is a specialist in the philosophical work of Alain LeRoy Locke.

He is one of the founding members behind Philosophy Born of Struggle (PBOS).

Honors

• William Paterson University’s University Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2002–2003;
• Non-resident Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, 2001–2002;
• Fulbright Scholar, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1998–1999;
• Visiting Scholar, King's College, Cambridge, UK, Visiting Scholar, summer 1984,
• Portia Washington Pittman Fellow (named for Portia Pittman), Tuskegee Institute, 1980–81,
• Morton Center for Independent Study, Fellow, 1976-77.