Lawrence Ware, Teaching Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Africana Studies

Philosophy Dept. Office: 255 Social Sciences & Humanities
Center for Africana Studies Office: 103 Life Sciences East

Philosophy Dept. Telephone: 405-744-2790
Center for Africana Studies Telephone: 405-744-7692

Fall 2020 Online Office Hours:

PHIL 1213.62543 and PHIL 3633.65518: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-1 pm and by appointment (on Skype).
PHIL 3623.64305, 70123 and PHIL 3623.62216 by appointment via Face-time.

Lawrence Ware is co-director of the Africana Studies Program and Teaching Assistant Professor and Diversity Coordinator in the Department of Philosophy. He is a contributing writer to Slate Magazine, The New York Times and The Root. He has been a commentator on race and politics for the Huffington Post Live, NPR, and TV One. Lawrence has taught and lectured across the country on issues ranging from race to economic policy. He organizes the Critical Conversations series, which hosts a number of events on campus related to race, gender, and religion.

EDUCATION

BA, University of Central Oklahoma
MA in Philosophy, Oklahoma State University

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

CBC Tapestry Podcast, November, 2017
WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show Podcast, July 2017

SPRING 2018 EVENTS

January 15th: Keynote, John Brown University
January 20th: Keynote, Harvard Chapel
February 22nd: Keynote, Tulsa Community College
February 26th: Keynote, Oklahoma Conference of Churches 2018 Day at the Capitol
March 5 & 6: Public Lecture, Kennesaw State University
March 28th: Keynote, UCO: Black Male Initiative

PAST EVENTS

Panelist for Take Root Annual Conference at the University of Oklahoma, February 2017
Public Lecture on Social Diversity and Oklahoma Education for Leadership Oklahoma, February 2017
Black History Public Lecture at Northeastern Oklahoma College, February 2017
Keynote at Pittsburgh State University's Black History Gospel Celebration, February 2017
MLK and Epistemic Violence keynote at Langston University, January 2015
Black Nationalism and #BlackLivesMatter keynote at the Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government, February 2015
The Theological Origins of White Supremacy at The Conference on Progressive Christianity in February 2015
Black Christianity and Black Resistance at The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Washington DC in May, 2015
The Confederate Flag and Epistemic Ignorance at OU in October, 2015
Lecture on Black Leadership, Langston University
Lecture on Intersectionality and #BlackLivesMatter: Race, Gender and Resistance

UPCOMING BOOK

"Ballad of an American, A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson," Rutgers University Press, October 2020

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"A Father Confronts His 'Spider-Verse' Problem," The New York Times, December 2018.
"Southern Baptist Seminary Documents and Discloses History of 'Deep Racism,'" On Point, December 2018.
"It's On Men to End Sexism in the Black Church," The New York Times, December 2018.
"What the Source Taught Me," The New York Times, August 2018.
"The Realness, Dissect, and Mogul use one new art form to examine another," Slate, August 2018.
"Come Sunday and the Crisis of Faith," Slate, May 2018.
"'Black Panther' and the Revenge of the Black Nerds," The New York Times, February 2018.
Ed. "The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette," PM Press, forthcoming.
"Marvel's Newly Renumbered Comic Books Reveal Its Historic Disinterest in Promoting Black Superheroes" Slate, October 2017.
"A Letter of Thanks to My Son Who Wants to Be Luke Cage This Halloween" The Root, October 2017.
Afterword for, C.L.R. James: The Artist As Revolutionary, Penguin Random House, October 2017.
"The Woes of the Southern Baptist Convention" The New York Times, August 2017.
"Why I'm Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention" The New York Times, July 2017.
"Still a White Man's Sport" Slate, April 2017.
"Black Actors Could Make History at This Year's Oscars, but the Roles Matter More Than the Wins" Slate, February 2016.
"Terence Crutcher is the Latest Victim in Oklahoma's War on Black Americans" Fusion, September 2016.
"Cedric Robinson, Author of Black Marxism, Died This Month to Little Fanfare, but Not Before He Changed My Life" The Root, June 2016
"How 'Green Book' Gives Short Shrift to a Gay Life," New York Times, February 2019
"In 'Us,' the Tethered Lives That Prisoners Would Recognize," New York Times, April 2019
"How 'Dear White People' Season 3 Unpacks Race and #MeToo," New York Times, August 2019
"The Real Threat of 'Joker' Is Hiding in Plain Sight," New York Times, October 2019

CENTER FOR AFRICANA STUDIES & CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS, FALL 2017 EVENTS
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October 19th at 7pm in 035 MUR: Oklahoma Premiere of "Whose Streets?"
October 23rd at 7pm in 101 JB: "Insidious Trauma: Exploring the Mental Health Implications for Experiences with Oppression" by LaVonya Bennett
November 15th at 7pm in Murray Hall Parlor, Talk by J. W. Franklin: "Introducing the National Museum of African American History and Culture," part of the Murray Hall Civil Rights Speaker Series https://nmaahc.si.edu/
November 27th at 7pm in 035 MUR: "Heavy: An American Memoir" by Kiese Laymon

FALL 2020 CLASS SCHEDULE

PHIL 1213.62543 Philosophies of Life (H) TR 9:00-10:15 am ES 412
PHIL 3623.62216 Philosophy of Race (DH) TR 4:30-5:45 pm EN 108
PHIL 3623.64305 Philosophy of Race (DH) WEB
PHIL 3623.70123 Philosophy of Race (DH) WEB
PHIL 3623.71442 Philosophy of Race (DH) Aug. 3-Aug. 14 WEB
PHIL 3633.65518 MLK, Malcom X & Philosophy of Race (DH) TR 3:00-4:15 pm EN 108