Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, race, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in The Atlantic and published in The New York Times and other outlets. His most recent book is A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight. For more information, go to derrickdarby. com.
Eduardo J. Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His research is in democratic theory and focuses on institutions and practices such as administrative agencies, civic education, representation, and political partisanship.
