Sergio A. Gallegos-Ordorica is a Mexican-born philosopher and Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) in New York. His research spans metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science (including models and scientific representation), Latin American philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, and pragmatism. He frequently engages with historical and contemporary Latin American thinkers—such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Enrique Dussel, Ricardo Flores Magón, Luis Villoro, and Simón Bolívar—exploring themes like liberation ethics, deliberative multiculturalism, insurrectionist ethics, irony in response to microaggressions, racial legacies in political thought, and the Socratic pedagogy of early modern figures.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he grew up primarily in Mexico and the United States. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2001 and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2011, with a dissertation on identity in metaphysics and logic. He previously held positions as Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver and Visiting Assistant Professor at Denison University.
His publications appear in journals such as the Inter-American Journal of Philosophy (e.g., “Prospects of a Dusselian Ethics of Liberation among US Minorities: The Case of Affirmative Action in Higher Education,” 2015), Philosophy of Science, Journal of Mexican Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race, and History of Philosophy Quarterly. He has contributed to discussions on privileged self-knowledge, modeling in science, romantic love and jealousy, and the value of irony in feminist and anti-racist contexts. He co-edited volumes like The Bloomsbury Handbook of American Philosophies (2024) and has been featured in podcasts and public philosophy outlets, notably on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. His scholarship bridges analytic, continental, and Latin American traditions, emphasizing intersections of race, gender, liberation, and normative epistemology in the Americas.
Articles and papers published in the Journal include:
- “Prospects of a Dusselian Ethics of Liberation among US Minorities: The Case of Affirmative Action in Higher Education” (Volume 6, Issue 1 – Spring, 2015)