Ernesto Rosen Velásquez (he/his) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Dayton. He specializes in decolonial thought, Latinx and Latin American philosophy, critical philosophy of race, hip hop and political philosophy. He is editor and contributor to a collection put together with Ramón Grosfoguel and Roberto D. Hernández, Decolonizing the Westernized University: Interventions in Philosophy of Education (Lexington Press, 2016). He is a co-editor and contributor with Luis Ruben Diaz Cepeda of a forthcoming book Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala (Wiley Press, April 30, 2023). Here is currently working on a manuscript tentatively titled Problem People as a part of the SUNY Press Philosophy and Race series. He is the author of the following publications on this Journal:
- “Dussel’s Metaphysics of Alterity and the Aesthetics of Liberation” (Volume 8, Issue 2 – Fall, 2017).
- “Latinx Philosophy Born of Colonial Struggle” (Volume 16, Issue 1 – Spring, 2025).