ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Philosophy
St. John Hall, Room B30-18
Queens Campus
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Phone: (718) 990-5298
Fax: (718) 990-1907
kennedyk@stjohns.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Philosophy, The Catholic University of America,
1990
- M.A., Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 1985
- B.A., Philosophy, LeMoyne College, 1980
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Metaphysics
- American philosophy
- Pragmatism
- Marxism
PROFILE
Kevin Kennedy has been a member of the Philosophy Department since
1990, serving as Assistant Chair since 2007. Dr. Kennedy has also
been the Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program
at St. John’s and Councilor of the Metaphysical Society of America.
He has published several anthologies on the history of metaphysics
and authored articles and reviews in The Review of
Metaphysics, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy,
and Reason Papers and in several books. He has also
received a Faculty Recognition Award for his support of the St.
John’s Stagecraft Course and Internships with the award-winning
Peccadillo Theater Company, where he is the Managing Director.