Rate Professor K Anthony Appiah

Academic Profile

Academic Background: PhD in Philosophy, Cambridge University; BA, Cambridge University.

Research Interests: Ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of race, and cosmopolitanism.

Appointments: Professor of Philosophy and Law, NYU; President, American Academy of Arts and Letters; Former President, Modern Language Association.

Awards: National Humanities Medal; Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

Publications: Author, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (W.W. Norton, 2006); The Ethics of Identity (Princeton University Press).

Editorial Contributions: Columnist, The New York Times Magazine.

Additional Contributions: Frequent BBC presenter; Advisor to UNESCO on cultural diversity.