Dr. Gregory E. Doukas

Short Bio

Gregory E. Doukas is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Babson College. His research focuses on the question of political responsibility. His first monograph examines the theme of responsibility U.S. and Caribbean Black Political Thought. He is currently working on a second monograph with a co-writer, Mouhamadou el Hady Ba, that focuses on problematic interpretations of African decolonial thought, with an emphasis on how West African philosophers have framed the project of decolonizing knowledge. Doukas is also a research associate in the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut as well as a musician. He has written for Philosophy and Global Affairs, the Journal of World Philosophies, and the Black Issues in Philosophy blog series.

Selected Publications

•  Maria A. Stewart: Alive!” in Liminalities: a Journal of Performance Studies. Vol. 21. No. 3. Ed. By Myron Beasley and Anwar Uhuru. May 2025.
• “The Concept of Responsibility in Mexican Existentialism,” Journal of World Philosophies Symposium on Emilio Uranga, ed. By Carlos Jose Sanchez. January 2025.
• “How to Decolonize: The Creolizing Thought of Kwasi Wiredu, Visionary West African Philosopher” Journal of World Philosophies. September 2024.
• Doukas,G & Mouhamadou, E.H.B, “How Not to Decolonize Political Theory,” Philosophy and Global Affairs, June 2024.
• “Three Routes Beyond the Dead Ends of Man: A Tribute to the Legacy of Drucilla Cornell” Philosophy and Global Affairs, Vol 3. Issue 1 December 2023.

Project Description

Professor Doukas’ residency will be spent writing the final chapters of his monograph with Mouhamadou el Hady Ba, How Not to Decolonize. This book focuses on problematic interpretations of African decolonial thought and revisits debates among crucial West African philosophers about what it means to engage in the project of decolonizing knowledge and concepts. It subsequently applies the insights of these intellectuals to evaluate whether the current political tumult in the Sahel region constitutes a decolonial moment. Finally, this book also endeavours to articulate the limits of decolonization as a methodological paradigm for modern African philosophical research in the 21st century.