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Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Contact
(860) 832-2920
rfriaz@ccsu.edu
Office
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
304-06
Biography

My work in philosophy is dedicated towards thinking through difficult histories of violence and liberation. I specialize in issues concerning race, technology, and the history of philosophy, and I approach these issues through European and Latin American traditions of philosophy. In practice, this means I investigate how philosophers have thought about the human being and how it relates to nature, technology, society, and economy. My current work is oriented towards analyzing AI as a technology by way of Critical Theory, especially Frankfurt School, Black, and Latin American Critical Theory.

Education
PhD, Philosophy
University of Oregon
2024
MA, English
California State University, Stanislaus
2014
BA, Philosophy
California State University, Stanislaus
2011
Areas of Expertise

Critical Philosophy of Race (esp. technology and AI), Latin American Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy

Publications, Research & Presentations

2026 鈥淐ontesting Power and Building Pluralist Solidarity,鈥&苍产蝉辫;The Pluralist, Volume 21, number 1 (forthcoming).

2025 鈥淛ohn Brown, Abolition, and the Question of Violence,鈥 in Handbook of Philosophies of America, ed. Terrance MacMullan and Sergio Gallegos. London: Bloomsbury Press, (under contract).

2024 鈥淐omments on Susana Nuccetelli鈥檚 Introduction to Latin American Philosophy,鈥&苍产蝉辫;APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Volume 23, number 2.

2023 鈥淢ar铆a Lugones and the Value of Playfulness for World-Making,鈥&苍产蝉辫;APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Volume 23, number 1.

Memberships & Affiliations

New England Society for Continental Philosophy

Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Society for Mexican American Philosophy

Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy