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Birth Name:

George Yancy

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jun 03, 1961

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

63

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

12°

Gem

49'

About George Yancy

George Dewey Yancy (born June 3, 1961) is an American philosopher who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He has been a professor of philosophy at Emory University since fall 2015. He is also a distinguished Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, one of the college's highest honors. In 2019-20, he was the University of Pennsylvania's Inaugural Provost's Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow. He is also the editor for Lexington Books' "Philosophy of Race" book series. He is known for his work in critical whiteness studies, critical philosophy of race, critical phenomenology (especially racial embodiment), and African American philosophy, and has written, edited, or co-edited more than 20 books. He has also authored over 150 scholarly articles and chapters. Yancy has also authored numerous influential essays and conducted provocative interviews at The New York Times' philosophy column "The Stone." Yancy has been interviewed on various radio stations throughout the U.S. He has also appeared in two documentaries, Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence, an independent documentary directed by Hal Jacobs and Henry Jacobs, with support from Georgia Humanities, 2019, and Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, a six-episode series released on July 30, 2018 on Paramount Network. Series was directed by Jenner Furts and Julia Willoughby Nason. Executive producers: Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Jay-Z, Chachi Senior, Michael Gasparro, Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason, and Nick Sandow.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George Yancy: Sun 12 Gemini, Moon 13 Aquarius, Mercury 5 Cancer, Venus 28 Aries, Mars 15 Leo, Jupiter 7 Aquarius, Saturn 29 Capricorn, Uranus 22 Leo, Neptune 9 Scorpio, Pluto 5 Virgo, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Trine Neptune, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Square Saturn, Mars Conjunct Uranus, Jupiter Square Neptune, Jupiter Quincunx Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to George Yancy: Living people, June 3 births, 20th-century American philosophers, 21st-century American philosophers, Yale University alumni, Emory University faculty, University of Pittsburgh alumni, New York University alumni, Duquesne University alumni, Critical theorists, 1961 births, Philosophers from Pennsylvania, African-American philosophers, Duquesne University faculty