Mirella Tranquille

I am interested in the moral permissibility of violence in Black American resistance. Using a Fanonian and Afropessimist analytical framework, I seek to establish an ethic of violence specific to the current fight for Black freedom in the United States. My research combines Black male studies, Black radical tradition studies, and critical race theories. My research also compares the social movements of the 1970s to the more recent Black social movements. The project titled "The Agency of the Freed Slaves: Ethics of Violence for Black American Resistance" is being carried out under the guidance of Professors Monique Deveaux, John Russon, and Magali Bessone.

I am also a member of the Grounded & Engaged Theory Lab

Areas of Interest: Ethics and Political Philosophy.

Education: 

MA in Philosophy, Université de Montréal

BA in Psychology, Concordia University