Professor John H. McClendon III

Professor in the Department of Philosophy

John H. McClendon III is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. His areas of interests include African philosophy, Marxism, philosophy of sports and the African American experience along with, philosophy of religion and African Americans. McClendon has written extensively and has authored several books including; African American Philosophers and Philosophy: An Introduction to the History, Concepts, and Contemporary Issues —co-authored with Dr. Stephen C. Ferguson II (2019), Black Christology and the Quest for Authenticity: A Philosophical Appraisal (2019) and C. L. R. James’s Notes on Dialectics: Left-Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism (2005). Presently, Professor McClendon is the Co-Editor of the African American Philosophy Series for Brill Publishers, Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Advisory Board Member of Blackpast.Org, member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal, Cultural Logic and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal on African Philosophy.