Cornel West nickname(s):
Dr. Cornel West
Cornel West date of birth:
June 2, 1953
How old is Cornel West?
73
Where was Cornel West born?
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Cornel West body shape:
Average
What color are Cornel West's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Cornel West's hair?
Brown - Dark
What is Cornel West's ethnicity?
Multiracial
What is Cornel West nationality?
American
What is Cornel West's occupation?
Writer, Activist, Actor
Cornel West claim to fame:
Slave Ship: The Testimony of the Henrietta Marie
Short Biography
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West received his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1973, and received a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1980, becoming the first African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D in philosophy. He taught at Harvard in 2001 before leaving the school after a highly publicized dispute with then-president Lawrence Summers. He was Professor of African American Studies at Princeton before leaving the school in 2011 to become Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He has also spent time teaching at the University of Paris.