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Dr. Lori Lee Gallegos de Castillo

  • Associate Professor - Philosophy
Portrait of Dr. Lori Lee Gallegos de Castillo

Biography and expertise

Lori is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy and a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Stony Brook University (SUNY) in 2016. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked as a case manager in family-based immigration law in Albuquerque. She earned her B.A. in philosophy and foreign languages from the University of New Mexico in 2008.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Philosophy

State Univ of NY at Stony Brook, 2016

Master's Degree

MA in Philosophy

State Univ of NY at Stony Brook, 2011

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Philosophy, and Languages

Univ of New Mexico Main Campus, 2008

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Gallegos de Castillo, Lori Lee. Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $25000. (Funded: September 2015 - August 2016). Grant.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, Lori Lee. Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, $60000. (Funded: September 2011 - August 2014). Grant.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, Lori Lee. Turner Summer Research Grant, Center for Inclusive Education, Stony Brook University. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, Lori Lee. Turner Summer Research Grant, Center for Inclusive Education, Stony Brook University. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, Lori Lee. Turner Summer Research Grant, Center for Inclusive Education, Stony Brook University. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, L. L. (2026). Love It or Leave It: Latinx People and the Pressure to Affectively Assimilate. Critical Philosophy of Race.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, L. L., Vargas, M., & Gallegos, F. (Eds.). (2025). The Latinx Philosophy Reader. Routledge.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, L. L. (2024). Does Empathy Contribute to Inter-Group Solidarity?: Navigating the Pitfalls of Empathy in  the Pursuit of Racial Justice. Hypatia, 39(1), 194–214.
  • Gallegos de Castillo, L. L. (2023). The Affective Injustice of Linguistic Shame. Philosophical Topics, 50(2).
  • Gallegos de Castillo, L. L. (2021). The Interpreter’s Dilemma: On the Moral Burden of Consensual Heteronomy. In Latin American Immigration Ethics. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching. July 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Essay Prize in Latin American Thought, American Philosophical Association. December 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, Stony Brook University. May 2014
  1. Editor

    APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy

  2. Other

    Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute

  3. Member

    Society for Mexican American Philosophy Advisory Board

  4. Other

    Tenure Line Faculty Mentor

  5. Member

    Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Program

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of Speculative Thought

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