I joined Colorado College’s Philosophy Department as an Assistant Professor in the summer of 2025. Before arriving at CC, I taught at Colby College, and before that, I earned my Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. At UCSD, I wrote a dissertation on Immanuel Kant’s Critique of the Power of Judgment while cultivating research and teaching interests in Latin American Philosophy.

My areas of expertise include Latin American and Latinx Philosophy, the History of European Philosophy (esp. Kant, Modern, Post-Kantian Continental, and Ancient), Aesthetics and Value Theory, Social Philosophy (esp. topics of race, ethnicity, and social identity), and Philosophy of the Americas.

I believe that strengthening one’s grasp of traditional problems, themes, and thinkers from the History of Philosophy and venturing into non-traditional or non-canonical areas are mutually reinforcing tasks. This is why I teach courses across all the areas listed above. I especially love teaching Latin American Philosophy, and I’m committed to regularly offering introductory and advanced courses in this area.

So far, my research has appeared in Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, The Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, and several edited volumes. My work has also earned prizes from numerous scholarly societies, including the American Society for Aesthetics’ New Voices Award and Oga Po’Geh Prize, The Review of Metaphysics Dissertation Essay Contest Prize, and the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s Inter-American Philosophy Award.

Right now, I’m working on three research projects: one that examines the social and political impacts of (Kantian and Post-Kantian European) Aesthetics in early 20th-century Mexico; another that explores what role the concept of life plays in Kant's philosophical system; and a third that investigates what philosophers across the Americas have to teach us about American identity and the fate of democracy.

You can learn more about my teaching and research on my website:
https://juancarlosphilosophy.com/

A note about my name: “Juan Carlos” is my two-part first name. I go by that, or “J.C.” Of course, “Professor González” also works!