Teaching Professor, Philosophy

Yancy Hughes Dominick, PhD

Teaching Professor

Biography

Yancy Hughes Dominick is Teaching Professor of Philosophy. He studied English Literature and Philosophy at Lake Forest College and earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Kansas, where he fell in love both with Plato and with college basketball (Go Jayhawks!). His research focuses on Ancient Greek Philosophy, especially Plato.

Prof. Dominick has taught a variety of Core and Philosophy classes at Seattle U. In the last few years his favorite classes allow him to explore the richness of feminist philosophy—a recent highlight is his Fall 2020 humanities seminar on Gender and Power in Ancient Greece.

The Black Lives Matter movement has inspired Dr. Dominick to rethink his teaching, scholarship, and service. Learning that Huey P. Newton taught himself to read by reading Plato’s Republic over and over again made a deep impression on Dr. Dominick in the summer of 2020, and the call to center liberation continues to resound.

Education

  • PhD, University of Kansas
  • BA, Lake Forest College

Courses Taught

  • HONR 1010: Origins of Philosophy
  • UCOR 2500: Minds and Machines
  • UCOR 2900: Radical Ethics
  • UCOR 2900: Sports Ethics

Publications

“Educate to Liberate: Black Panther Pedagogy in Ancient Philosophy Class,” Teaching Philosophy, forthcoming (2025). https://www-pdcnet-org.proxy.seattleu.edu/teachphil/content/teachphil_2025_0999_3_17_221

“Among the Boys and Young Men: Philosophy and Masculinity in Plato’s Lysis,” Ancient Philosophy 44.2, 305-322 (2024). https://www.pdcnet.org/ancientphil/content/ancientphil_2024_0044_0002_0305_0322

“Images for the Sake of the Truth in Plato’s Symposium,” Classical Quarterly 63.2, 558-566 (2013). https://www.jstor.org/stable/43905989?seq=1

“Seeing Through Images: The Bottom of Plato’s Divided Line,” Journal of the History of Philosophy 48.1, 1-13 (2010). https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/370155