Jon Ivan GillFaculty
Jon Ivan Gill is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College. He has written on Afrofuturism, Hip-Hop, philosophy of religion, poststructuralism, philosophy of race, atheism, creative writing, process philosophies, and Yoruba and Maya cosmologies. He is co-owner of the indie record label Serious Cartoons Records and co-owner of the record store Aesthetic Religion Records and Texts in Saint Peter, MN. He is also a solo Hip-Hop artist using the moniker "Gilead7," a member of Chicago Hip-Hop collective Tomorrow Kings, Southern California-based Echoes of Oratory Muzik, and the duo Crystal Radio along with Michael Adame, also known as Phantom Thrett. His first book, Underground Rap as Religion: A Theopoetic Examination of Process Aesthetic Religion, was released in November of 2019 under the Routledge Studies in Hip-Hop and Religion series, edited by Monica R. Miller and Anthony B. Pinn. His latest edited student volume, Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion, was released in April of 2022 by Wipf and Stock. His third monograph, Multi/race/less/ness: A Process Alternative to Category, is completed and forthcoming under Bloomsbury's Continental Philosophy series in the fall of 2025. Jon's classes are realms where the most absurd and aduacious out of the box approaches are the crystally un/clear windows to transformative philosophical insight that can be lived usefully in the world.
www.sevenivan.com
Areas of Expertise
philosophy, religious studies, theology, cultural studies, and race
Interests
travel, vinyl records, and reading
Courses Taught
PHI-107 (Philosophy of Battle Rap), PHI-201 (Ancient Philosophy), and PHI-371 (SEM: Atheism and Humanism)
Synonym | Title | Times Taught | Terms Taught |
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PHI-108 | Great Philosophers | 6 | 2023/SP, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, 2021/SP, and 2020/FA |
PHI-244 | ST:Bug Philosophy | 5 | 2024/SP, 2022/FA, 2021/FA, 2021/JN, and 2020/FA |
PHI-144 | ST:Race/Sex Caribbean | 3 | 2023/SP, 2022/FA, and 2022/JN |
PHI-107 | Philosophy of Battle Rap | 2 | 2024/SP and 2023/FA |
PHI-201 | Ancient Philosophy | 2 | 2023/FA and 2021/FA |
PHI-240 | Philosophy of Religion | 2 | 2023/SP and 2021/SP |
PHI-235 | Existentialism | 1 | 2024/SP |
PHI-391 | IS:Nietzsche and Meaning | 1 | 2024/SP |
PHI-216 | Philosophy of Race | 1 | 2023/FA |
GWS-244 | ST:Race and Sexuality | 1 | 2022/FA |
PHI-212 | Oppression/Privilege | 1 | 2022/SP |