Interview with Professor Frank M. Kirkland

Abstract

I’m the eldest child of three other siblings of the late Frank and Arcadia Kirkland, brother to two sisters, Linda and Marguerite, and 1 brother, the late Kenny Kirkland, noted jazz pianist. I was born and raised in “Bed-Stuy†Brooklyn whose “informal†education has long not resonated, but still, on occasion, can “pop up†crisply and ever gets its “props†from me. Professionally besides teaching intermediate- and upper-level undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in what I work on, I also teach annually a large lecture introductory philosophy course.