Dr. González de Allen’s teaching and research interests include Africana philosophy (especially, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin philosophy), existential phenomenology, metaphysics, history of philosophy, Caribbean theory, literature and culture, colonialism, postcolonialism and the de-colonial turn, theory about identity and the explorations of the intersections between philosophy, film, literature and culture. Her research and writing also engages diversity issues in higher education, particularly HBCU’s.
Work on her current monograph, Sedimented Subjectivities: A Phenomenology of Layered Being in the United States Virgin Islands, focuses on developing a phenomenology of existence of the people of the U.S, Virgin Islands by examining how key moments in USVI history shape collective and individual identities. She is also interested in how United States colonization impacts identity in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
