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Amato’s research and teaching focus on social and political philosophy, ethics, the history of Western philosophy, philosophical hermeneutics, Marxism, and African and Africana philosophy. Key publications include the edited volume Virtue, Order, Mind: Ancient, Modern and Post-Modern Perspectives (State University College at Oneonta, 1994); chapters such as “African Philosophy and Modernity” in Post-Colonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader (Blackwell, 1997), “Marxist Critique and Philosophical Hermeneutics” in Radical Philosophy Today (2006), “Radical Protest and Dialectical Ethics” in Peace Philosophy and Public Life (Rodopi, 2014), and “On Vernacular Rationality: Gadamer and Eze in Conversation” in The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); refereed articles like “The Menkiti-Gyekye Conversation: Framing Persons” (Filosofia Theoretica, 2018) and “Hobbes, Darwinism, and Conceptions of Human Nature” (Minerva, 2002); and numerous book reviews in journals including Radical Philosophy Review and Research in Phenomenology. He received the Teaching Fellow of the Year award from Fordham University Graduate School (1989–1990) and the Pennoni Honors College Fellowships Office Mentor Award from Drexel University (2018).