Meet the Director

MYISHA CHERRY is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. She is interested in the role of emotions and attitudes in public life.

Cherry’s books include:  
‘The Moral Psychology of Anger ; “Unmuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice; and The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle. The Failures of Forgiveness (Princeton University Press) is slated for a September 2023 release. Cherry has also written about emotions and race in such journals as Hypatia, Radical Philosophy Review, and Critical Philosophy of Race. She has also written publicly about political emotions, race, and justice for the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Salon, The Boston Review, New Philosopher, WomanKind, and the Huffington Post.