Janine Jones is a contemporary philosopher working in social philosophy and philosophy of race. Her work engages questions of personal identity, social ontology, and the ways in which social structures and practices constitute individuals. She has contributed to debates on racial identity, the metaphysics of social kinds, and the implications of social constructionism for moral and political philosophy.
Developed arguments for the social construction of persons and personal identity
Contributed to philosophical accounts of racial identity and racial ontology
Examined the moral and political implications of social constructionist views of the self
Engaged intersections between metaphysics, social philosophy, and critical race theory