Tommy J. Curry is an American scholar, author and professor of philosophy, holding a Personal Chair in Africana philosophy and Black male studies at the University of Edinburgh. In 2018, he won an American Book Award for The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood.

Curry has appeared at many HowTheLightGetsIn festivals. You can watch his discussion on black manhood from the Hay 2022 festival here and his debate with Aaron Bastani and Kathleen Stock on Truth, Prejudice and the University here.