Kyle Knott began his career working in city management and economic development, where he saw first-hand the realities of social, cultural, and economic inequalities in community politics. Kyle was initially a Ph.D. student at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. His work in public policy and management included assisting with partnerships with The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the United States Department of Agriculture. He now studies at the Department of Comparative Studies to explore more interdisciplinary and justice-oriented avenues of research. His current research interests include classical pragmatism, intersectionality, decolonialism, critical whiteness studies, critical and liberatory pedagogy, and democratic and critical theory. 

Kyle's work is driven by a passion for promoting equitable state and local power dynamics. Through his community-engaged scholarship, he seeks to join a long, ongoing tradition of American progressives who struggled to implement a praxis to bring about a more egalitarian and liberatory politics. His inspirations include Jane Addams, Eugene Debs, C. Wright Mills, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Cornel West, bell hooks, and Patricia Hill Collins.