Faculty & Staff

Administrative Faculty and Staff
Mark Balaguer
Mark Balaguer, Chair (Ph.D., City University of New York)
metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaethics, logic
 
ET A424
(323) 343-4189
mbalagu@calstatela.edu
Geaquari
Geaquari Carlisle, Administrative Support Coordinator
 
ET A432
(323) 343-4180
gcarlis2@calstatela.edu
Richard Dean
Richard Dean, Associate Chair (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
moral theory, history of moral philosophy
 
ET A412
(323) 343-4182
rdean@calstatela.edu

 

Full-Time Faculty
Mohammed Abed (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
moral philosophy, social & political philosophy
 
(323) 343-5695
mabed@calstatela.edu
Talia
Talia Bettcher (Ph.D., UCLA)
feminist philosophy, transgender studies, queer theory, early modern philosophy
 
ET A423
(323) 343-4179
tbettch@calstatela.edu
Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
Foad Dizadji-Bahmani (Ph.D., London School of Economics)
philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of probability
 
ET A412
(323) 343-4176
fdizadj@calstatela.edu
Katie Howard
Katie Howard (Ph.D., Emory)
feminist philosophy, political philosophy, affect theory, decolonial thought, history of philosophy
 
ET A422
(323) 343-4178
khowar19@calstatela.edu
David Pitt
David Pitt (Ph.D., City University of New York)
philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics
 
ET A432
(323) 343-4192
dpitt@calstatela.edu
Michael Shim
Michael K. Shim, Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook)
20th century Continental philosophy (esp. phenomenology, Husserl), early modern philosophy (esp. Leibniz, rationalism, Kant), philosophy of mind, philosophy of language
 
ET A422
(323) 343-5942
mshim@calstatela.edu
Emeriti: Sharon Bishop, Donald Burrill, Ann Garry, Henry R. Mendell, Sheila Price, Kayley Vernallis
In Memoriam: Thomas Annese, Ricardo Gomez, Joseph B. Prabhu, George Vick

 

Lecturers
Bruce Atta
Bruce Atta (M.A. Philosophy, CSULA)
epistemology, metaphysics, applied ethics
 
ET A430
(323) 343-6070
batta@calstatela.edu
Joel Chandler
Joel Chandler (M.A. Philosophy, CSULA)
virtue ethics, pragmatism, existential hermeneutics (Heidegger)
 
ET A425
(323) 343-4180
joel.chandler5@calstatela.edu
Jay Conway
Jay Conway (Ph.D., UC Riverside)
history of philosophy (esp. Modern and 19th/20th century European), the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, social & political philosophy, feminist philosophy
 
ET A423
(323) 343-4947
jay.t.conway@gmail.com
Dirk Farner
Dirk Farner (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara)
ancient philosophy, history of philosophy
 
ET A430
(323) 343-4185
dfarner@calstatela.edu
Ronald Houts
Ronald Houts (Ph.D., UCLA)
critical thinking, logic, perception
 
ET A414
(323) 343-4190
not email accessible
Keith Kaiser Keith Kaiser (Ph.D., UCLA)
metaphysics, philosophy of mind
 
ET A430
(323) 343-4180
kkaiser@csulb.edu
Sheila Price Sheila Price (M.A. Philosophy, M.A. Folklore & Mythology, UCLA)
recent philosophy, philosophy of religion, comparative religions, East Asian philosophy, environmental ethics
 
ET A414
(323) 343-4187
sprice@calstatela.edu