Research Interests |
Trans Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Self |
Courses |
Fall 2022 On Sabbatical |
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About
I am an engaged philosopher who integrates critical reflection with tangible and meaningful action in our lived world. Much of my work in transgender studies flows from my personal experience as a trans woman and through being actively involved in trans community subcultures and grassroots organizing in Los Angeles for the past fifteen years. My philosophical investigations, even at their most abstract, aim to capture realities that are experienced by flesh and blood people and that can have political and practical consequences (see, for example, "Recommended Models and Policies for LAPD Interactions with Trans Individuals". Much of this policy was eventually adopted. Click here for more info). When traditional philosophy has failed me, I have even turned to performance art as a way to explore philosophical trans/gender issues in less conventional ways. My hope is that others can gain real benefit from my philosophical work – if only as a challenge to think more deeply about gender and sex, and perhaps even as a new way of thinking about things. I work as a Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. I served as chair of the Academic Senate (2020-2022), chair of the Philosophy Department (2012-2018), and director of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities (2008-11). Some of the courses that I teach include Introduction to Transgender Studies, Introduction to Trans/Feminism, Philosophy, Gender, and Culture, Philosophy of Self, Early Modern Philosophy, The Philosophy of George Berkeley, and The Meaning of Life. I am currently completing a monograph entitled Intimacy and Illusion: An Essay in Trans Philosophy (University of Minnesota Press). |
Publications (Selected) For access to some of my writings, see: https://calstatela.academia.edu/TaliaBettcher Also visit www.learningtrans.org
Books and Edited Collections
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Articles, Chapters, and Entries
Reprinted in The Transgender Studies Reader 2 (eds. Susan Stryker and Aren Z. Aizura, Routledge (2013).
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