Faculty & Staff | Cal State LA

Administrative Faculty
Richard Dean, Chair (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) moral theory, history of moral philosophy ET A412 (323) 343-4182 rdean@calstatela.edu
Mark Balaguer, Associate Chair (Ph.D., City University of New York) metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaethics, logic ET A432 (323) 343-4189 mbalagu@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 Bettcher (Ph.D., UCLA) feminist philosophy, transgender studies, queer theory, early modern philosophy ET A423 (323) 343-4179 tbettch@calstatela.edu
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 (Ph.D., Emory) feminist philosophy, political philosophy, affect theory, decolonial thought, history of philosophy ET A422 (323) 343-4178 khowar19@calstatela.edu
David Pitt (Ph.D., City University of New York) philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics ET A424 (323) 343-4192 dpitt@calstatela.edu
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 (M.A. Philosophy, CSULA) epistemology, metaphysics, applied ethics ET A430 (323) 343-6070 batta@calstatela.edu
Joel Chandler (M.A. Philosophy, CSULA) virtue ethics, pragmatism, existential hermeneutics (Heidegger) ET A425 (323) 343-4180 joel.chandler5@calstatela.edu
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 (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara) ancient philosophy, history of philosophy ET A430 (323) 343-4185 dfarner@calstatela.edu
Ronald Houts (Ph.D., UCLA) critical thinking, logic, perception ET A414 (323) 343-4190 not email accessible
Keith Kaiser (Ph.D., UCLA) metaphysics, philosophy of mind ET A430 (323) 343-4180 kkaiser@csulb.edu
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