Faculty (Office Hours) and Staff
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Mark Balaguer, Dept. Chair (Ph.D., City University of New York) metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaethics, logic E&T A432 323.343.4189 mbalagu@calstatela.edu |
StaffDonna Balderrama E&T A432 323.343.4180 |
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Talia Bettcher (Ph.D., UCLA) early modern philosophy, philosophy of self, gender and sexuality E&T A423 323.343.4179 tbettch@calstatela.edu |
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Sharon Bishop* (Ph.D., Harvard University) ethics, social & political philosophy, moral & philosophical psychology, feminist ethics E&T A425 323.343.4188 sbishop@calstatela.edu |
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Jennifer L. Faust (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago) epistemology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of race, ethics and genetics E&T A425 323.343.4286 jfaust@calstatela.edu |
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Ann Garry* (Ph.D., University of Maryland) feminist philosophy, philosophical methods, epistemology, applied ethics E&T A424 323.343.4176 agarry@calstatela.edu |
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Ricardo J. Gomez (Ph.D., Indiana University) philosophy of science & technology, philosophy of mathematics, Kant, Latin American philosophy E&T A412 323.343.4149 rgomez@calstatela.edu |
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Henry R. Mendell (Ph.D., Stanford University) ancient philosophy, history of ancient mathematics and science, philosophy of science, metaphysics E&T A422 323.343.4178 hmendell@calstatela.edu |
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David Pitt (Ph.D., City University of New York) philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics E&T A424 323.343.4192 dpitt@calstatela.edu |
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Joseph B. Prabhu (Ph.D., Boston University) ethics, 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, Indian and comparative philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion E&T A421 323.343.4177 jprabhu@calstatela.edu |
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Michael K. Shim (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 E&T A422 323.343.5942 mshim@calstatela.edu |
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Kayley Vernallis (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) moral psychology, ethics, aesthetics, gender and sexuality, Continental philosophy E&T A423 323.343.4947 kvernal@calstatela.edu |
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Alfred Albergate (M.A. Philosophy, Cal State L.A.) ethics (just war, diversity, sports), critical thinking E&T A221 323.343.4180 alalbergate@aol.com |
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Bruce Atta E&T A221 323.343.6070 batta@calstatela.edu |
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Jay Conway (M.A. Philosophy, University South Florida) philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, post WWII French philosophy, Hume, Spinoza, Bergson, Marxist and anarchist political theory E&T A421 323.343.4180 JCO4108978@aol.com |
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Dirk Farner (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara) E&T A421 323.343.4180 dfarner@calstatela.edu |
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Ronald Houts (Ph.D., UCLA) critical thinking, logic, perception E&T A414 323.343.4190 not email accessible |
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Gregory Jarrett (Ph.D., University of Southern California) philosophy of mind & consciousness, emotion, cognitive science, metaphysics, moral & social theory, environmental ethics, personal & social identity, critical thinking E&T A221 323.343.4180 gjarrett1@verizon.net |
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Keith Kaiser (Ph.D.) E&T A424 323.343.4180 kkaiser@csulb.edu |
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Steven R. Levy (Ph.D., UCLA) epistemology, metaphysics, logic, applied ethics E&T A412 323.343.4180 steven.levy@mindspring.net |
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Jorge Muņoz (Ph.D., University of Kansas) political philosophy, feminism, race theory, ethics, existentialism, metaphysics, religion E&T A412 323.343.4182 jmunoz6@calstatela.edu |
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Sheila Price (M.A., UCLA) recent philosophy, comparative religions, medical ethics, environmental ethics E&T A414 323.343.4187 sprice@calstatela.edu |
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Henry Talifer (J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law; Ph.D., USC) philosophy of religion, existentialism, applied ethics E&T A221 323.343.4184 henrytalifer@yahoo.com |
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* Emeritus; also: Sidney P. Albert, Thomas Annese, Donald R. Burrill, and George Vick | ||


















