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Talia Mae Bettcher Office: E&T A423 Note: Downloading any of the accessible essays included here constitutes agreement that it is for personal use only. I include links to the publishers in case you need to use an essay for other reasons. I am interested in contemporary issues related to gender, sexuality, race, and the self. I currently focus on the nature of transphobic violence and its relationship to sexual violence and racial oppression. Edited Collections Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gender Realities (special issue of Hypatia) co-edited with Ann Garry. Forthcoming. Articles and Chapters "Trans Identities and First Person Authority" in You've Changed: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity (ed. Laurie Shrage), Oxford University Press, Forthcoming. "Pretenders to the Throne" a commentary on Alice Dreger's "The controversy surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A case history of the politics of science, identity, and sex in the internet age," Archives of Sexual Behavior (June 2008), forthcoming. Authors Draft. "Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion" Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, vol. 22, no.3 (Summer 2007). "Gender, Identity, Theory, and Action" in Gender Identity, Equity and Violence (ed. Geraldine Stahly), monograph series Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Enduring Societal Issues, Stylus Publications, 2007. "Appearance, Reality, and Gender Deception: Reflections on Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Pretence" in Violence, Victims, and Justifications (ed. Felix Ó Murchadha), Peter Lang Press, 2006. "Understanding Transphobia: Authenticity and Sexual Abuse" in Trans/Forming Feminisms: Transfeminist Voices Speak Out (ed. Krista Scott-Dixon), Sumach Press, 2006. "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual Individuals" - Chapter on LGBT issues and public health (co-authored with Emilia Lombardi). Social Injustice and Public Health (eds. Barry Levy and Victor Sidel), Oxford University Press, 2005. Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries "Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues" invited for Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Forthcoming (2008).
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY I focus on the immaterialist philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753). I am especially interested in his views about consciousness and the soul. Publications include: Books Berkeley: A Guide for the Perplexed. Continuum Publishing. Forthcoming, scheduled publication: 2008. Berkeley's Philosophy of Spirit: Consciousness, Ontology, and the Elusive Subject. Continuum Publishing, 2007. Articles and Chapters "Berkeley's Dualistic Ontology" Analisis Filosofico (forthcoming) "Berkeley and Hume on the Self and Self-Consciousness" in Topics in Early Modern Philosophy of Mind (ed. Jon Miller), Springer Verlag. Forthcoming, 2008. "Berkeley on Self-Consciousness" in New Interpretations of Berkeley's Thought (ed. Stephen Daniel), Journal of the History of Philosophy Books Humanity Press, 2008. Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries Entries on T.E. Jessop and A.A. Luce in Thoemmes' Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers (General Editor: Professor Stuart Brown), Thoemmes Continuum, 2005. I teach graduate seminars on the British Empiricists, Early Modern Philosophy of Self, and Contemporary Philosophy of Self. I have also taught a graduate seminar on Queer Theory and Feminism ("Theorizing Genders and Sexualities"). At the undergraduate level, I regularly teach the History of Modern Philosophy (Descartes through Kant) as well as other courses which allow me to focus on some of these major figures in greater detail. I am currently teaching a course on the Philosophy of George Berkeley (Phil 458/510). I also teach the GE courses "Philosophy, Gender and Culture" (Phil 327) and "Meanings of Human Life: A Multicultural Approach" (Phil 230). In these latter courses, I use service-learning as a way to help students see the connections between philosophy and the everyday world. I have also taught several courses at UCLA including the interdisciplinary "Introduction to Transgender Studies" for the LGBT Studies Program. Ph.D Philosophy 1999 BA Philosophy 1991 For further information, see CV. |