Cal State LA Department of Philosophy student placement
Student placement into Ph.D. Programs (in Philosophy unless otherwise noted) and Law Schools in recent years. Only the name of the institution the student entered is given — not any others into which acceptance was gained.
| M.A. Student | Year | Ph.D. Program or Law School | Focus |
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| Christopher Caldwell | 2025 | Ohio State University | Phil Mind |
| Thomas Takasugi | 2025 | UC Davis | Phil Mind |
| Alexis Valenzuela Haro | 2025 | University of Georgia | Phil Mind and Phenomenology |
| Stephen Boynton | 2024 | UCSB | |
| Rachel Torres | 2024 | UC Irvine | |
| Eric Fossum | 2024 | UC Santa Barbara | |
| Jennifer Markewych | 2023 | UC Davis | Applied Ethics* |
| Daniel Bjorklund | 2023 | Western University (Ontario) | |
| Jessica Kratzert | 2023 | University of Florida | |
| Jabran Amanat-Lee | 2022 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | |
| Alex Meyering | 2021 | UC Santa Cruz | |
| Jalen McCleod | 2021 | Chapman University Law | |
| Rose Fonth | 2020 | Rutgers | |
| Bryan Knittle | 2019 | Villanova | |
| Troy Pollidori | 2018 | Tennessee-Knoxville | |
| Fernando Cierra | 2018 | UC Hastings, Law | |
| Lavaris McCellion | 2017 | Cornell | |
| Carlos Gutierrez | 2017 | UCLA | |
| Taylor Dunn | 2017 | UC Irvine | |
| Jessica Gonzalez | 2016 | UC Irvine (LPS: Logic and Philosophy of Science) | |
| Rena Goldstein | 2016 | UC Irvine | |
| Nefeli Ralli | 2016 | UCLA | |
| Matthew Hart | 2016 | Penn State | |
| Iliana Cuellar | 2016 | UC Riverside (Comparative Literature) | |
| John Klyng | 2016 | Harbor College (LACC), tenure-track instructor | |
| John Dail | 2016 | NYU (Medical Ethics) | |
| Jae Choe | 2016 | UCLA | |
| Jared Gee | 2015 | UC Riverside (Comparative Literature) | |
| Nate Greely | 2015 | UC San Diego | |
| Ben Futernick | 2015 | UCLA Law | |
| Alysha Kassam | 2015 | UC Irvine (LPS: Logic and Philosophy of Science) | |
| Pedro Viramontes | 2015 | Berkeley Law School | |
| Victor Morales | 2014 | UC Riverside (Political Science) | |
| Joerg Van Corva | 2014 | University of Pisa | |
| Douglas Wadle | 2014 | USC | |
| Melvin Freitas | 2014 | Central European University, Budapest | |
| Adam Sanders | 2013 | UC Irvine | |
| Devon Dickinson | 2012 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | |
| Andres Garza | 2012 | Stanford (Modern Thought & Literature) | Epistemology* |
| Rodolfo Giorgi | 2012 | University of Pisa | |
| Hector Guzman | 2012 | SUNY Buffalo | |
| Michelle Chasman | 2011 | UC Hastings College of the Law | Human Rights* |
| Ali Mohsen | 2011 | SUNY Stony Brook | Phenomenology* |
| Michael Hatcher | 2010 | USC | Phil Mind* |
| Matt Leonard | 2010 | UC Davis; transferred to USC | Logic* |
| Jeremy Gomer | 2009 | UC San Diego | Epistemology* |
| Daniel Kono | 2009 | UC Riverside (Political Science) | |
| Yuichi Minemura | 2008 | SUNY Buffalo | Phil Science* |
| Scott Tidwell | 2008 | UCLA | Phil Math* |
| Peter Yong | 2008 | UC San Diego | Phil Mind* |
| Ramon Cisneros | 2007 | Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley | Phil Science* |
| Aaron Mead | 2007 | UCLA | Virtue Ethics* |
| Jeff Roop | 2007 | Claremont Graduate Univ. (Religion) | Epistemology* |
| Alex Bundy | 2006 | UC Santa Barbara | Phil Language* |
| Matt Darmalingum | 2006 | Stanford | Epistemology* |
| Eugene Park | 2006 | Indiana University | Rational Choice* |
| Luka Yovetich | 2004 | USC | Metaethics* |
| Vahe Shirikjian | 2003 | USC | Metaethics* |
| Maury Jackson | 2002 | Claremont Graduate Univ. (Religion) | Phil Religion* |
| Patrick Muñoz | 2002 | Stanford Law School | Social/Political* |
| Thomas Doyle | 2001 | UC Irvine | Phil Religion* |
| Randall Firestone | 2000 | UC Irvine | Phil Religion* |
| Ahmed Alwishah | 1999 | UCLA (Near Eastern Studies) | History/Islamic* |
| Robert Gero | 1999 | New School University | Aesthetics* |
| Steven Kaufman | 1999 | University of Washington | |
| Mike Allen | 1998 | Saint Louis University | Social/Political* |
| Gregory Bear | 1998 | University of Minnesota (History of Science & Technology) | |
| Robert Jones | 1998 | Stanford | Mind/Lang* |
| June Yang | 1998 | UC Irvine | Epistemology* |
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| B.A. Student | Year | Ph.D. Program or Law School |
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| Theresa Cheng | 2015 | Univ. Oregon (Neuro-Psychology) |
| Leslie Cain | 2012 | UC Santa Barbara (Music) |
| Kimberly Chuang | 2011 | University of Michigan |
| Raj Shaw | 2011 | UCLA Law School |
| Nicholas Bronk | 2010 | Whittier Law School |
| David Nagy | 2010 | CUNY Grad Center |
| Jay Schreckengost | 2010 | Whittier Law School |
| Marc Shutman | 2008 | Loyola Law School |
| Nicole McDuffie | 2008 | Whittier Law School |
| Joanna Ghosh | 2007 | Georgetown Law School |
| Brienne de Jong | 2004 | Rutgers Law School |
| Kathleen Holtz | 2003 | UCLA Law School |
| Michael Meyer | 2002 | Loyola Law School |
| Adam Fraser | 2001 | UCLA Law School |
| Brian King | 2001 | Cambridge University |
| Alexander Oses | 1998 | UCLA (History) |
| Holly Parker | 1998 | Harvard (Psychology) |
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| B.A. Student | Year | M.A. Program |
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| Arin Canfield | 2024 | New York University School of Public Health (bioethics) |
*Thesis area.