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:

M.A. Student Year Ph.D. Program or Law School* Thesis Area**
Rachel Torres 2024 UC Irvine  
Eric Fossum 2024 UC Santa Barbara  
Jennifer Markewych 2023 UC Davis  
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  
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
 
B.A. Student Year Ph.D. Program or Law School*
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)
 
B.A. Student Year M.A. Program
Arin Canfield 2024 New York University School of Public Health (bioethics)

* Only the name of the institution the student entered is given — not any others into which acceptance was gained.
** Area is given for students who completed the Thesis Option of the M.A. Program (otherwise: Comprehensive Exam Option).