Curriculum Vitae
On this page you can find my partial CV. A full version, updated as of January 31st, 2023, can be downloaded here.
Email: vguerra227@gmail.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Moral Responsibility, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race
EDUCATION
University of California, Riverside PhD, Philosophy 2023
University of California, Riverside MA, Philosophy 2016
University of California, San Diego BA, Philosophy 2013
CURRENT POSITION
Lecturer Fall 2019 - Present, at CSU Bakersfield Philosophy Department
PhD Candidate 2014 - 2023
PUBLICATIONS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“The Oppressed Do Not Have a Duty to Resist,” Work in Progress.
“Virtue Signaling and Structural Injustice,” Work in Progress. .
“On Apologies,” for 1000-Word Philosophy, Work in Progress
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference (SAAP) 2023, “Virtue Signaling and Structural Injustice” Denver, Colorado (March 2023).
California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race (CRPR) 2022, “Virtue Signaling and Structural Injustice” Emory University, Atlanta (September, 2022).
Rocky Mountain Ethics (RoME) Congress 2022, “Virtue Signaling and Structural Injustice” University of Colorado, Boulder (August, 2022).
American Association of Philosophy Teachers 2022 Conference-Workshop, “How to Deal with Kant’s Racism: In and Out of the Classroom,” Otterbein University, Ohio (July 2022).
6th Latinx Philosophy Conference, “The Oppressed Do Not Have a Duty to Resist,” Online conference, (March 2022)
XI Braga Meeting on Ethics and Political Philosophy, “The Oppressed Do Not Have a Duty to Resist,” Online conference, (June 2021).
APA Central Division, “Collective State Apologies and Moral (Il)Legitimacy,” Online conference. (February, 2021).
Concerned Philosophers for Peace. “Collective Responsibility with Blame,” Online conference. (January 2021).
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. “Collective Responsibility With Blame,” Online conference.(September, 2020).
MANCEPT Workshop: Reparations. “Collective State Apologies and Moral (Il)Legitimacy,” Online conference. (September, 2020).
MANCEPT Workshop: Forgiveness, Remembrance, Time. “Collective State Apologies and Moral (Il)Legitimacy,” Online conference. (September, 2020).
Rocky Mountain Ethics (RoME) Congress 2020, Commentator for Mara Bollard’s, “In Defense of Distinctively Moral Anger,” Online conference hosted by University of Colorado Boulder, (August 13th, 2020).
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Annual Conference 2020. “Grounding Racial Blame: Conceptualizing Blood Money Benefits and White Guilt,” San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. (March 6th, 2020).
Rocky Mountain Ethics (RoME) Congress 2019, “Grounding Racial Blame: Conceptualizing Blood Money Benefits and White Guilt,” University of Colorado, Boulder (August 10th, 2019).
Minorities and Philosophy, Colloquium “Grounding Racial Blame: Conceptualizing Blood Money Benefits and White Guilt”, UC Santa Barbara (May 10th, 2019).
Minorities and Philosophy Speaker Series, “Racial Blame, Blood Money Benefits, and White Guilt”, CSU Long Beach (April 18th, 2019).
APA Eastern Division, “How to Deal with Kant’s Racism: In and Out of the Classroom”, New York, NY. (January 7th, 2019).
Philosophy Born Out of Struggle, “Dehumanizing Migrants in Nativist America: A Two-Tiered Model”, Hamilton College (October 3rd, 2018).
CSULA Philosophy Conference, “How to Deal with Kant’s Racism - In and Out of the Classroom”, CSULA, (February 8th, 2018).
Commentator for Marta Dell’Aquila, “The Fine Line Between Agency and Complacency,” UC Riverside Graduate Student Philosophy Conference (January 2018).
SoCal Regional Minorities and Philosophy Conference, “So Your Philosopher is a Racist - Now What?”, UC Riverside (May 2017)
Gonzaga, Graduate Philosophy Conference, “Educating the Producers in Plato’s Republic”, Gonzaga University, (April 2016)
INVITED TALKS
“Virtue Signaling and Structural Injustice,” Fresno City College. (March 2023).
“Responding to Morally Flawed Historical Philosophers,” part of Public Philosophy Network’s Online Short Talks Series. (June 2020).
“Jorge J.E. Gracia on Latino Ethnicity,” Guest Lecture for Philosophy 108: Race and Gender (Summer 2019).
“Moral Mediocrity,” Guest Lecture for Philosophy 5: Evil at UC Riverside (Fall 2018).
“How to Reduce Assignment Bias,” UC Riverside, Teaching Development Day, (May 2018).
“Philosophy and Día de Muertos,” UC Riverside Philosophy Club (November 2017).
“Psychopathy and Moral Responsibility,” Guest lecture for Cognitive Science 11: Minds and Brains (February 2012)
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Graduate Student Award, Concerned Philosophers for Peace. (February 2021)
Honorable Mention in Lenssen Prize Competition. American Association of Philosophy Teachers. (March 2020).
Graduate Student Travel Stipend. APA (January 2019)
Conference Travel Grant, University of California, Riverside (November 2018)
University Teaching Program Certificate, University of California, Riverside (May 2018)
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of California, Riverside (May 2017)
Eugena Cota Robles Award, University of California, Riverside (Fall 2014)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University, Bakersfield: Department of Philosophy: Lecturer
Phil 3318: Professional Ethics (3 Sections - Spring 2023) (2 Sections - Fall 2022) (3 Sections - Spring 2022) (3 Sections - Fall 2021) (2 Sections - Spring 2021) (Fall 2020) (3 Sections - Spring 2020) (2 Sections - Fall 2019)
Phil 3338: Business Ethics (2 Sections - Spring 2023) (3 Sections - Fall 2022) (2 Sections - Spring 2022) (Fall 2021) (Spring 2021) (Fall 2020) (Fall 2019)
Long Beach City College: Department of Philosophy: Lecturer
Phil 7: Introduction to Ethics (Summer 2022) (Fall 2021) Phil 12: Introduction to Logic (Spring 2022) 4 Phil 6: Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2022) (Fall 2021)
Moorpark College: Department of Philosophy: Lecturer
Phil M03: Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (Spring 2022) (Fall 2021) (Spring 2021) (Fall 2020)