SHIEVA
KLEINSCHMIDT
Associate Professor and
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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University of Southern California
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Basic Information
I received my Ph.D. from New York University in 2011, after receiving my B.A. from Western Washington University and spending 2 years of graduate school at Rutgers University.
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My primary research areas are Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion. Within Metaphysics, I am most interested in Mereology, Ontology, Time, Location, and Modality. I have also done research in Philosophical Linguistics and Aesthetics, and have begun research on Abuse. For more information on what I'm working on, you can visit my Research Page.
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If you'd like to see me in action, you can find me on YouTube here. And audio recordings of some of my talks are here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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Currently I'm excited about finishing my book on parts across space and time, and organizing a conference on Metaphysics and Feminism.
Contact Me
Department of Philosophy
University of Southern California
3709 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Office: 225 Stonier Hall, USC
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dasfischlein [at] gmail [dot] com
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Pronouns (sg): any of she/her/they/them