CURRICULUM VITAE Talia Mae Bettcher Professor | Department of Philosophy California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90032-8114 tbettch@calstatela.edu | Office Phone: 323-343-4179 http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/talia-mae-bettcher-professor-and-chair EDUCATION Ph.D., Philosophy, UCLA, 1999 B.A. Honours, Philosophy/Linguistics, Glendon College, York University, Canada, 1991 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Chair, CSULA, Philosophy, 2012-2013, 2014-Present Professor, CSULA, Philosophy, 2011-Present Director of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, 2008-2011 Associate Professor, CSULA, Philosophy, 2006-2011 Faculty Service Learning Director, 2002, 2005 Assistant Professor, CSULA, Philosophy, 2000-2006 Sessional Lecturer, University of Victoria 1999-2000 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Transgender Studies, Feminist Philosophy, Sexuality Studies, Philosophy of Self, Early Modern Philosophy RESEARCH WORK IN-PROGRESS Personhood as Intimacy: A Trans Feminist Philosophy (monograph under contract with University of Minnesota Press) “Transgender Theory” in Oxford Handbook of Feminist Philosophy (eds. Kim Q. Hall and Ásta Sveinsdóttir) Oxford University Press. Invited. “Trans Phenomena” in 50 Keywords in Phenomenology (eds. Ann Murphy, Gayle Salamon, and Gail Weiss) Northwestern University Press, 1 Forthcoming “Theorizing Closeness: A Trans Feminist Conversation” (with Pelagia Goulimari) in Women Writing Across Cultures (ed. Pelagia Goulimari) Special issue of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities (subsequent publication as hardback, Routledge). Invited. “Getting ‘Naked’ in the Colonial/Modern Gender System: A Preliminary Trans Feminist Analysis of Pornography” in Beyond Speech: Feminist Philosophy and Pornography (ed. Mari Mikkola) Oxford University Press. Invited. “Through the Looking Glass: Transgender Theory Meets Feminist Philosophy” in Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy (eds. Ann Garry, Serene Khader, Allison Stone) Routledge. Invited. “Trans 101” in Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, 7th Edition (eds. Raja Halwani, Sarah Hoffman, Alan Soble) Rowman & Littlefield. Invited. “Trans Feminism: Recent Philosophical Developments,” Philosophy Compass. Invited. “Berkeley’s Concept of Mind” in Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley (eds. Richard Brook and Bertil Belfrage) Bloomsbury. Invited. PUBLICATIONS Edited Collections “Trans/Feminisms,” Transgender Studies Quarterly 3 (1-2) 2016. Special double issue, Guest co-editor w/Susan Stryker). “Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gender Realities”, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 24 (3) 2009. Special issue co-edited with Ann Garry. Books Berkeley: A Guide for the Perplexed, Continuum Press, 2009. Berkeley’s Philosophy of Spirit: Consciousness, Ontology and the Elusive Subject, Continuum Press, 2007. Journal Publications “A Conversation with Jeanne Córdova,” “Trans/Feminism”, Transgender Studies Quarterly 3 (1-2) 2016: 285-293. “Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 39 (2) 2014: 43-65. 2 “When Selves Have Sex: What the Phenomenology of Trans Sexuality Can Teach Us About Sexual Orientation,” Journal of Homosexuality 61 (5) 2014: 605-620. “Transphobia,” Transgender Studies Quarterly “Postposttranssexual Terms for a 21st Century,” 1 (1) 2014: 249-51. “Full-Frontal Morality: The Naked Truth about Gender,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 27 (2) 2012: 319-337 “Berkeley’s Theory of Mind: Some New Models,” Philosophy Compass 6/10 2011: 689-698. "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 7 (3) 2008: 430-33. “Berkeley’s Dualistic Ontology,” Analisis Filosofico 28 (2) 2008: 147-174. “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion,”Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 22 (3) 2007: 43-65. Reprinted in The Transgender Studies Reader 2 (eds. Susan Stryker and Aren Z. Aizura, Routledge, 2013: 278-290. Reprinted in Philosophy and Gender: Critical Concepts (ed. Cressida Heyes), Vol 3 Metaphysics, Routledge, 2012. As Co-Author Cathy J. Reback, Rachel L. Kaplan, Talia M. Bettcher, and Sherry Larkins, “The Role of the Illusion in the Construction of Erotic Desire: Narratives from Heterosexual Men Who Have Occasional Sex with Transgender Women,” Culture, Health, and Sexuality 18 (8) 2016: 951-963. Susan Stryker and Talia Bettcher, “Editors’ Introduction to Trans/Feminisms,” Transgender Studies Quarterly 3 (1-2) 2016: 5-14. Chapters “Intersexuality, Transsexuality, Transgender,” in Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory (eds. Lisa Jane Disch and Mary Hawkesworth) Oxford University Press, 2016: 407-427. Invited. “Trans Women and ‘Interpretive Intimacy’: Some Initial Reflections,” in The Essential Handbook of Women's Sexuality Vol. 2 (ed. D. Castenada) Praeger, 2013: 51-68. Invited. “Trans Women and the Meaning of ‘Woman’” in Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings (Sixth Edition, eds., A. Soble, N. Power, R. Halwani) Rowman & Littlefield, 2013: 233-250. Invited. “Abstraction: Berkeley against Locke” in Berkeley's Lasting Legacy: 300 Years Later (eds. Bertil Belfrage and Timo Airaksinen), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011: 135-156 3 “Trans Identities and First-Person Authority” in You've Changed: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity (ed. Laurie Shrage), Oxford University Press, 2009: 98-120. Invited. “Berkeley and Hume on the Self and Self-Consciousness" in Topics in Early Modern Philosophy of Mind (ed. Jon Miller), Springer Verlag, 2009: 195-224. Invited. “Berkeley on Self-Consciousness” in New Interpretations of Berkeley’s Thought (ed. Stephen Daniel) Journal of the History of Philosophy Books Humanity Press, 2008: 179-202. “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: 11-24. “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: 175200. "Understanding Transphobia: Authenticity and Sexual Abuse” in Trans/Forming Feminisms: transfeminist Voices Speak Out (ed. Krista Scott-Dixon), Sumach Press, 2006: 203-210. As Co-Author Emilia Lombardi and Talia Mae Bettcher, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual Individuals” in Social Injustice and Public Health (eds. Barry Levy and Victor Sidel), Oxford University Press, 2005: 130-144. Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries Substantive Revision of "Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/ entries/feminism-trans/>. “Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URLhttp://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2009/entries/feminism-trans/>. Note: At over 23,000 words in length, this entry is an in-depth discussion of the relations between feminist and trans theory and politics. Entries on T.E. Jessop and A.A. Luce in Thoemmes’ Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers (General Editor: Professor Stuart Brown), Thoemmes Continuum Press, 2005, pp. 474-5 and pp. 590-3. Other Publications “Without a Net: Starting Points for Trans Stories,” American Philosophical Association LGBT Newsletter 10 (2) 2011: 2-5. 4 Talia Bettcher, Sharon Brown, Shirin Buckman, Masen Davis, and Francisco Dueñas, "Recommended Models and Policies for LAPD Interactions with Trans Individuals," City of Los Angeles, Human Relations Commission http://hrc.lacity.org/pdf/July2010_lapdinteract-transgender.pdf). Blogs Critical Précis for Katharine Jenkins’s “Amelioration and Inclusion: Gender Identity and the Concept of Woman," PEA SOUP: A Blog Dedicated to Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia http://peasoup.typepad.com/peasoup/2016/01/ethics-discussions-at-pea-soup-katharine-jenkinsamelioration-and-inclusion-gender-identity-and-the-.html January 2016. Invited. “Other “Worldly” Philosophy” Philosop-her (Meena Krishnamurthy) http://politicalphilosopher.net/ August 2015. Invited PRESENTATIONS Keynotes TBD. Keynote address for Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy, CSU Northridge. June 8-10, 2017 (upcoming). “What is Trans* Philosophy?” Keynote address for Trans* Experience in Philosophy Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. May 13-15, 2016. “Full-Frontal Morality: Transphobia, Intimacy, and the LAPD Treatment of Trans Individuals.” Keynote address for Pacific Meeting of Society for Women in Philosophy, CSU Long Beach. 2011. Invited Lectures and Discussion “The Phenomenology of Illusion: On Gender Transitions and Existential Identity.” University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Trans* Studies Speaker Series. Spring 2017 (upcoming). TBD. University of Waterloo, Canada. Spring 2017 (upcoming). TSQ roundtable discussion (plenary). Trans* Studies Conference, University of Arizona, September 7-10 2016. “From Embodiment to Empersonment: Starting Points for a New Theory of Trans Gender (Dis) Satisfaction” + Public Conversation “Trans Politics, Feminist Politics and Trans/Feminist Solidarity,” Western Kentucky University, Department of Philosophy (April 5-6 2016). “From Embodiment to Empersonment: Starting Points for a New Theory of Trans Gender (Dis) Satisfaction.” Michigan State University, Department of Philosophy (November 20, 2015). Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Institute for Undergraduates (PIKSI), Penn State. (June 20-21, 2015). Talks: (A) “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: Philosophy in the Street”; (B) “Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Philosophy from Other-Worlds”; (C) “Philosophy as Trans-Worldly” 5 “From Embodiment to Empersonment: Starting Points for a New Theory of Trans Gender (Dis) Content.” New School of Social Research (PSWIP). 2015. “From Embodiment to Empersonment: Starting Points for a New Theory of Trans Gender (Dis) Content.” Mills College. 2015. “Interpersonal Spatiality and Gendered Personhood.” University of Illinois, Chicago.2014. “’Trapped in the Wrong Theory’: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance.” College of Charleston. 2011. “Transphobia and Authenticity,” Doctor of Public Health Program Series, UC Berkeley, School of Public Health. 2005. Conference Papers “From Embodiment to Empersonment.” Trans* Studies Conference, University of Arizona, September 710 2016. “On Family,” Session on LGBTQ Family and Marriage, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Eugene, Oregon. 2013. “Transsexualism and the Concept of Brain Sex.” Session for the Society for Analytic Feminism, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco. 2013. Invited. “Chicks with Dicks: A Plea for Persons.” Session for Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco. 2013. Invited. “Making Love/Making Meaning: ‘Interpretive Intimacy’ and the Moral Significance of Sexed Bodies.” Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Canada. 2012. Commentary on Gayle Salamon’s Assuming a Body (Author Meets Critic Session), Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Philadelphia. 2011. Invited. "'The Other Woman’: Transgender Women, Objectification, and Sexual Abuse." Session for Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Diego. 2011. “Berkeley’s Positive Notion of Substance,” International Berkeley Conference, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2010. “The Ontology of Perception in Berkeley’s Philosophy,” Berkeley’s Philosophy of Mind: A Workshop in Honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Principles of Human Knowledge, The University of Western Ontario. 2010. Invited. "Berkeley and Divine Foreknowledge," International Berkeley Conference, Newport, Rhode Island. 2008. Author Meets Critic (Berkeley’s Philosophy of Spirit) as respondent to Daniel Flage, APA Eastern Division, Philadelphia. 2008. Invited. 6 "Trans Authenticity, Sexual Violence, and Race," TransSomatechnics: Theories and Practices of Transgender Embodiment, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. 2008. “Locke and Berkeley on Abstraction,” International Berkeley Conference, Helsinki, Finland. 2007. “Berkeley and Hume on the Self and Self-Consciousness” Topics in Early Modern Philosophy of Mind at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. 2006. Invited. “Hallucinating in the Borderlands: Reflections on Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion,” SWIP session ‘Theorizing Transgender’ at American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 2006. “Berkeley on the Privacy of Ideas,” International Berkeley Conference, University of Tartu, Estonia, 2005. “Mind Dependence in Berkeley’s Philosophy,” Southeast Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, University of Florida, 2004. “Authenticity, Transphobia, and Sexual Abuse," Ninth Annual Southern California Philosophy Conference, University of California, Irvine, 2004. “Berkeley on Self-Consciousness,” International Berkeley Conference, Texas A & M, 2003. “Philosophy, Performance, and Absolute Nonsense,” performance-piece at Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) Pacific Division – Southern California Meeting, 2003. “Berkeley, Ontology, and Self-Consciousness,” The New England Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 2002. “Philosophy of Gender, Service Learning, and Community Partnerships,” presentation at APA Eastern Division Meeting, special session on philosophy and service-learning “Berkeley’s New Substance,” The Midwest Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy, The University of Chicago, 2001. Commentator for “Was Berkeley a Common-Sense Realist?” by Charles McCracken, presentation for the fifth annual Southern California Philosophy Conference, California State University, Long Beach, 2001. Other Lectures What is Trans* Philosophy?” Annual Feminist Philosophy Salon, LA (April 15). “From Embodiment to Empersonment: Starting Points for a New Theory of Trans Gender (Dis) Satisfaction.” Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, CSULA (October 22, 2015). 7 Public Presentations and Webinars Keynote “Political history of the ‘trans umbrella’ and its intersection with health and well-being”, The Trans* Umbrella: Re-evaluation, Deconstruction, and Evolution, The Los Angeles County Commission on HIV, Transgender Caucus. November 15, 2016. “TRANS/TRANS* and/or FEMINISM? A Discussion on the Relationship between Feminism and Trans/Trans* Identifications and Theories” (Discussant). The Village (LGBT Center). April 21, 2016. “Trans 101”, Trans Solutions VII, LA County Drug and Alcohol Task Force. 2012. “Intersectional Cultural Issues” (w/Alexis Rivera), Trans Solutions V, LA County Drug and Alcohol Task Force. 2011. “Transphobia Deconstructed” (Webinar), The Center for Strengthening Youth Prevention Paradigms, Children’s Hospital. 2010. “Transgender Inclusion within Organizations Serving the LGBT Community” (w/Susan Forrest) (Webinar), National LGBT Tobacco Control Network. 2010. “Butchphobia and Transphobia Workshop” (with Riel Dupuis-Rossi), Butch Voices LA Conference. 2010. “The Basic Denial of Authenticity”, Los Angeles HIV Data Summit, County of Los Angeles Commission on HIV, California Endowment. 2010. “Transphobia”, Trans Solutions IV, LA County Drug and Alcohol Taskforce. 2010. “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: Transphobia and Transphobic Violence”, Equality and Parity II: A Statewide Action for Transgender HIV Prevention and Care, State Office of AIDS, Los Angeles.2009. “Transphobia and Violence”, TranSolutions III, LA County Drug and Alcohol Task Force. 2008. Radio Interview about “Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion”, Morning Review with riKu Matsuda, KPFK (Pacifica, Los Angeles). 2007. “Transphobia”, Tran Solutions II, LA County Drug and Alcohol Taskforce. 2006. “Transphobia and Violence”, TranSolutions Transgender Conference, LA County Drug and Alcohol Taskforce. 2005. Panelist. “Facing Hate: Discrimination & Hate Against the Transgender Community”, City of West Hollywood Town Hall Forum. 2004. Panelist. “The Transgender Reality”, Healing Our Village Conference, Prototypes. 2003. 8 AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities Fellowship, 2014 American Communities Program Research Fellow, 2010 Distinguished Woman Award, 2005 CSULA Creative Leave, 2004 CSGS Fellowship, 2003 Service Learning Curriculum Development Award, 2002 Service Learning Curriculum Development Award, 2001 Canadian Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1993-1996 Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, 1991- 1993 SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION EDITORIAL BOARDS Editorial Board Member Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. 2013-present Founding Editorial Board Member Transgender Studies Quarterly. 2011-present PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Chair of American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in the Profession. 2009-2012 Member of American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in the Profession. 2006-2009 Board Member of Center for Sex and Gender Research, Cal State Northridge. 2007-2010 REFEREE Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Transgender Studies Quarterly, Social Philosophy Today, The Southern Journal of Philosophy. Lexington Press, Continuum Press JUDGE Lambda Literary Awards; 2014 Lambda Literary Awards, 2015. 9 TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE, AND FULL PROFESSOR (CSULA) (FALL 2000-PRESENT) Course Design and Modification Courses created for New GE Program: “Race, Ethnicity, and Culture” (Upper Division GE), “Philosophy of Sex” (Upper Division GE), “Engaged Philosophy” (Upper Division GE), “Critical Questions, Challenging Texts” (Lower Division GE, Honors Program) Courses redesigned to meet Race/Ethnicity outcomes in new GE program: “The Measurement of Human Difference (Upper Division GE), “Race, Diversity, and Justice: (Lower Division GE) Courses redesigned to meet outcomes in new GE program (Spring 2014): Lower Division GE: “Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality”, “Introduction to Philosophy: Human Values”, “Comparative Religion”, “Contemporary Moral and Social Problems”, “The Meanings of Human Life” Upper division: “Philosophy, Gender, and Culture”, “Aging and Adult Life”, “Philosophy of the Emotions” Courses resigned to include optional service learning component: “Philosophy, Gender, and Culture” and “Meanings of Human Life” Undergraduate Courses Taught Early Modern Philosophy of Self Engaged Philosophy History of Modern Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality Issues in Feminist Philosophy (cross-listed in Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) Meaning of Human Life: A Multicultural Approach Philosophical Research and Writing Philosophy of Language Philosophy, Gender and Culture Reading Los Angeles: Expressive Cultures in a Global City (Trans, LA) (Honors Program) Senior Seminar The Philosophy of George Berkeley Graduate Seminars Taught Contemporary Philosophy of the Self Early Modern Philosophy of Self Gendered Personhood Integrative Seminar in the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Capstone Seminar for Certificate in 10 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) Introduction to Trans/Feminism The British Empiricists The Philosophy of George Berkeley The Philosophy of María Lugones Theorizing Gender and Sexuality Transgender Studies AS VISITING INSTRUCTOR (UCLA) Introduction to Transgender Studies (LGBT Studies) History of Modern Philosophy (Philosophy) Locke and Berkeley (Philosophy) AS SESSIONAL LECTURER (UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, VICTORIA, CANADA) Introduction to Philosophy The Empiricists and Kant The Philosophy of Language The Philosophy of Religion UNIVERSITY SERVICE UNIVERSITY LEVEL Service Learning Office: University Faculty Service Learning Director, 2002, 2005 Service Learning Curriculum Development Committee Service Learning Advisory Council (Chair/Faculty Service Learning Director) Selected University Committees: Senator-at-Large, Academic Senate (2016-7) Educational Policy Committee (Fall 2016-Present), Curriculum Subcommittee Liaison (Fall 2016-Present) General Education Subcommittee (2002-4, 2010 – Spring 2016, Chair 2014-Spring 2016) Spring 2014-Winter 2015 Led Committee in reviewing 400+ proposals for GE designation under the new GE Policy as CSULA began conversion from quarter to semester system. Worked closely w/ Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and with Chair of Educational Policy Committee in successfully carrying out charge. Curriculum Subcommittee (2008-2011, Chair 2010-2011) Search Committee for American Communities Project Director 2007 Distinguished Woman Award Selection Committee 2006 11 Academic Master Plan ad hoc Committee 2002 COLLEGE LEVEL Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities (CSGS): Director, 2008-2011 CSGS Advisory Board Member (2003-8, Chair 2007-2008) Community-Partnerships Subcommittee Chair (2003-5) Selected Committees: Search Committee (Associate Dean) 2012-2013 Retention, Tenure Promotion Review Committee (RTP, Alternate) 2010-2011 Nomination Committee 2008-2009 RTP Committee 2008-2009 Instructional and Student Affairs Committee (ISAC) 2005, 2009 Instructional Affairs Committee, 2001-2003 Graduate Council 2001, 2004, 2015-present DEPARTMENT LEVEL Department Chair 2012-2013, 2014-Present Selected Departmental Committees Undergraduate Advisor 2000-present Grievance Committee 2011-2012 RTP A 2011-2012 RTP B 2009-2010 Instructional Affairs 2000, 2005-present Social/Public Relations 2003-present Fiscal/Travel Committee 2000-present Chair Review Committee 2000-2012 Graduate Studies Committee 2000-2004 Service Learning Coordinator 2002-present Advisor to Student Philosophy Club 2000-2004 Additional University Contributions Faculty Advisor for student organization Gender Queer. 2012-3. Faculty Advisor for student organization Trans Talk. 2010-2012 Faculty Advisor for student organization The Queer Connection. 2005-2012 Faculty Advisor for student organization Feminist Major Leadership Alliance. 2000-2003 12 SERVICE TO TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AWARDS Visionary Leadership Award, Quest, Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team. 2015 Transgender Community Leadership Award, Angels of Change, Children’s Hospital. 2010 Icon Award, Trans Unity. 2008 ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKING GROUPS Transgender Advisory Council, City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission (March 2016-Present, vice-chair 2016-Present, LAPD Relations Committee, Chair) Learning Trans (w/Susan Forrest). http://learningtrans.org/ 2010-present Transgender Working Group to Develop Policy for LAPD interaction with Transgender Individuals. Served as participant in Working Group, Panelist at Community Forum, CoAuthored "Recommended Models and Policies for LAPD Interactions with Trans Individuals" (w/Sharon Brown, Shirin Buckman, Masen Davis, and Francisco Dueñas), worked with LAPD to implement policy recommendations. 2007-2012 Transgender Youth Research Project, member of Transgender Advisory Committee, Children’s Hospital, Transgender Youth Consortium. 2005-2006 Transgender Leadership Initiative – Curricular Development, Transgender Youth Consortium/FTM LA Alliance. 2003-2004 East Los Angeles Women’s Center, Board Member. 2001-2008 Los Angeles County Transgender Taskforce, Board Member. 1998-1999 13