Brian Treanor
Professor of Philosophy | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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Biography
Brian Treanor is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, where he holds affiliate appointments in Environmental Studies and Irish Studies. His interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship explore a wide variety of areas, with particular emphasis on environmental philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of religion. He is the author or editor of a dozen monographs and edited volumes, as well as scores of articles and book chapters. He was the founding co-editor of Fordham University Press' Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology, and serves on the editorial or advisory boards of a number of journal and presses. He was named Professor of the Year by the student body (twice), the Honors Program, and the LMU Greek Council, and received the university’s top awards: the Fritz B. Burns Teaching Award (2011) and the Rains Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2024).
Education (3)
Boston College: Ph.D., Philosophy
California State University, Long Beach: M.A., Philosophy
University of California, Los Angeles: B.A., Political Science
Areas of Expertise (8)
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Philosophy
Hermeneutics
20th Century Continental Philosophy
Ethics
Virtue Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy and Literature
Affiliations (8)
- Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Pacific Association for the Continental Tradition
- International Association for Environmental Philosophy
- International Association for Environmental Ethics
- International Network for Philosophy of Religion
- Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology
- Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle
- American Philosophical Association
