Rachel K. Cooper

Mellon Faculty Fellow
University of California, Irvine


Rachel K. Cooper

I’m currently a lecturer in the philosophy department at Cal State University, San Marcos. Before starting at CSU San Marcos, I was a Mellon Faculty Fellow in the Humanities at University of California, Irvine. I earned my PhD in philosophy from UC Irvine in June of 2023.

My research is focused on topics in social metaphysics and social epistemology, and their connections with philosophy of language, mind, and science. My work is animated by my interest in understanding what a distinctively social explanation could be, and what the implications of such an explanation might be.