Dr. Richard Parker is Professor Emeritus of philosophy at California State University. He has been chair of the university’s Faculty Senate 3 times, Dean of Undergraduate Education, and Executive Assistant to the President and has received Professional Achievement Honors for his academic work.

Dr. Parker has published in critical thinking, analytic philosophy, and philosophy of law, and his views on punishment and responsibility have been included in major anthologies. Outside academia, Richard is a semiprofessional flamenco guitarist, performing with dancers around and about northern California.