Dr. Becky Vartabedian is Professor of Philosophy at Regis University and affiliated faculty in the Peace and Justice Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies programs. She teaches courses in the history of philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy and art, and philosophy’s connections to race, gender, and sexuality.
She earned her Ph.D. In Philosophy from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), and holds Master’s Degrees in Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies (Film Studies and Philosophy) from the University of Colorado Denver and in Philosophy of Religion from Denver Seminary. Dr. Vartabedian is a proud first-generation scholar, faculty member, and college graduate; she graduated from Regis University with degrees in Philosophy and History in 2001.
Dr. Vartabedian’s primary areas of research concern the history of philosophy and contemporary Continental philosophy, as well as critical phenomenology. She has written extensively about the contemporary French philosopher Alain Badiou. Her current research concerns the status of gentrification and the gentrifier relative to the philosophical discourse surrounding hospitality. She also researches the influence intersectionality and decolonial theory have in shifting our understanding of AI and AI Ethics.
Dr. Vartabedian is engaged in public humanities activities, and is a contributor to the Denver Project on Humanistic Inquiry (D-Phi), and the Trinity Academy 2025-26 public scholarship series.
