Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir is an Icelandic philosopher teaching in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. She works mainly in metaphysics, social philosophy, and feminist theory. In addition to articles in philosophical journals about such topics as realism and idealism, essentialism, sex and gender, and social construction, Ásta’s published writings include a translation of an essay in philosophical logic, a travel journal from a math olympiad, poems, a playbill article, and magazine articles on philosophical themes, and she has addressed philosophical themes in the Book of Job and Carla Lucero's opera Wuornos in public venues. Ásta has a BA in math and philosophy from Brandeis University, AM in philosophy from Harvard, and a PhD in philosophy from MIT.
