I’m a philosopher of social and behavioral science, philosopher of science, and evolutionary game theorist. I am a Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine. My central research areas are 1) misinformation and other epistemic disfunction, 2) scientific communities, and 3) discriminatory conventions and norms. My co-authored trade book The Misinformation Age with philosopher James Weatherall was published with Yale University Press. My monograph The Origins of Unfairness was published in July 2019 by Oxford University Press. My books Games in the Philosophy of Biology and Modeling Scientific Communities were published in the CUP elements series. I also write public philosophy.
When not busy doing philosophy, I am a poultry enthusiast, Irish step dancer, and mother of dragons (children). My Erdos-Bacon number is 6.
Here is my CV (updated June 2025). Email me at cailino@uci.edu. Contact my agent, Zoe Pagnamenta, here, or at mail@calligraphlit.com.