About
My research specialization is epistemology (traditional and formal) and my areas of competence are logic, ethics (applied and metaethics), and metaphysics. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from Brown University in May 2021, under the direction of David Christensen and Joshua Schechter. I wrote my dissertation on the connection between epistemic justification and truth. I also completed my B.A. in Philosophy at Pepperdine University, where I also double-minored in Mathematics and Hispanic Studies.
Research
My paper, "Closing the Case on Self-Fulfilling Beliefs" has been published in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. "On the Epistemic Rationality and Significance of Self-Fulfilling Beliefs" and "Epistemic Utility Theory's Difficult Future" have been published in Synthese. I also have a publication co-authored with Tomás Bogardus, “Yes, Safety is in Danger,” and a book review co-authored with Gerard Rothfus, “Review of Richard Pettigrew’s Accuracy and the Laws of Credence". I also have two works in progress: “Betting Against Permissivism", and "Reopening the Case on Self-Frustrating Beliefs".
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I have had research accepted to Modal Metaphysics: Issues on the (Im)Possible VIII in Bratislava (Slovakia), Notre Dame/Northwestern Graduate Epistemology Conference, Syracuse Graduate Conference, University of Iowa Graduate Philosophical Society Conference, and more.
Teaching
Primary Instructor
Quest for the Good Life | Salve Regina University | Fall 2020
Contemporary Moral Problems | Brown University | Spring 2018
Western Culture III | Pepperdine University | Summer 2017
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Teaching Assistant
Early Modern Philosophy | Justin Broackes | Spring 2021
Moral Philosophy | Nomy Arpaly | Spring 2020
Skepticism and Knowledge | Felicia Nimue Ackerman | Fall 2019
Epistemology | David Christensen | Fall 2017
Aristotle | Mary Louise Gill | Spring 2017
Mathematical Logic | Josh Schechter | Fall 2016
Place of Persons | David Christensen | Spring 2016
Philosophy of Science | David Christensen | Fall 2015
Intro. to Philosophy | Mason Marshall | Fall 2013
Intro. to Philosophy | Mason Marshall | Fall 2012
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Guest Lecturer
Epistemology (4x) | David Christensen | Fall 2017
Moral Theories (2x) | Nomy Arpaly | Fall 2017
Aristotle | Mary Louise Gill | Spring 2017
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Miscellaneous
Math Tutor | Pepperdine University | 2013–2014
Math and Logic Tutor | Independent | 2016–2018