about me
I am currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. I work with Drs. Nicholas Evans and Neil Shortland on a project funded by the Department of Defense's Minerva Research Initiative on the topic, "Warfighter Participation in the Development and Testing of Artificial Intelligence." You can read a write-up about our project over at FutureHuman. I work in applied ethics, philosophy of religion, and feminist philosophy.
Some quick facts about me:
I am currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. I work with Drs. Nicholas Evans and Neil Shortland on a project funded by the Department of Defense's Minerva Research Initiative on the topic, "Warfighter Participation in the Development and Testing of Artificial Intelligence." You can read a write-up about our project over at FutureHuman. I work in applied ethics, philosophy of religion, and feminist philosophy.
Some quick facts about me:
- Prior to UMass, I was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. I completed my dissertation at the University of Washington in Seattle under the direction of my chair Michael Blake, Stephen M. Gardiner, Colin Marshall, and Carina Fourie.
- My research on self-defense was recently recognized by the American Philosophical Association, which awarded me the 2019 Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize for the best essay on the ethics of war and peace.
- For my efforts in teaching, I was awarded the 2019 Graduate Teaching Award by the University of Washington and the 2014 Vernon Teaching Award by the University of Arkansas. Near the end of my graduate program, I was interviewed by the American Philosophical Association.
- Effective February 2022, I'm Chair of the APA's LGBTQ People in the Profession committee. I began my three-year appointment as a member on the committee in July 2020. From 2017-2019, I served as an inaugural member of the APA's Graduate Student Council, including as Chair during my second and final year. While there, I co-wrote (with Savannah Pearlman) a proposal that requires the APA to hold divisional meetings exclusively in cities with good LGBTQ+ records, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in 2019. Additionally, as Chair, I wrote a proposal that secured full voting rights within the APA for graduate students, an amended version of which was passed by the Board in 2020.
- I am proudly bisexual, nonbinary trans, and disabled. My pronouns are they/them.
- I've got two adorable dogs. For my fellow canine obsessives, I've posted photos of them under my "Personal" page.
upcoming & recent talks
If you're a nice person who likes philosophy, then we're already friends. Here's your invitation to some friendly philosophy chatter at some upcoming talks!
If you're a nice person who likes philosophy, then we're already friends. Here's your invitation to some friendly philosophy chatter at some upcoming talks!
- Sunday, July 10th (10:35-11:50am CST): International Society of Military Ethics (Colorado Springs, CO)
"About Face: Using Facial Recognition Technologies to Improve Wartime Discrimination"
- Saturday, June 4th, 2022 (1:45-3:30pm EST): Georgia Philosophical Society (Athens, GA) (Session 3A)
"About Face: Using Facial Recognition Technologies to Improve Wartime Discrimination" - Thursday, June 9th, 2022 (12:00-1:3opm EST): Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
"Enhancement or Protection? Medicine, Vulnerability, and Super Soldiers”
