Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics, Metaethics, Political Philosophy
 
Areas of Competence
History of Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Employment
Assistant Professor, Florida State University (2018-present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Florida State University (2017-2018)
Lecturer, Dartmouth College (2016-2017)

Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Arizona (2016)               
Dissertation: Constitutivism in Ethics
Committee: Connie Rosati and Mark Timmons (co-chairs), Tom Christiano, David Enoch

B.A. Philosophy and Biology, Colgate University (2007)

Publications

1. "Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity," Philosophical Review 127(2): 197-224. [DRAFT]
2. "Self-Validation and Internalism in Velleman's Constitutivism," Philosophical Studies 174(2017): 2667-2686.  [DRAFT]
3. “A Critique of Smith’s Constitutivism,” Ethics 127(2016): 116-146.

Book Reviews:

1. Review of Colin Marshall's Compassionate Moral Realism, Utilitas 31(3): 350-353. [DRAFT]

Presentations

1. "Expressivism and 'I Might Be Right,'" Twelfth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2019.
   
2. "Moral Uncertainty and Intertheoretic Moral Value Comparisons," (Poster Presentation) Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2018.
   
3. "Moral Uncertainty and Moral Demandingness," American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, February 2018.
4. "Moral Uncertainty, Demandingness, and Duties of Aid," Tenth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2017.
5. "Moral Uncertainty and Moral Demandingness," Ethics of Giving Conference, University of St. Andrews, May 2017.
6. “Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency,” New Mexico State University, March 2017.
7. “Two Arguments from Akrasia to Internalism about Practical Deliberation,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, January 2017.
8. "Practical Deliberation and Normative Motivation," Workshop on Ethics and Practical Reason, Dartmouth College, October 2016.
9. “Solving the Problem of Moral Equality,” (Poster Presentation) Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2016.
10. “Moral Uncertainty and Distributive Sufficiency,” Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2015.

 
Presentations (Comments)

1. On Anne Jeffrey, "Moral Reasons Hylomorphism: How to Get Metaphysical About Moral Reasons Without Losing Your Mind Dependence." Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2018.
2. On Matjaž Potrč and Vojko Strahovnik, “Noncognitivism and Moderate Error Theory,” Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2016.
3. On Rusty Jones, “Akrasia, Stability, and Epistemic Value,” 18th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2013.
4. On Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith, “Obey or Persuade,” 17th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2012.
5. On Eric Brown, “Socratic Lawfulness (Gorgias 504d),” 16th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona, February 2011.
6. On Brook Sadler, “Acting Out of Character,” Third Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado—Boulder, August 2010.