Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University 2021-Present

Education

• Ph.D, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 2016-2021
• M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University, 2014-2016
• B.A., Philosophy and Political Science, Ohio State University, 2009-2013

Areas of Specialization

• Social and Political Philosophy
• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)

Areas of Competence

• Ethics
• Philosophy of Law
• Environmental Ethics
• Bioethics
• Business Ethics

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. "Ideal Theory for a Complex World" - Res Publica, Forthcoming.
   
2. "Is Ideal Theory Anarchic?" – The Journal of Politics, Vol. 38, No. 3 (July 2021): 1132-1144.
3. "Mandatory Shutdowns, the Ratchet Effect, and the Barstool Fund" - Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2021): 47-57.
4. "The Prospects of Populism" - The Independent Review, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Summer 2021).
5. "In Defense of Strict Compliance as a Modeling Assumption" – Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 46, No. 3 (July 2020): 441-466.
6. “Is Visiting the Pharmacy Like Voting at the Poll? Behavioral Asymmetry in Pharmaceutical Freedom” – HEC Forum, July 2020.

Invited Publication

1. "Hayekian Utopianism" - Market Process & Market Order, eds. Christopher Coyne, Rosolino Candela, and Kristen Collins, (New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Int.), In Progress. 

Book Reviews

1. On Justice by Mathias Risse (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press) - Journal of Moral Philosophy. In Progress.
2. ​Libertarianism by Eric Mack (Medford, MA: Polity Press 2018) – Reason Papers (2021).
3. The Ethics of Capitalism by Daniel Halliday and John Thrasher (New York, NY: Oxford University Press 2020) – The Journal of Value Inquiry (2020).

Papers Under Review

1. “Ideal Theory: An Internal Critique”
2. “The Semiotic Costs of Marketization: Real, but Inconsequential”

Work-In-Progress

1. “Institutional Intelligence"
2. "An IQ Test for Democracy”
3. “Incentivizing Justice”
4. “A Moralized, Gradable Theory of Gratitude” (with Page Dabney)

Popular Writing

1. “Mr. Potter: Man of System” – Speaking of Smith, AdamSmithWorks.org (Dec 2020)

​Presentations

• "Ideal Theory for a Complex World"
  • PPE Society: October 2021
• "Epistemic Injustice Meets the Politics of Resentment"
  • PPE Society: October 2021
• "Ideal Populism and Nonideal Populism"
  • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2021
• "Incentivizing Justice"
  • Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Graduate Conference: March 2021
• "The IQ Test for Democracy"
  • PPE Society: October 2021
  • American Political Science Association: September 2020
• “Semiotic Objection or Semiotic Impossibility Theorem? On Maguire and Brown’s Critique of Markets”
  • Workshop on Morals, Markets, and Market-Based Societies at the University of Colorado - Boulder: May 2020
• "Utopian Theorizing as Theoretical Science"
  • PPE Society: March 2020
• "Epistemic Complexity and the Need for a Dynamic Theory of Justice"
  • PPE Society: March 2020 [Panel Cancelled due to COVID-19]
• "Nozickean Ideal Theory as the Future of Political Philosophy: A Reply to Kogelmann"
  • Institute for Humane Studies Fall Research Workshop: October 2019
• "Is Ideal Theory Socialist or Capitalist?"
  • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2021
  • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19]
  • IHS Summer Research Workshop: June 2019
• "Optimal, Practical, and Insightful: Why Ideal Theory Needs to Pick Two"
  • American Philosophical Association (Eastern Meeting): January 2020
  • Institute for Humane Studies Fall Research Colloquium: October 2018
• "A Defense of Poll Taxes"
  • American Political Science Association: August/September 2018
• "In Defense of Strict Compliance"
  • PPE Society: March 2018
• "Ideal Theory and Interdependence"
  • PPE Society: March 2018
• "The Promise of Lockean Tacit Consent Theory"
  • American Philosophical Association (Central Meeting): February 2018
• "A Manual for Diagnosing Utopophobia"
  • IHS Summer Research Colloquium: July 2017
• "The Fittingness Response for Gratitudinal Theories of Political Obligation"
  • Georgia State University, Phi Sigma Tau Graduate Philosophy Symposium: February 2017
• "Ideal Theory and the Problem of Identifying a Guiding Target"
  • University of Arizona: February 2016

Conference Participation

• Commenter on Adam Lovett's "Democracy and Time" - Central APA 2021
• Commenter on Victoria Cost's "Freedom as Non-Domination and Prejudice" - Morvin Retreat at the University of Virginia, September 2017

Awards

• All-University Graduate Teaching Award 2019-2020, University of Virginia
• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (Philosophy) 2016, Georgia State University

Fellowships

• Jefferson Fellowship
  • 2019-2021, Two year teaching exemption and $5000 research budget 
• Adam Smith Fellowship
  • 2020-2021, $7500
  • 2019-2020, $5000
  • 2018-2019, $5000
  • 2017-2018, $5000
• Bernard Marcus Fellow under the Humane Studies Fellowship
  • 2020-2021, $7000
  • 2019-2020, $6000
• Humane Studies Fellowship
  • 2018-2019, $4000
• Visting Summer Resarch Fellow in the Centre for Moral and Political Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Supervisor: David Enoch
  • May - June 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19}
• IHS Summer Research Fellowship
  • Summer 2020, $5000
• KFP Summer Fellow
  • Summer 2016, $5000
• Jean Beer Blumenfeld Scholar in Legal and Political Philosophy at Georgia State University
  • 2014-2016, $30000
  • One selected from each incoming cohort of MA students

Grants

• University of Virginia Graduate Student Travel Grants
  • April 2020, $550
  • March 2020, $750
  • January 2020, $1700
  • August 2018, $1200
  • March 2018, $750
  • February 2018, $1000
• Public Humanities Lab Grant (with Dana Moyer)
  • 2019-2020, $2000 [Project Suspended Due to COVID-19]
• Hayek Fund Travel Grant
  • April 2020, $500
  • March 2020, $500
  • January 2020, $500
  • August 2018, $400
  • March 2018, $500
  • February 2016, $500
• American Philosophical Association Graduate Travel Award
  • January 2020, $300
  • February 2018, $300
• The Association of Private Enterprise Education Young Scholars Award
  • April 2021, $599
  • April 2020, $599 [Not Awarded Due to COVID-19]
• CKF Travel Grant
  • February 2017, $500

Teaching  

• As Primary Instructor
  • Critical Thinking, Georgia State University (6x)
  • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), University of Virginia
  • Philosophical Issues in Political Economy, University of Virginia
• As Teaching Assistant (all at the University of Virginia)
  • Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (Rebecca Stangl, Loren Lomasky) (2x)
  • Philosophical Problems in the Law (A. John Simmons)
  • Political Philosophy (A. John Simmons)
  • Issues of Life and Death (Andrew Morgan)
  • Animal Minds (Walter Ott)
• As Grader
  • Genes, Justice and Human Nature (Sahar Akhtar)
• Advising
  • Audrey Fahlberg, Against Voter Competency Tests, 2020, Bachelor's Thesis in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law, University of Virginia

 

• Graduate Teaching Consultant for the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia
• Teaching As a Graduate Student (TAGS) Facilitator 2020, University of Virginia

​Service

• Organized Online Working Papers Group on Political Philosophy for IHS: Fall 2017 – Present
• Judge for Washington vs. Jefferson Society Ethics Debate: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018

Professional Training

• PPE Graduate Summer Workshop, Chapman University: Summer 2021
  • ​Weeklong training workshop on PPE methods and formal skills
• Ethics Across the Curriculum Seminar, Georgetown University: Spring 2018
  • Two-day Seminar on Business Ethics
• Public Choice Outreach Conference, George Mason University: Summer 2016
  • Two-day Conference on Themes in Public Choice Economics

Professional Affiliations

• American Philosophical Association
  • Joined 2015
• American Political Science Association
  • Joined 2018
• The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
  • Joined 2015