I am an experienced, enthusiastic teacher, with broad educational interests. My primary goal is to help students live more ethical, civically engaged, and thoughtful lives through the practice of philosophy. Philosophical training should help students develop tools they need to more fruitfully explore ambiguous, complex, messy questions, both individually and with others. Current and past courses I have taught include:
GRADUATE COURSES
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Ethics & Society
Special Topics in Ethics & Society: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on US Policing and Punishment
Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics (co-instructor for team-taught, intensive, interdisciplinary graduate capstone course – each year, this course brings together six faculty members from six disciplines to discuss how their disciplinary perspectives and methodologies bear on a common theme; themes and faculty/disciplines change every year)
2023 Theme: Authoritarianism & Power (Disciplines Represented: Moral Philosophy & Philosophy of Language, English & Rhetoric, Theology & Middle East Studies, Communication & Media Studies, Sociology & Education, Political Science)
2022 Theme: Unity & Division: Local & Global Challenges (Disciplines Represented: Moral & Political Philosophy, Economics, Theological Ethics, Applied & Developmental Psychology, Medical Anthropology, Legal Theory)
2021 Theme: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Flourishing (Disciplines Represented: Philosophy, Biology, Theology & Environmental Studies, Social Psychology, International Law, Humanitarian Studies)
2020 Theme: Identity (Disciplines Represented: Moral Philosophy & Philosophy of Language, Legal Theory, Theological Ethics, Developmental Psychology, Sociology & American Studies, Political Science)
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Ethics in Research (interdisciplinary undergraduate capstone course, co-taught alongside a social/behavioral scientist)
Ethics in Action: Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl
Field Work in Philosophy - High School Ethics Bowl (community-engaged learning course in which undergraduates learn about ethics by helping local High School Ethics Bowl teams prepare for competition)
Field Work in Philosophy - Philosophy for Children (community-engaged learning course in which undergraduates learn about philosophy by preparing to lead philosophy sessions in K-5 afterschool programs)
First Year Seminar – Special Topics (Philosophy with Children)
Morality & Law
Advanced Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
Environmental Ethics
Medical Ethics
Introduction to Modern Logic
Philosophy and Current Issues
Introduction to Philosophy
I am also involved in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition. I founded Fordham’s Ethics Bowl team in 2020, and serve as the coach/faculty advisor. Fordham’s team placed first in the Villanova Northeast Regional competition in 2022, qualifying for the 2023 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Competition. I was formerly the faculty advisor and assistant coach for University of North Carolina’s Ethics Bowl team, and founded and coached the University of Nebraska - Lincoln’s Ethics Bowl program.