University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2010 – 2017
Ph.D., Philosophy (dissertation successfully defended on October 13, 2017) •
Dissertation: “ e Contingently Non-Concrete: Uses and Nature”
• Committee: Peter van Inwagen (director), Jeff Speaks, Daniel Nolan, Mike Rea, Meghan Sullivan
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Summer 2017
Chinese Philosophy Summer School
University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, Summer 2009
Summer Seminar in Philosophy
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2005-2010
B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Philosophy + Religious Studies
Areas of Specialization: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Competence: Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy
Course Instructor
• Classical Chinese Philosophy | Spring 2018
• Ethics | Fall 2017
• Philosophy of Religion | Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 • Introduction to Philosophy | Spring 2015
Teaching Assistant
• Introduction to Formal Logic | Fall 2013, Spring 2013 • Introduction to Philosophy | Fall 2012, Spring 2012
“Imprints in Time: Towards a Moderately Robust Past” Philosophical Studies: Forthcoming
“Non-Concrete Parts of Material Objects” Synthese: Forthcoming
“Existentialism, Aliens and Referentially Unrestricted Worlds” Synthese: Forthcoming
“A Teory of Creation Ex Deo” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion: Forthcoming
