Instructor, UC Irvine
Contemporary Moral Problems, Spring 2024
Argument and Research, Spring 2024
Introduction to Ethics, Winter 2024
Contemporary Moral Problems, Fall 2023
Argument and Research, Spring 2023
Argument and Research, Winter 2023
Argument and Research, Fall 2022
Medical Ethics, Summer 2021
Introduction to Philosophy, Summer 2020
Argument and Research, Spring 2020
Argument and Research Winter, 2020
Argument and Research Fall, 2019
Teaching Assistant, UC Irvine
Philosophy of Social Phenomena, Spring 2022
Puzzles and Paradoxes, Spring 2021
Introduction to Ethics: The Exercise of Skill, Winter 2021
Philosophy of Rights, Fall 2021
Philosophy of Social Phenomena, Spring 2021
Rights and Obligations in a Social World, Fall 2020
Introduction to Ethics, Fall 2020
Introduction to Philosophy, Spring 2019
Philosophy of Social Phenomena, Spring 2019
Technology and Society, Winter 2019
Moral Repair, Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant, Western Ontario
Ethics for a Digital World, Winter 2016
Introduction to Ethics, Fall 2015
Teaching Statement
My teaching is informed by Matt Copeland’s work on Socratic Circles. I emphasize an attitude of collaborative investigation through the rigorous examination of classic and contemporary texts – where a “text” might be a canonical reading or a neglected treasure from the history of philosophy, or it might be a film, poem, short story, or current event. I stress that philosophical examination is something that we are doing together. In practice, this means close-reading and prepared questions before class, active listening and charitable interpretation during class, and reflective writing throughout the semester.
I aim to communicate the love of wisdom to my students while at the same time demonstrating the practical benefits of philosophical inquiry. Every object is ripe for philosophical analysis, and every person is the person to perform this craft.
