AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ethics

Ancient Philosophy

Moral Psychology (free will and moral responsibility)

Philosophical Gerontology 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Medieval Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Kant

Philosophy of Mind

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Assistant Professor:Western Kentucky University 2011—

Visiting Assistant Professor:Denison University 2008—2011

Graduate Teaching Instructor:The Ohio State University 2009—2011

Adjunct Instructor:Ohio University 2009—2010

Adjunct Instructor:Columbus State Community College 2008

Graduate Teaching Assistant:The Ohio State University 2006—2008

Adjunct Instructor:Erie Community College 2005—2006

Instructor:Center for Talented Youth 2005 (II)

Teaching Assistant:Center for Talented Youth 2005 (I)

Graduate Teaching Instructor:SUNY at Buffalo 2004—2006

English Instructor:Centro de Estudios Interamericanos (volunteered) 2003

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Philosophy, The Ohio State University (2011)

M.A. Philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo (2006); The Ohio State University (2009)

Fulbright Research Project, Intergenerational Perspectives of Aging, Republic of Ecuador (2002-2003)

B.A. Philosophy; Social and Rehabilitation Services, Assumption College (2002) Summa Cum Laude

Certificate of Gerontology, The Consortium for Gerontology Studies Program, Worcester, MA (2002)

PUBLICATIONS

Articles under Review in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

-“Regret as a Reactive Attitude: the conditions of responsibility and revision”

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

-(2014): “Fixed and Flexible Characters: Aristotle on the permanence and mutability of distinct types of character” forthcoming in Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter, 15.1 2014 (blind peer-reviewed).

-(2012): “Respecting One's Elders: In Search of an Ontological Explanation for the Asymmetry Between the Proper Treatment of Dependent Adults and Children,” Philosophical Papers, 41:3, 397-419.

-(2006): “BREAKING THE HABIT: Aristotle on recidivism and how a thoroughly vicious person might begin to improve.” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 13:2, 58-66.

-(2006): “DUTY AND INCLINATION: Defending Kant against the “moral automaton” problem.” Southwest Philosophy Review, 22:1, 199-207.

-(2005): “The Question of Natural Rights in Aristotle and the “Necessary” Connection Between Rights and Responsibilities: A response to Jeppe von Platz.” The Proceedings of the Kent State University May 4^th Conference.

Book Chapters (peer reviewed):

-(2013)“Socrates’ Religious Experience, Or How ‘Yes’ Means One Ought to Investigate and How No Response Means ‘Yes’” forthcoming in Socrates and the Socratic Dialogue, The International Plato Society (Napoli, Italy).

-(2013). “The Virtue of Sociopaths: how to appreciate the neurodiversity of sociopathy without becoming a victim” Ethics and Neurodiversity, Alexandra Perry and C.D. Herrera, Eds.: 111-130. Cambridge Scholars Press (2013).

-(2013) “The Weight of the World: Superman as a case for limiting individual moral responsibility” in Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do? Mark D. White, ed.: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, Book 41: 157-167.

-(2012). “Does Technology Make Old Age Obsolete?” in Morality and Spirituality in the Contemporary World, Chandana Chakrabarti and Sandra Jane Fairbanks, eds: Cambridge Scholars Press, 152-181.

-(2007). “The Nietzschean Influence in The Incredibles and the Sidekick Revolt.” in The Amazing Transforming Superhero, Terrence Wandtke, ed: McFarland Publishing, 209-229.

Book Reviews:

-Review of Plato's Political Philosophy by Mark Blitz, forthcoming in Ancient Philosophy. 

-Review of Taming Anger: The Hellenic Approach to the Limitations of Reason by Kostas Kalimtzis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-02-53.html

-Review of Myth, Metaphysics and Dialectic in Plato’s Statesman by D. A. White, Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy, vol. 16 (2013).

-Review of Intelligent Virtue by Julia Annas, Metapsychology Online Reviews, vol. 16 no. 34 (August 14, 2012) http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=6601&cn=394

-Review of Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings edited by Thomas Nadelhoffer, Eddy Nahmias and Shaun Nichols, Metapsychology Online Reviews, vol.15 no. 47 (November 22, 2011). http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=6313&cn=135.

Books (in progress) 

-Sources, Sentiments, and Reasons (forthcoming in 2014, under contract with Lexington Books)

Inspired by my work in my dissertation, this book advances many of the same arguments with the addition of new perspectives on what I call “sentiment views” and their inadequacies. This addition allows me to bolster my claims in my dissertation, Sources and Reasons, as well as set up the framework for addressing important problems on the periphery of moral responsibility and praise-and blameworthiness, such as: moral luck, causation and omission, justifications for punishment, and the tension between moral evaluations of actions and character.

-Aristotle’s Vice (projected completion date: 2015)

This book is a culmination and expansion of my work in several papers on topics such as: Aristotle’s notion of the voluntary, the possibility of character change, the relationship between incontinence and vice, and the ontological status of the character types.

Edited Collections (in progress) 

-The Bright and the Good: Exploring the connection between intellectual and moral virtues (projected completion date: 2014)

This volume addresses issues pertaining to both intellectual and moral virtues. Essays will address questions like: What is the relationship between mathematical thinking and moral virtue; (How) can villainous people occasionally do good things; Is it an intellectual virtue or vice to trust other intellectuals: What is the role of intellectual humility in epistemic disagreement; Are there intellectual virtues that preclude moral virtues and vice versa; What is the relationship between moral development and education; Is there a unity of virtues? What does this mean for the relationship (if anything) between moral and intellectual virtues; Are there particular virtues related to the development of technology; Do any virtues preclude wisdom? 

-Readings in Philosophical Gerontology (projected completion date: 2015)

This is a collection of readings intended for the curious well-educated reader as well as for use as a text for courses addressing issues such as old age, wisdom, intergeneraltional justice, or gerontological issues in applied ethics. Readings will range from classical philosophical texts (e.g., Cephalus on old age in Plato’s Republic I, Cicero, Plutarch, and Seneca on old age and longevity) to contemporary gerontology articles, to contemporary articles on related topics, such as intergenerational justice, inheritance law, obligations to the dead, patient autonomy, the right to die, dignity, and respect written by philosophers. The collection will be organized into topical units and each unit will be organized chronologically.