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EDUCATION

2023                    

  • Ph.D., Philosophy (defended Nov. 4, 2022; graduating May 2023), Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Dissertation: “Philosophy Shelved: Philosophy’s Displacement in the Library”
      • Professor John Lysaker, director

2016                     

  • M.A., Philosophy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
    • Master’s Thesis: “A Good German(?): Nietzsche, Identity, and Geopolitics.”
      • Professors Anne O’byrne & Ed Casey, co-directors

2014                     

  • B.A., Philosophy, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
    • Summa cum laude, college and department honors
    • Honor’s thesis: “Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Role of Conscience”
      • Professors Jason Winfree and Hakhamanesh Zangeneh, co-directors

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Ethics
  • Historically Marginalized Philosophies (Feminist Theory, Critical Philosophy of Race, Decolonial Studies)
  • 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Information Classification & Organization
  • Public Humanities

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

2022                           

  • Mellon Interventions Project: Public Humanities Teaching Fellowship

2021                           

  • Emory Libraries Graduate Fellowship

2019                           

  • Emory Archival Professional Development Support

2018                           

  • Mellon Humanities Intervention Project – Conference Travel

2016 – 2021                

  • Emory University – Emory Graduate Diversity Fellow

2014                           

  • CSU Stanislaus – Student Research Competition – First place

2012 – 2014                

  • CSU Stanislaus Honor’s Program member

2010 – 2014                

  • CSU Stanislaus Dean’s List

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Journal Publications

2022                           

  • “To ‘B’ or Not to ‘B,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World. Under review.
  • “Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Structural Barriers to Collections Diversity in Research and College Libraries.” Coauthor, with Lori Jahnke and Chris Palazzolo. College & Research Libraries 83, no. 2.

Public Humanities

2022                           

2021                           

2020                           

  • Coauthor, “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Streaming Video and Multimedia Resources,” Emory Libraries Blog. https://wp.me/p8NNKS-2Nz.

2019                           

2018                           

Conferences & Presentations

2022                           

  • Panelist, “What Makes a Mentor?,” Emory University Jones Program in Ethics.
  • Presenter, “To B or Not to B,” Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World.

2021                           

  • Co-organizer, “Non-academic Job Roundtable,” Emory University Philosophy Department.
  • Panelist, “What Makes a Mentor?,” Emory University Jones Program in Ethics.
  • Panelist, “Putting the Humanities PhD to Work,” Emory University Jones Program in Ethics.

2020                           

  • Panelist, “What Makes a Mentor?,” Emory University Jones Program in Ethics.

2019                           

  • Commenter, “Nietzsche and the Principle of Non-Contradiction,” Central American Philosophical Association Meeting.
  • Presenter, “Managing Writing Projects,” Friday Philosophy Forum, Emory University.

2015                           

  • Respondent, Philosophy and Art Conference “Outsides,” State University of New York Stony Brook.

2014                           

  • Presenter, “Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Conscience as Amoral.” CSU Student Research Competition, California State University East Bay.
  • Presenter, “Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Conscience as Amoral.” Honors Capstone Conference, California State University Stanislaus.
  • Presenter, “Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Conscience as Amoral.” Student Research Competition, California State University Stanislaus.

INSTRUCTION

Undergraduate – Course Designer and Instructor of Record

2023, Spring               

  • PHIL 385 – Special Topics: “Queer Subjects”

2021, Spring               

  • PHIL 115 – Existentialism & European Philosophy

2020, Fall                   

  • PHIL 115 – Existentialism & European Philosophy

2018, Fall                   

  • PHIL 100 – Basic Problems in Philosophy

2018, Summer            

  • PHIL 110 – Introduction to Logic

Undergraduate – Workshops

2019 – 2021               

  • UNCF/Mellon Mays Summer Institute – Citation & Plagiarism

2018, Fall                   

  • PHIL 490 – Senior Seminar – Introduction to Philosophical Research

Undergraduate – Teaching Assistant & Co-teaching

2019, Spring               

  • PHIL 220 – History of Political Philosophy

2018, Spring               

  • PHIL 202 – Renaissance and Modern Philosophy

2017, Fall                   

  • PHIL 204W – 19th/20th Century Philosophy

Undergraduate – Guest Lectures

2019, Fall                   

  • PHIL 404 – Topics: 20th Century Philosophy (Nietzsche)

Graduate – Workshops

2021, Fall                   

  • PHIL 700 – Professionalization Seminar – Philosophy Portfolio Papers

2019, Fall                   

  • PHIL 700 – Professionalization Seminar – Library Resources & Graduate Philosophy Research   

  

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

2022

  • “Make it Stick” Reading and Working Group – Series of workshops focusing on practical implementations of research from Make it Stick, a work drawing from neuroscience and education to rethink learning.
  • Empowering Interdisciplinarity – 3-day workshop focusing on designing and teaching courses that productively draw from multiple disciplines and engage both academic and non-academic communities.
  • Between the Therapy Hour and the Classrooms – Presentation on systemic factors contributing to the state of students’ mental health in academia, and how these factors can be exacerbated or accommodated by pedagogical practices.
  • From Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation: Ungrading, Labor-Based Grading, Specifications Grading, and Contract Grading, Part 2 – Presentation on alternatives to traditional grading models and their impact on student learning and motivation.

2021                           

  • From Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation: Ungrading, Labor-Based Grading, Specifications Grading, and Contract Grading, Part 1 – Presentation on alternatives to traditional grading models and their impact on student learning and motivation.
  • Considering Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies – Seminar discussing relationship between White Language Supremacy (WLS) in relation to course reading, responding, evaluating, and grading practices.
  • Trauma-Informed Teaching in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Presentation and workshop on “trauma-informed” teaching strategies in the context of Covid-19.

2020                           

  • Emory College Online Teaching Strategies – Three-week training on best practices for distance and online learning, including lectures, discussions, and activities.
  • Academic Learning Community: Creating Inclusive Educational Ecosystems – Semester-long workshop series reading Anthony Jack’s The Privileged Poor and discussing issues of accessibility vis-à-vis socioeconomic/educational backgrounds

2019                           

  • Open Humanities Graduate Student Workshop, Emory University Libraries – 2 day workshop on issues related to the digital humanities, including open access, digital tools and platforms, and an introduction to HTML/CSS workshop

2018                           

  • Scaffolding Assignments – Seminar on how to effectively create scaffolding assignments to facilitate student learning in a measured and effective way

2017                           

  • Pedagogy Seminar – Semester-long seminar covering creating a syllabus, how to effectively lecture and lead discussions (including mock teaching), use of online learning platforms (Canvas), creating fair and reasonable evaluation criteria, and inclusive teaching practices
  • Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity Program (TATTO) – 2-day workshop on basics of teaching. Topics included effective syllabus creation, tips for lecturing, inclusive classroom policies, and mock teaching with peer feedback
  • White Privilege in the Classroom – Presentation on how to effectively navigate challenges around discussions of race in multiracial classroom settings
  • Scaffolding Assignments – Presentation on how to create writing assignments using effective pedagogical scaffolding
  • Autism in the Classroom – Presentation on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in its various forms and how to accommodate it in classroom settings
  • International Student Roundtable – Discussion featuring several international graduate students on the challenges that face an international student learning in the U.S., and how to facilitate better learning for those students

2014                           

  • Tutoring Workshop – Workshop on how to guide and assist learning in a one-on-one or small group setting

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

2018 – 2022          

  • Emory University (Woodruff Library), Research and Engagement Services and Scholarly Communications (RESC): Research Project Coordinator and Analyst

2017 – Present            

  • Emory University (Philosophy Department): Graduate Instructor

2021 – 2022                

  • Emory University (Woodruff Library): Woodruff Fellow

2015                           

  • Stony Brook University: Research Assistant to Professor Ed Casey

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2019 – Present            

  • University Senate, Library Policy Subcommittee

2017 – 2018                

  • The Philosophy Forum of Emory, treasurer

2017 – 2018                

  • The Philosophy Forum of Emory Speaker Series, committee member and planner

2017                           

  • Undergraduate Research Symposium, mentor

LANGUAGES

English                       

  • Native speaker

German                      

  • Speaking and reading knowledge

French                        

  • Reading knowledge