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2019

Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University

Dissertation: “Harming Stupidity: Deleuze and Zhuangzi’s of Ethics of Thought” Committee: John Carvalho (director), Walter Brogan, James Wetzel
2011 M.A. Philosophy, Villanova University
2006 B.A. Philosophy, Towson University
summa cum laude

Classical Chinese Philosophy
Continental Philosophy (Phenomenology, Existentialism, Post-Structuralism)
Comparative Philosophy

History of Western Philosophy
Buddhist Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
Environmental Philosophy

2019- Assistant Professor (non-tenure track), King’s College
2018-19 Instructor (full-time), King’s College

2021 Faculty Research Grant, King’s College
2017 Summer Research Fellowship, Villanova University
2017 Travel Award, Villanova University
2016 Harvey Teaching Award, Philosophy Department, Villanova University
2016 Nominated: Tolle Lege Teaching Award, Villanova University
2008-2013 Graduate Fellowship, Villanova University

Articles in Progress

“Perspectivism as Practice of Self-Making in Nietzsche and Zhuangzi”
“On the Uses of Deleuze’s ‘Image of Thought’ for Comparative Philosophy”
“The Vast and Narrow: An Ethics of Thinking in the Zhuangzi”

Conferences — Refereed

2020 “Greatness of Spirit and Narrowness of Nooks.” 15th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle. Tallinn University, Estonia. May 7- 9. Postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19
2019 “Perspectival Potency in Nietzsche and Zhuangzi.” 14th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle. Leiden University, The Netherlands. May 23-25.
2018 “Perspectivism as Paideia: Towards a Nietzschean Politics of Difference.” 24th International Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society, Newcastle University, UK. September 20-21. (paper accepted; unable to attend)
2018 “Perspectival Potency: A Non-Epistemological Reading of Perspectivism as Practice in Zhuangzi.” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 50th Annual Conference, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Krakow, Poland. June 8-11.
2017 “Wandering Beyond the Bounds of Stupidity: Deleuze and Zhuangzi’s Perspectivisms.” Taking Flight: Assembling, Becoming, Queering. 10th International Deleuze Studies Conference. Toronto, Ontario. June 19-21.
2017 “Deleuze and Zhuangzi’s Ethics of Thought.” 12th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle. Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona. March 30-April 1.

Respondent

2020 Annual Grimes Lecture. Amy Olberding, “The Gravity of Trifles: Confucian Manners and Morality,” McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, King’s College, March 25.
2010 “Primal Intersubjectivity,” The Place of Psyche: Politics, Art, Nature. 15th Annual Philosophy Conference, Villanova University, April 23-24.

2010 “No God, No Caesar, No Tribune! Cornelius Castoriadis Interviewed by Daniel Mermet.” Translated with Gabriel Rockhill and the Villanova French Translation Workshop. Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 15:1 (Fall 2010): 1-12.

King's College

2019-

Assistant Professor (non-tenure track)

  • Introduction to Philosophy  - 10 sections
  • Eastern Philosophy - 3 sections
  • Philosophy of Knowledge - 1 sections
  • Feminist Philosophy - 2 sections, 1 independent study
  • College Seminar: Nature and Community - 4 sections
2018-2019

Instructor (full-time)

  • Introduction to Philosophy - 7 sections
  • Eastern Philosophy - 2 sections
2016-2018

Adjunct

  • Introduction to Philosophy - 8 sections

Misericordia University

2016-2018

Adjunct

  • Introduction to Philosophy - 7 sections
  • Ethical Theory - 9 sections

Villanova University

2011-2016

Adjunct

  • Asian Philosophies - 1 section
  • Knowledge, Reality, Self - 18 sections

2021 Diversity Awareness Training Certificate; D.A.P., King’s College
2020 Moodle Training, King’s College
2022 V.I.T.A.L. Teacher Training Program, Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning, Villanova University. Director Dr. Carol Weiss

 

2016 Invited Workshop Speaker and Teaching Mentor: Graduate Student Teacher and Professional Training Program, Department of Philosophy, Villanova University. Director: Sally Scholz
2015 Invited Workshop Speaker and Teaching Mentor: Graduate Student Teacher and Professional Training Program, Department of Philosophy, Villanova University. Director: Yannik Thiem
2011 Conference Organizer: “The Return of Metaphysics,” 16th Annual Philosophy Conference, Villanova University. April 8-9.
2010-2011 Co-Chair, Philosophy Graduate Student Union, Villanova University

 

2021- Advisory Board Member, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, King’s College
2021- Advisory Board Member, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, King’s College
2019- Member, Women’s Studies Committee, King’s College

 

American Philosophical Association
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle

French advanced translation, advanced reading, intermediate speaking
German intermediate translation, intermediate reading, elementary speaking
Mandarin Chinese elementary reading, elementary speaking
Classical Chinese basic translation competency