About Me
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Before coming here, I received my BA in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. You can view my CV here.
My research interests are primarily in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, focusing especially on the role of skepticism in the works of Immanuel Kant, Margaret Cavendish, and David Hume. I am currently writing a dissertation on Kant’s interpretation of Pyrrhonian skepticism and the influence which Pyrrhonism had on Kant’s philosophical development. I also have a strong continuing interest in marginalized figures who have been unduly neglected by early modern scholarship in the past. My other research interests are in contemporary epistemology (especially skepticism, perception, and normativity), ancient philosophy, and philosophy of mind. My doctoral work at UCI has been advised by Sven Bernecker and Karl Schafer.
I also have a significant interest in pedagogy and undergraduate education. One particularly formative experience in this regard was attending a week-long collaborative workshop at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Canon Expansion and Change, which focused on teaching the works of women and people of color from the early modern period and on pedagogy in early modern philosophy courses.