Education

Dissertation

Retributive Hatred as a Reactive Moral Attitude
Committee: Jean Roberts (chair), Stephen Gardiner, Cass Weller, Ingra Schellenberg

Lecturer, University of Washington, Tacoma School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (Fall 2014 to Present)
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle Philosophy Department (Spring 2006 to Summer 2014)
Instructor, University of Washington Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars Summer Challenge Program (Summer 2007 to Summer 2013)
Instructor, University of Washington Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars Transition School (Winter 2009 to Spring 2014)
Adjunct Instructor, Highline Community College Philosophy Department (Fall 2009)

University of Washington Tacoma, Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, 2015-2016
Teacher of the Month, Sylvan Learning Center, September 2005

“Is Forgiveness Morally Required?” 66^th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Central Washington University, November 2014.
Response to “Gratitude: The ‘To Whom’ Question” by Mengyao Yan (Baylor University), University of Washington Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, January 2014
“Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide? Remarks of the Authority of Conscience,” 15^th International Conference of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, Oregon State University, October 2013
Response to “The Easy Solution to the Problem of Explanatory Vacuity” by Joel Press (University of Arizona), University of Washington Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, October 2005

University of Washington Tacoma, Faculty Advisor, The Symposium Philosophy Club, Fall 2016-present
University of Washington Tacoma, Assisting to coordinate efforts to examine issues related to course numbering and listed prerequisites in philosophy courses, 2016
University of Washington Tacoma, Interview Committee for Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology Methods, 2016
University of Washington Tacoma, Interview Committee for Lecturer in Gender and Political Economy, 2016
University of Washington Philosophy Department Graduate Placement Committee, 2013-2014
UAW Local 4121 Elections Committee, 2012-2013
University of Washington Graduate Student Conference Co-Organizer 2011-2012 (Responsibility, Keynote Speaker, David Shoemaker)
University of Washington Philosophy Department Colloquium Committee, 2008-2010
Graduate and Professional Student Senate, 2007-2008

Instructor

Introduction to Philosophy, University of Washington Tacoma (five times)
Introduction to Ethics, University of Washington Tacoma (three times), University of Washington
Ethics in Society, University of Washington Tacoma (five times)
Practical Reasoning, University of Washington Tacoma (six times), University of Washington (three times)
Contemporary Moral Problems, University of Washington (three times)
Introduction to Ethics/Moral Problems, Highline Community College
Introduction to Logic, University of Washington (three times)
Introduction to Philosophy of Religion, University of Washington

Teaching Assistant

Ethics, Angela Smith
Ethics, Jean Roberts*
Korsgaard’s “Sources of Normativity,” Angela Smith
Virtue Ethics, Angela Smith*
Seminar in Ethics: Character and Autonomy, Angela Smith
Microseminar: Defining Democracy, Ancient and Modern, Deborah Kamen, Jean Roberts, Josiah Ober
Philosophy of Plato: Early Socratic Dialogues, Jean Roberts
Philosophy of Plato: Dialogues on Love and Friendship, Jean Roberts*
Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Plato’s Theatetus, Cass Weller
Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Socrates’ Moral Theory, Jean Roberts*
Seminar in Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle’s Ethics, Jean Roberts*
Philosophy of Hume, Bill Talbot
Philosophy of Kant, Cass Weller
Microseminar with Josiah Ober: Defining Democracy Ancient and Modern, Deborah Kamen and Jean Roberts
Philosophy of Physical Science, Andrea Woody
Seminar in Philosophy of Science: Objectivity, Arthur Fine
Seminar in Philosophy of Science: Connecting Theories to the World, Andrea Woody
Intermediate Logic, Arthur Fine
Seminar in Recent Philosophy: McDowell’s Mind and World, Cass Weller
Seminar in Metaphysics: Time and Causation, Larry Bonjour
Philosophy of Religion, Robert Coburn

* Sat in, not for credit.