I am a philosopher and a lecturer at Dartmouth College.
My research interests include value theory, metaphysics, the philosophy of science and metaphilosophy.
Research
My paper on “Sex and Gender” is forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Essence in Philosophy edited by Kathrin Koslicki and Michael J. Raven.
Read the preprint here.
Teaching
I have a broad range of teaching competencies including Feminist Philosophy, the Philosophy of Race, the Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Moral Philosophy and the Philosophy of Mind.
Talks
I have an upcoming talk:
“Love as a Public Good” for CUNY LaGuardia’s Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
Here is a selection of talks I’ve given:
“Love in the Digital Age” for Spare Rib’s Lecture Series at Dartmouth College.
“Sex on a Desert Island” APA Eastern Division, Society for the Metaphysics of Science group session, Montréal, 01/2023
“Sex without Baptism, Amen” New Perspectives on the Ontology of Social Identities workshop, 06/2022
“Gender–Based Brain Studies and Their Malcontents” Inaugural Mediating Science and Technology (MST) Graduate Student Café, 02/2021
“Logic and Practical Aims Help Fulfill the Project of Science,” World Logic Day, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, 01/2021
“Three Concepts of Gender for Different Social Aims” Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, 05/2017
“Sex Kinds and Sex Concepts,” Sex, Art, and Essentialism: New Perspectives on HPC Kinds, WCPA, 10/2016
“Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality: Combining Feminist Values and New Empirical Perspectives” ISHPSS, 07/2015
This year I am organizing a series of talks on topics in the philosophy of science at Dartmouth College.
When I’m not doing philosophy, I take a good photo (one of my favourites seen above)—to see more of my layperson photography look here. I also enjoy abstract art and design.
Photo of me: credit Mellissa Toma