I am an award-winning teacher who takes great pleasure in working with students as they harness philosophical tools to engage complex issues with creative and critical thought. I encourage my students to apply the concepts and theories we study to the problems of political and ordinary life. In doing so, they develop public philosophy projects, creative or curatorial projects, and sharpen their critical thinking and communication skills through philosophical writing and oral exams.

Teaching Public Philosophy

Dartmouth College undergraduates Ipek Kendircioglu, Liam Tassiello, Owen Akel, and Peter McKenna present their public philosophy talk “Do You Have True Friends?” for my course Friends, Lovers, and Comrades: the Ethical Issues of Special Relationships in Fall 2023.

Recent Courses

I am currently teaching The Self in Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience as well as Intersections at Dartmouth College.

Last year, I taught Friends, Lovers, and Comrades, Sex, Gender and Society, Philosophy and Gender, and Race, Gender and Sexuality.

In 2021-2022, I taught Metaphysics of Race,

Historical Philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois,

The Self in Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience,

Love & Respect

and Philosophy and Gender.

Research Supervision

I supervise graduate and undergraduate research in philosophy and feminist theory.

I co-supervised Zeynep Sina Ersan’s (USI, Philosophy) MA thesis on the metaphysics of gender and sexuality.

Previously, I supervised Clara Pakman’s (Dartmouth College, Cognitive Science) Social and Environmental Justice research project on the philosophy of gender.

Past Courses

I have taught Critical Thinking and Early Modern Philosophy at Athabasca University.

I’ve taught Philosophy of Science, Feminist Philosophy, Feminism and Food, Gender and Science, and Health Care Ethics at the University of Alberta.

I have also taught Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics at Purdue University.