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 from the Class of 2026 presented 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

In the Spring, I’ll teach The Self in Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience as well as a capstone seminar on Love and Dating in the Digital Age at WPI.

In the Fall, I taught Philosophy of Science, Introduction to Philosophy and Religion, and a capstone seminar on Sex, Gender, and Joe Rogan.

Last year at Dartmouth College, I taught Friends, Lovers, and Comrades, Philosophy and Gender, Introduction to Moral Philosophy, and The History of Analytic Philosophy Post-1950.

In previous years at Dartmouth, I taught Metaphysics of Race,

Race, Gender, and Sexuality

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

The Self in Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience,

and Love & Respect.

Research Supervision

I supervise graduate and undergraduate research in philosophy.

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.