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Education
| 2015 | PhD in Philosophy University of Guelph, Guelph, ONDissertation: “James’s Account of the Phenomena and Conditions of Action” Advisor: Dr. J. Hacker-Wright |
| 2008 | MA in Philosophy McMaster University, Hamilton, ONThesis: “Does He Protest Too Much? James’s Relationship with Hegel” Supervisor: Dr. B. Allen |
| 2006 | BA (Hons.) in History and Philosophy University of Western Ontario, London, ONCompleted at King’s University College. |
Areas of Specialization
Action Theory, History and Philosophy of Psychology, Epistemology, Pragmatism (William James).
Areas of Competence
Critical Thinking, History of Philosophy (General), Philosophy of Science.
Scholarly Activities
Publications
2019
- “I Feel Like You’re Wrong: Why Affect Matters to Disagreement, and How a Jamesean Approach Helps,” Southwest Philosophical Studies (Forthcoming).
2018
- “An Inchoate Universe: James’s Probabilistic Underdeterminism,” William James Studies 34, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 54-83.
- “Embodied Akrasia: James on Motivation and Weakness of Will,” William James Studies 34, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 26-53. (William James Studies Young Scholar Prize winner).
- “Do Minds Change? Calkins’s Self-Psychology and the Epistemology of Disagreement,” The Southwest Philosophy Review 34, no. 1 (Jan, 2018): 117-24.
2017
- “James on Chance and Indeterminacy,” in David Evans (ed.), Understanding James, Understanding Modernity (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing).
Conference Presentations
2018
- “Mood Thinking: James’s Approach to Public Philosophy,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s inaugural panel at the annual meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- “I Feel Like You’re Wrong: Why Affect Matters to Disagreement, and How a Jamesean Approach Helps,” presented at the annual meeting of the New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Society in Houston, Texas.
- “James’s Philosophy of Science and Science of Philosophy,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s group session at the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in San Diego, California.
- “James on Collective Akrasia and Social Progress,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- “Embodied Akrasia: James on Motivation and Weakness of Will,” presented at the William James Society’s group session at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Savannah, Georgia. (William James Studies Young Scholar Prize winner)
2017
- “Do Minds Change? Calkins’s Self-Psychology and the Epistemology of Disagreement,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society in Waco, Texas.
- “Thinking with Feeling: James on Affective States and Philosophizing,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
2016
- “James on Instinct and Motivation,” presented at the Annual Meeting of The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- “A Probabilistic Universe,” presented at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s group session at the Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in San Francisco, California.
2015
- “What is American about American Philosophy?” presented on a panel entitled “On the Possibility of Canadian Pragmatism,” at the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association in Ottawa, Ontario.
2014
- “Is There More to Rationality than Its Sentiment?” presented as a colloquium paper at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (William James Prize recipient)
- “Reconciling Misak with James,” presented at the Summer Institute for American Philosophy at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
- “William James’s Wager,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association in St. Catharines, Ontario.
2013
- “The Reducibility of Consciousness to Attention in James’s Principles,” presented at the Summer Institute for American Philosophy at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
- “Is There More to Rationality than Its Sentiment?” presented on a panel entitled “The Debate between Peirce and James on Belief and Rationality”, at the William James Society’s group session at the Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in San Francisco, California.
2012
- “Habituation and Agency in James’s Principles of Psychology,” presented at the Summer Institute for American Philosophy at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
- “The Role of the Imagination in the Work of William James,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association in Waterloo, Ontario.
2011
- “William James’s Theory of Action,” presented at the Summer Institute for American Philosophy at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon.
2008
- “The European Union’s Role in Hegel’s ‘Stages of History’” presented at the “Does the Past Matter?: Renegotiating the Past, Communal Identity, and Multiculturalism in Europe” conference at the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Commentaries, Invited Lectures, and Workshops
2018
- Commentator for “Battling the Real Self,” by Susan Badiola at the New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Society’s annual meeting in Houston, Texas.
2015
- Contributor of “Pragmatism, Psychology, and Phenomenology,” to the 1st Bi-Annual Phenomenology and Pragmatism Workshop, King’s University College at Western University in London, Ontario.
2014
- Commentator for “Theorizing the Individual in James and Thoreau” by Rick Furtak and James Reid, and “Jamesian Self-cultivation: Meliorism In The Double-barreled Stream of Experience” by Mark Uffelman, at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy’s annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.
2013
- “The Origins of James’s Pragmatism” Invited Lecture at King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario.
2012
- Commentator for “Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the State” by Jessica Hejny and “Justice and Objectivity for Pragmatists” by Carol Hay, at the Society for Advancement of American Philosophy’s annual meeting in New York, New York.
2011
- “Pascal’s Wager and James’s Will to Believe” Invited Lecture at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
2008
- Commentator for “Renovating Legal Positivism: A Two-Tiered Approach” by Matthew Grellette, at the Canadian Philosophical Association’s annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record
Redeemer University College
| Course | Enrol. | Term | |
| Phil 313: | “Philosophy of Science | 10-15 | W’19 |
University of Guelph
| Course | Enrol. | Term | |
| Phil 1010: | “Introductory Philosophy: Social & Political Issues” | 375 | F’18 |
| Phil 2240: | “Knowledge & Belief” | 60 | F’17 |
| Phil 3280: | “21st Century Philosophy: Social Epistemology” | 21 | F’16 |
| Phil 1010: | “Introductory Philosophy: Social & Political Issues” | 144 | F’16 |
| Phil 3190: | “Theory of Knowledge I” | 47 | F’15 |
| Phil 2100: | “Critical Thinking” | 112 | W’14 |
| Phil 2100: | “Critical Thinking” | 148 | W’12 |
Teaching Assistantships
University of Guelph
| Phil 2100: | “Critical Thinking” | W’14 |
| Phil 1010: | “Introductory Philosophy: Social and Political Issues” | F’13 |
| Phil 1050: | “Introductory Philosophy: Basic Problems” | W’13 |
| Phil 2100: | “Critical Thinking” | F’12 |
| Phil 2100: | “Critical Thinking” | F’11 |
| Phil 1000: | “Introductory Philosophy: Major Texts” | W’11 |
| Phil 1010: | “Introductory Philosophy: Social and Political Issues” | F’10 |
| Phil 1050: | “Introductory Philosophy: Basic Problems” | W’10 |
| Phil 1000: | “Introductory Philosophy: Major Texts” | F’09 |
McMaster University
| Philos 1C03 | “Philosophy in Literature” | W’08 |
| Philos 1B03 | “Philosophy, Law and Society” | F’07 |
| Philos 2C06 | “Descartes to Hume” | F’06-W’07 |
Teaching Awards and Activities
| 2014 | Recipient of “Sessional & CLA Teaching Excellence Award, College of Arts” for Phil 2100: Critical Thinking (W’14). |
| 2014 | Completed the University of Guelph’s Teaching Development Program. |
| 2013 | Attended workshop on incorporating philosophers from traditionally marginalized groups into course content. (University of Oregon) |
| 2013 | Attended workshop on introducing new technologies into traditional courses. (University of Guelph) |
| 2012 | Departmental Nominee for the “Sessional & CLA Teaching Excellence Award, College of Arts” for Phil 2100: Critical Thinking (W’12). |
Service to the Discipline
2016-7 Referee, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review
2016- Periodicals Editor, William James Studies
2016- William James Society liaison to the APA-Pacific
2009-11 Referee, graduate panel for the annual meeting of SAAP.
Awards, Scholarships, and Bursaries
| 2017 | Young Scholar Prize, awarded by the William James Society for “Embodied Akrasia: James on Motivation and Weakness of Will.” |
| 2016 | Travel Grant, The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science |
| 2015 | Travel Grant, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy |
| 2014 | William James Prize, awarded by the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association for “Is There More to Rationality than Its Sentiment?” |
| 2013 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship |
| 2013 | Travel Grant, University of Guelph, College of Arts |
| 2012 | Ontario Graduate Fellowship |
| 2009-2013 | University of Guelph PhD Scholarship |
| 2009-2013 | University of Guelph Dean’s Scholarship |
| 2006-2008 | McMaster University Graduate Student Scholarship |
| 2004-2006 | King’s Scholar Bursary Award |
| 2003-2006 | Dean’s Honor List |
| 2003 | King’s University College Entrance Scholarship |
Professional Affiliations
| 2016- | The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science |
| 2011- | American Philosophical Association |
| 2011- | Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy |
| 2011- | William James Society |
| 2007- | Canadian Philosophical Association |
Languages
| English: | native language |
| French: | speak, read, and write with high proficiency |
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