Education
2004-present: Syracuse University, PhD in Philosophy
Advisor: Mark Heller
2002-2004: University of Manitoba, MA in Philosophy
Advisor: Ben Caplan Thesis: Sets and Fictions
1998-2002: University of Manitoba, BA in Philosophy
Area of Specialization
Metaphysics
Areas of Competence
Applied Ethics, Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy of Art, and Philosophy of Religion
Teaching
Syracuse University:
- Theories of Knowledge and Reality (11 sections—from '05-08)
- Logic* (TA—winter '05)
- Introduction to Ethics* (TA—fall '04)
University of Manitoba:
- Critical Thinking (3 sections—summer '07 & '08)
- Ethics and Society (1 section—summer '06)
- Ethics of Biomedicine (2 sections—summer '05 & '08)
- Clinical Ethics* (4 sections—from '02-04)
*= Teaching Assistant
Publications
Forthcoming
“The Destruction Problem” (w/ Ben Caplan) promised for an anthology edited by Harry Deutsch and Anthony Everett.
2006
“Swinburne on Time before the Beginning of the Universe,” Aufbau 1.
Presentations
2005
“Comments on Goodman,” Western Canadian Philosophical Association Conference.
Awards
Syracuse University:
- Department of Philosophy TAship (2004-08)
Syracuse University Summer Fellowship (2005)
University of Manitoba
- Department of Philosophy Graduate Fellowship (2003-04)
- Harold R. Abells Fellowship (2003-04)
References
Mark Heller , Syracuse University
Tom McKay, Syracuse University
Ben Caplan, Ohio State University