Faculty
Department Chair: John Bowin
Associate Chair: Jorge Hankamer
Graduate Program Director: Paul Roth
Undergraduate Program Director: Janette Dinishak
Placement Officers: John Bowin, Paul Roth, Hande Tuna, Robbie Kubala
Colloquium Coordinator: Abe Stone
Personnel Director: Nico Orlandi

- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Division Humanities Division
- Department
- Philosophy Department
- Phone 831-459-1594
- Website
- Office Location
- Cowell College Faculty Office Addition, 101
- Mail Stop Philosophy
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics
Biography, Education and Training
I received my Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University (2018), where I also taught for a year as a Core Lecturer in Contemporary Civilization. My research investigates foundational philosophical questions about value, valuing, and norms, particularly within and across the moral and aesthetic domains. I am also interested in moral psychology and philosophy of/in literature (especially Marcel Proust).
Selected Publications
Aesthetic Practices and Normativity, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, forthcoming (2020)
Literary Intentionalism: A Shared Interpretive Policy, Metaphilosophy, Vol. 50, Issue 4 (2019): 503-515
Grounding Aesthetic Obligations, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 58, Issue 3 (2018): 271-285
Valuing and Believing Valuable, Analysis, Vol. 77, Issue 1 (2017): 59-65
Love and Transience in Proust, Philosophy, Vol. 91, Issue 4 (2016): 541-557
Philosophy, Literature, and Emotional Engagement: A Response to Nanay, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 73, Issue 2 (2015): 196-200