About

I am currently a doctoral candidate and graduate assistant in the Department of Philosophy at the University at Albany, SUNY, and an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lone Star College Cy-Fair. I completed my B.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston-Downtown in 2015 and earned my M.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston in 2017. In addition, I am also a founding member and the current vice-president of the University at Albany Mind Studies Association and the webmaster and graduate placement coordinator for the University at Albany Philosophical Association.

 

My primary areas of research are in the philosophy of art and the philosophy of cognitive science. More specifically, I am especially interested in the ways that genres function as social & aesthetic practices. Within these practices, participants can develop new internal ethical norms, generate novel practical identities, and develop their own aesthetic predicates. This work has so far focused on issues in philosophy of music and internet aesthetics. I also try to pay special attention to the ways in which this work could or should be informed by cognitive science, and the ways in which theorizing in the philosophy of art might help resolve issues in music cognition, neuroaesthetics, or cognitive science generally. Outside of this, I also have research interests in 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, metaphilosophy, and the ethics of honor.

In my spare time, I enjoy baking, disc golf, playing classic country songs for my dog on the piano, and failing to catch a wide variety of fish.