Education:
A.B., Brown University
M.T.S., Harvard University
M.A., Cornell University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Contact Information:
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department
My research is in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle. I am interested in their philosophical psychology, and I have written on how Plato understands the parts of the soul and on Aristotle’s theory of perception. I also have teaching and research interests in medieval philosophy and the philosophy of religion. I teach classes on ancient philosophy from the Presocratics through the Hellenistic schools, and on medieval philosophers such as Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas. I also teach classes on a variety of topics, including the existence of God and the problem of evil, the relation between mind and body, and the nature and limits of human knowledge.