updated March 2020

EDUCATION

University of California, Riverside. MA Philosophy, 2019

University of California, Los Angeles. BA Philosophy, 2013

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ethics and Value Theory, including Aesthetics and Political Philosophy

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

History of Philosophy (especially Ancient Greek), Feminism, and Critical Theory

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

University of California, Riverside. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2017 - present

University of California, Riverside. Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship, Academic Year 2016 – 2017

University of California, Los Angeles. Magna Cum Laude, Philosophy Department Honors, College of Letters and Science Honors, June 2013

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of California, Riverside Department of Philosophy, Teaching Assistant

2019 Summer Session. Philosophy 1: Introduction to Philosophy. Instructor: David Shope

2019 Spring Quarter. Philosophy 2: Contemporary Moral Issues. Instructor: William Swanson

2019 Winter Quarter. Philosophy 165: Philosophy of Law. Instructor: Carl Cranor

2018 Fall Quarter. Philosophy 5: Evil. Instructor: Eric Schwitzgebel

2018 Summer Session. Philosophy 7: Introduction to Critical Thinking. Instructor: David Shope

2018 Spring Quarter. Philosophy 3W: Ethics and the Meaning of Life (Writing Intensive). Instructor: Patrick Londen

2018 Winter Quarter. Philosophy 1: Introduction to Philosophy. Instructor: Pierre Keller

2017 Fall Quarter. Philosophy 5: Evil. Instructor: Eric Schwitzgebel

2017 Summer Session. Law and Society 100: Introduction to Law and Society. Instructor: David Beglin

University of California, Los Angeles Department of Philosophy, Teaching Assistant

2015 Fall Quarter. Philosophy 100A: History of Greek Philosophy. Instructor: Adam Crager

2015 Spring Quarter. Philosophy 6: Introduction to Political Philosophy. Instructor: A.J. Julius

2015 Winter Quarter. Philosophy 100B: History of Medieval Philosophy. Instructor: Calvin Normore

2014 Fall Quarter. Philosophy 100A: History of Greek Philosophy. Instructor: Adam Crager

2014 Summer Session. Philosophy 7: Introduction to Philosophy of Mind. Instructor: Jason Carnell

2014 Spring QuarterPhilosophy 6: Introduction to Political Philosophy. Instructor: Calvin Normore

2014 Winter Quarter. Philosophy 22: Introduction to Ethical Theory. Instructor: Gavin Lawrence

2013 Fall Quarter. Philosophy 100A: History of Greek Philosophy. Instructor: Samuel Baker

As an Invited Speaker/Guest Lecturer

August 2019               UC Riverside. Philosophy 164: Justice, “Bentham, Mill, Singer and Critiques of Utilitarianism.” 

May 2019                   “Intersectional Feminism.” Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Introductory Photography. Instructor: David Sotelo

April 2019                  Printed Matter’s Los Angeles Art Book Fair (at The Classroom, MOCA Geffen Contemporary). Aesthetic Justice and Double Consciousness. With Kandis Williams.

October 2018             UC Riverside. Philosophy 5: Evil, on Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt. Instructor: Eric Schwitzgebel.

September 2018        Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair (at The Classroom, MoMA PS1). The School-to-Prison Pipeline. With Kandis Williams.

September 2018        Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Advanced Photography, on Self-Publishing and Access/Applications to Higher Education. Instructor: David Sotelo

July 2016                    UCLA. Philosophy 178: Phenomenology, on Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex." Instructor: Kevin Lande

March 2014               Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Advanced Photography, on Self-Publishing. Instructor: David Sotelo

November 2011         Art Center Saturday High. Photography, on Self-Publishing. Instructor: David Sotelo

As a Workshop Leader

April 2017                  Minorities and Philosophy Southern California Meeting (at UCR). Introduction to Philosophical Writing.

April 2016                  Minorities and Philosophy Southern California Meeting (at UCSB). Diversifying Syllabi.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Commentary

2018 Southern California Student Conference in Aesthetics, November 16-17, University of San Diego, CA. Comments on “Interest in the Imagination: Loving Nature and Engaging in Art with Moral Character” by Alexandra Grundler (UCSC)

2017 American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division Meeting. Comments on “Is the Sublime Salvageable?” by Tom Hanauer (UCR)

Chairing

2018 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting. Chair for 7J Colloquium: Metaphilosophy. “On Socrates’ Project of Philosophical Conversion” by Jacob Stump (University of Toronto)

Panels

2018 American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division Meeting. “Style: Personal, Deceptive, Artistic.” Panel with Jonathan Gingerich (UCLA/University College London) and Kevin Lande (UCLA/York University)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Conference Coordinator, UCR Ancient Philosophy Conference, 2018 and 2019

Founder and Organizer, UCR WHIP (Women Hella Into Philosophy) Reading Group. 2018-present

Organizer and Workshop Leader, Southern California Minorities and Philosophy Annual Meeting. Riverside, CA, May 2017.

Minorities and Philosophy TA Mentor, University of California Department of Philosophy, 2014 – 2015.

Founder and Organizer, UCLA Feminist Philosophy Reading Group. 2012-2015. 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Philosophical Society (Member)

American Society for Aesthetics (Member)

Minorities and Philosophy (Member, UCR Chapter; previously UCLA chapter)