Philosophy in Academia
Education
Chateaubriand Fellow, Universite Paris I: Pantheon—Sorbonne. 2013-4.
PhD, Philosophy, University of South Florida, 2014. Dissertation: “Leibniz’s Theodicies.” Major Professor: Roger Ariew.
MA, Philosophy, University of South Florida, 2012.
BA, Philosophy, University of Central Florida, 2006.
Select Publications
“The ‘Necessity’ of Leibniz’s Rejection of Necessitarianism”, Journal of Early Modern Studies, 10.1 (2021), 75-91.
“Wagering with and without Pascal”, JA and Daniel Collette, Res Philosophica, 95.1 (2018), 95-110.
“Cartesian Privations: Material Causation in Pierre-Sylvain Regis’s Cartesian Account of Sin”, Journal of Early Modern Studies, 5.2 (2016), 81-100.
“Two Misreadings of Leibniz’s Theory of Metaphysical Evil”, La modernidad en perspectiva: A trescientos anos del fallecimiento de Leibniz. Edited by R. Casales Garcia and J.M. Castro Manzano. Editorial Comares.
(Selected) Appointments and Courses
University of Virginia (2022-2024)
Philosophical Perspectives on Liberty
Intro to Moral and Political Philosophy
Forms of Reasoning
Allen University (2020-2022)
Western Thought
Central Michigan University (2015-2020)
Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Moral Problems
Intro to Philosophy
Saint Leo University (2015- )
Philosophical Foundations for Theology