I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. Before this, I was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lone Star College in Houston, TX. I completed my B.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston-Downtown in 2015, my M.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston in 2017, and my Ph.D. in philosophy at the University at Albany, SUNY in 2022. I have served as the President of the American Society for Aesthetics' Rocky Mountain Division, am currently Co-Chair of the ASAs Feminist Caucus Committee and the Philpapers.org area editor for Popular Music.
My primary area of research is in aesthetics and the…
I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. Before this, I was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lone Star College in Houston, TX. I completed my B.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston-Downtown in 2015, my M.A. in philosophy at the University of Houston in 2017, and my Ph.D. in philosophy at the University at Albany, SUNY in 2022. I have served as the President of the American Society for Aesthetics' Rocky Mountain Division, am currently Co-Chair of the ASAs Feminist Caucus Committee and the Philpapers.org area editor for Popular Music.
My primary area of research is in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. This work tends to focus on issues of gender, class, and social identity as they play out in our aesthetic lives. In particular, my work in philosophy of art centers on the ontology, ethics, and aesthetics of genre, popular music, and fashion. Outside of this, I also have teaching and research interests in the history of philosophy (especially comparative philosophy and the Victorian period), trans philosophy, and the ethics of technology and artificial intelligence. All of this work is done through a queer, feminist, and neopragmatist lens.
As a Texan-in-exile, I am also one of over 130,000 transgender internal refugees currently in the United States.
