I'm a Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Ohio State University. Prior to joining the department at Ohio State, I was a lecturer in Philosophy at Auburn University. I received my MA. and Ph.D. from UNC Chapel Hill and my  BA from Hope College. I work mostly in metaphysics and philosophy of science and I am especially interested in methodological questions that concern and connect both areas. I spend most of my time thinking about metaphysical explanation, and most recently, about what sorts of metaphysical explanations can be found in the literature on social ontology. I also think about the relationship between grounding and caus…

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