I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Michigan. I work on early modern philosophy, where I am primarily interested in topics within metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.
I am writing a dissertation titled 'Early Modern Dualisms: Descartes, More, and Clarke'. Tad Schmaltz is the chair of my committee, which also includes Sonya Özbey, Marleen Rozemond (Toronto), and Jamie Tappenden.
I have also served as the Chair of the Graduate Student Council of the American Philosophical Association (2022 – 2024) and, before that, as the President of the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association (2019 – 2020). I hold an undergraduat…
I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Michigan. I work on early modern philosophy, where I am primarily interested in topics within metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.
I am writing a dissertation titled 'Early Modern Dualisms: Descartes, More, and Clarke'. Tad Schmaltz is the chair of my committee, which also includes Sonya Özbey, Marleen Rozemond (Toronto), and Jamie Tappenden.
I have also served as the Chair of the Graduate Student Council of the American Philosophical Association (2022 – 2024) and, before that, as the President of the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association (2019 – 2020). I hold an undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree (distinction) in ancient philosophy from the University of Oxford (Hertford College).
My current research in early modern philosophy focuses on arguments for, and defences of, substance dualism, the relation of consciousness to the mind, and accounts of individual mental states and faculties. I have explored these themes in the writings of figures such as Descartes, Henry More, Anne Conway, Samuel Clarke, and Émilie Du Châtelet. I have also done work in ancient and medieval philosophy on figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Chrysippus, and Aquinas.
