I am currently a lecturer in Philosophy at Boston College and Boston University. I also serve as Book Reviews Editor for the Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion, and Director of Media for the Guestbook Project, a nonprofit that promotes peacebuilding through storytelling.
I received my Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston College in 2024. My dissertation was titled Hermeneutics of the Polis: Arendt and Gadamer on the Political World. Previously, I was a Doctoral Fellow with the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy (2020-2022). I received an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College (2019) and a B.A. in History and Philosophy from Wheaton College (2013).
I specialize in modern and contemporary Continental Philosophy, especially the traditions of hermeneutics and phenomenology, and Social and Political Philosophy. My current research focuses on the relationship between social interpretation and community in Hannah Arendt’s political thought.
I have taught undergraduates in Philosophy for five years, instructing or assisting in courses in Ethics, the History of Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Logic. In 2022, I received the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award from the Boston College Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).
Outside of the academy, I am a musician and enjoy performing on bass guitar, which I have played for almost twenty years. I also enjoy classic cocktails, TV dramas, and the Chicago blues.