In both research and pedagogy, I follow a speculative pragmatist orientation in seeking to actualize the practice of philosophy as one manner of living responsibly in contexts of social and ecological dysfunction. My research draws primarily on intersections between process philosophies, contemporary continental philosophy and critical environmental philosophy with additional interests in world philosophy, including classical Daoism, Mahayana Buddhist and world Indigenous philosophies.
Awards and Grants
2023 King's Research Excellence Scholar Grant: “Ecological Conversion: From Critique to Creation”
Education
Teaching
Past or Regular Courses
1305: Questions of the Day
2224: Philosophy of the Earth
2227: Introduction to Indigenous Philosophies
2244: Planetary Ethics and Social Transformations
2246: Philosophy of Encounter
3343: Special Topics in Ethics
3997: Special Topics in Philosophy
Research
My current research project investigates the ambiguities, risks, and potentials of “ecological conversion” as a rhetorical and philosophical concept for thinking change. Towards this investigation, the project considers: the practice of philosophy as a form of transformative life, the role of affect in human meaning-making, and ontologies of time and memory in relation to personal and collective change.
I have published one monograph study (Affect and Attention after Deleuze and Whitehead: Ecological Attunement (Edinburgh University Press 2020)) and articles in a wide range of scholarly journals.
Selected Publications
Affect and Attention after Deleuze and Whitehead: Ecological Attunement. New Perspectives in Ontology series at Edinburgh University Press. December 2020.
“How Not to Talk about Environmental Personhood: Thinking Transitional Concepts,” Law and Critique, Published online first Nov. 15, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10978-022-09339-w
“The ‘Beautiful Soul’ and ‘Religious Consciousness’: Deleuze and Nishida,” Comparative and Continental Philosophy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Spring 2022, p. 1-14: https://doi.org/10.1080/17570638.2022.2098560
“Thinking in Crisis: Towards an Ethics of Speculation?” Environmental Philosophy, Volume 19, Issue 1, Spring 2022, p. 1-21. Published online first June 3, 2022: https://www.pdcnet.org/envirophil/content/envirophil_2022_0019_0001_0001_0021
“Paradoxes of Pure Experience: From the Radical to the Transcendental with James and Deleuze” Contemporary Pragmatism, Volume 18, Issue 4, 2021. Published online first Nov. 29, 2021: https://brill.com/view/journals/copr/18/4/article-p407_407.xml