Curriculum Vitae (as PDF)
Employment
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Rhode Island College (2017- )
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill
Core Faculty Member in the Joint UNC/Duke Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (2016-17)
Education
PhD, Philosophy, UC San Diego (2015)
MA, Philosophy, UC San Diego (2013)
BA, Philosophy (minor in government), magna cum laude, Claremont McKenna College (2008)
Areas of Specialization
Ethics
Political philosophy
Areas of Competence
Feminist philosophy
Philosophy of law
History of ethics and political philosophy
Research
"Incomplete Ideal Theory," forthcoming in Social Theory and Practice
"Ideal Theory and 'Ought Implies Can,'" Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (2018)
"Effective Altruism: How Big Should the Tent Be?", Public Affairs Quarterly (2018)
"Abortion and Miscarriage," Philosophical Studies (2017)
Reprinted in Exploring Moral Problems: An Introductory Anthology, eds. S. Cahn and A. Forcehimes (Oxford: Oxford University, 2017)
Selected Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
American Fellowship, American Association of University Women (2014-15)
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, United States Department of Education (2009-13)
Outstanding Graduate Student Leader, UCSD Graduate Student Association (2015)
Faculty Research Group grant, UCSD Center for the Humanities (2011-12)
Selected Presentations
Invited
“Abortion and Miscarriage, Updated”
American Philosophical Association – Eastern Division, January 2020
“How and Why to Be Well-Rounded”
Kansas Workshop on Well-Being, July 2019
Rhode Island Philosophical Society (keynote address), October 2018
“Bright Lines in Juvenile Justice”
Bled Conference on Ethics, Bled, Slovenia, June 2018
“Ideal Theory and ‘Ought Implies Can’"
Claremont McKenna College, November 2015
Refereed
“How and Why to Be Well-Rounded”
American Philosophical Association – Pacific Division, April 2019
Einstein Ethics Early Career Conference in Moral and Political Philosophy, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, December 2018
“Is There a Duty to Read the News?” (with Brookes Brown)
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2018
“Bright Lines in Juvenile Justice”
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2018
PPE Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2017
North Carolina Philosophical Society, Wilmington, North Carolina, February 2017
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2016
“Effective Altruism: How Big Is the Tent?”
PPE Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2018
“Duties of Beneficence: Individual Not Collective”
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2017
“Beneficence and Partial Compliance”
The Ethics of Giving, University of St. Andrews, May 2017
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, University of Manchester, September 2015
Giving for Global Poverty Relief: Ethical and Empirical Dimensions, Stanford University, April 2015
“A Summer Program for Women in Philosophy: One Method for Plugging the Leaky Pipeline” (with Kathryn Joyce)
Why Are There So Few Women in Philosophy, and (Why) Does It Matter?, Stockholm University, April 2015
“Ideal Theory and ‘Ought Implies Can’”
American Philosophical Association – Pacific Division, April 2015
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2014
Ideals and Reality in Social Ethics 2014, University of South Wales, April 2014
“Flourishing and Autonomy”
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, University of Manchester, September 2012
service to the profession
Director, Brown University Summer Immersion Program in Philosophy, 2019-
Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession, 2016-19
Member, American Philosophical Association Diversity Institute Advisory Panel, 2015-17
Co-organizer, UCSD Summer Program for Women in Philosophy, 2013-16