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 European philosophy, especially the traditions of hermeneutics and phenomenology, and social/political philosophy. My current research focuses on the role of language and social interpretation in Hannah Arendt’s political ontology.
I have taught undergraduates in Philosophy for five years, instructing or assisting in courses in ethics and the history of philosophy, aesthetics, 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.