I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a PhD in philosophy in 2011. I am excited to be taking up a SSHRC postdoc at the University of Toronto in the fall, where I will be jointly appointed to the Philosophy Department and the Centre for Ethics. I work primarily in political philosophy on topics including liberty, authority and decision-making. I also have significant interests in philosophy of law, normative and applied ethics, and ancient philosophy. My papers have been published in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.

I'm originally from Queens, New York, where I attended the prestigious Regis High School. Before coming to UT Austin in 2004,
I pursued my undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago,where I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.