Presentations: 

"Race and Vaccine Acceptance" University of Pennsylvania, Teach-In, March 2018

"Does Reasonable Distrust of the Government Justify Vaccine Exemptions?" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress X, August 2017 (Poster)

Commentary on George Sher's "The Consciousness of a Conservative" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress X, August 2017

"Can the State Require you to Get Vaccinated?" University of Pennsylvania Bioethics Bootcamp, June 2017; Philadelphia, PA.

"Political Legitimacy, Instrumentalism, and the Baseline Objection" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress IX, August 2016; Boulder, CO. (Poster)

Commentary on George Sher's "How Bad is it to be Dominated?" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress IX, August 2016; Boulder, CO.

Commentary on Jason Brennan's "A Libertarian Case for Mandatory Vaccines" American Philosophical Association, Eastern, January 2016; Washington D.C.

"Kantian Rationalism and the Groundwork Strategy" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress VI, August 2013; Boulder, CO. (Poster)

Commentary on Stephen Henderson and Kelly Sorenson's "Search, Seizure, and Immunity: Second-Order Normative Authority and Rights" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress VI, August 2013; Boulder, CO.

"Critical Reflections on Martha Nussbaum's Political Liberalism" University of Memphis Graduate Student Conference, February 2012; Memphis, TN.

"Constitutivism and the Possibility of Error" Brandeis Graduate Student Conference, April 2011; Waltham, MA. 

Awards: 

Committee on Democracy, Constitutionalism and Citizenship Graduate Fellowship (University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017)

University of Pennsylvania Dissertation Completion Fellowship (University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017, declined)

University of Pennsylvania Graduate Fellow for Teaching Excellence (University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2015)

Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student (University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014)

Ordan Prize, Given for General Excellence in Philosophy with an Expectation of a Career in Teaching (Vassar College, 2006)

Nochlin Prize, Given for an Exceptionally Good Senior Thesis in Philosophy (Vassar College, 2006)

Advisors: 

Committee Supervisor: Alexander Guerrero 

Committee Members: Samuel Freeman, Kok-Chor Tan, Errol Lord