I am an Assistant Professor at the Wellesley College Department of Philosophy, as of Fall 2008. I received my PhD in Philosophy from MIT in September 2007, and after that was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Program on Global Justice at Stanford University's Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies. I am originally from New Zealand; hence the charming accent, and the consequentialism. My current research addresses the foundations and content of claims of justice and fairness in global politics and international law, and the relationship between these claims and their counterparts at the domestic level. I am interested in these questions both at a general level, and in connection with specific social and political concerns with a cross-border dimension (such as those that arise in relation to international trade; the environment; health policy; labor standards; development; and immigration). I am also interested in moral philosophy, including the merits and problems of contemporary consequentialist theories and their rivals, and the nature of well-being and its role in morality. I teach courses in global justice, ethics and political philosophy. In my spare time I like to swim, play croquet, read about mid-century modern architecture, amass philosophy trivia (parental guidance recommended) and mix cocktails. |
