EDUCATION:   

Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy, Rutgers University (2007- Present)
    Dissertation: The A-Theory: A Theory (Director: Dean Zimmerman)
    ABD: November 2009
B.Phil, Philosophy, University of Oxford (July 2007)
    Member of Balliol College
    Thesis: The Collapse of Presentism, Distinction on Thesis (Director: Timothy Williamson)
    Qualifying Exams: Metaphysics/Epistemology, Moral Philosophy, Frege
B.A. with Highest Distinction, Philosophy and Politics, University of Virginia (May 2005)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:    

Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophical Theology.

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:        

Ethics, Epistemology, and Early Analytic Philosophy (esp. Frege and Russell).

SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS:

Presidential Fellow, Top University-wide Merit Fellowship to Rutgers (2007-2009)
Rhodes Scholar, Oxford (2005-2007)
Jefferson Scholar, Top Undergraduate Merit Scholarship to University of Virginia (2001-2005)
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia (2005)
Lewis Hammond Award for Best Philosophy Thesis, University of Virginia (2005)   
Raven Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership, University of Virginia (2005)
   
TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1. "Moser's Dilemma." Invited Comments on Paul Moser’s “On Our Becoming Revelatory Evidence of God.”
    Philosophy and Revelation Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary (Apr 2009)
2. “Change We Can Believe In (And Assert).”
    Prospectives Weekend Graduate Talk, Rutgers (Mar 2009)
3. “The Collapse of Presentism,” Ockham Society, Oxford (May 2007)
4. “The Arbitrariness of Variable-Rate Rule-Consequentialism.”
    BPPA Normative Moral Theory Masterclass, University of Reading (Apr 2007)

TEACHING:

PHIL 201: Intro to Symbolic Logic, Primary Instructor (Rutgers, Spring 2010)
PHIL 105: Current Moral and Social Issues, Primary Instructor (Rutgers, Summer 2008)

PHIL 106: Current Moral and Social Issues, Teaching Assistant for Temkin (Rutgers, Fall 2009)

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE:

Co-Organizer, Religion and Metaphysics Reading Group, Rutgers Philosophy Dept (2007-Present)
        Organizes bi-weekly reading and research group covering topics in contemporary philosophy of
        religion and metaphysics.  (With Dean Zimmerman).
Editor, Rutgers Philosophy Newsletter (Spring 2009-Present)
        Writes stories and manages content for bi-annual departmental newsletter. Works with School
        of Arts and Sciences to design and write promotional brochure for department.
Graduate Representative, Rutgers Philosophy Dept (Spring 2008)
        Attended faculty meetings and served as liaison between graduates and faculty.
Co-Convener, Ockham Society, Oxford Philosophy Faculty (2006-2007)
        Organized and chaired weekly graduate student speaker series.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Head Graduate Mentor, Bunting-Cobb Residential Community, Rutgers (2007-Present)
        Supervises academic programming, tutoring and mentoring in dorm for undergraduate women pursuing
        math, science and engineering.  Coordinates team of four graduate mentors, manages program and tutoring
        budgets, hires tutors, writes annual report, and individually meets with approximately twenty-five students. 
        Program runs through the Douglass Project.
Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Practice Interviewer, Rutgers (2007- Present)
        Helps the Office of Distinguished Fellowships prepare students for interviews.
Academic Integrity and University Ethics Talks
        1. “Aristotle’s Polis, Conan’s Village and Mr. Jefferson’s University”
            UVa Leadership 2009 Conference (June 2009)

        2. “An Opinionated, Philosophical Introduction to Honor”
            UVa Honor Committee Retreat (Apr 2008)

        3. “Gladwell on Plagiarism” Rutgers SAS Honors Seminar (Oct 2007)
        4. “Academic Integrity” Rutgers Transfer Student Seminar (Oct 2007)
        5. “Ethics for Peer Academic Leaders” Rutgers PAL Orientation (Aug 2007)
Kickoff Speaker, Campaign for the University of Virginia (Sept 2006)
        Keynote speaker at lunch for several hundred alumni and donors.
Keynote Speaker, UVa President’s Retreat (March 2005)
        Keynote speaker at conference for several hundred faculty and students.