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I'm Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. My research interests are in the areas of social and political philosophy and ethics. I write about political liberalism and political legitimacy, egalitarian justice, education, and the gendered division of labor. My 2024 book, The Anatomy of Justice (OUP), forwards an approach to theorizing about justice that makes the theory more helpful for addressing injustice. My 2019 book, Liberalism, Neutrality, and the Gendered Division of Labor (OUP), argues that social policy aimed at eroding the gendered division of labor can comply with stringent liberal constraints on legitimate exercises of political power, and that this capacity yields interesting insights about those constraints.

I have ongoing projects on equal educational opportunity, sectoral justice more broadly, and liberal egalitarian theory. I've also written on diversity problems within the discipline of philosophy, on the ethics and politics of abortion, on the use of social policy to curtail animal consumption and experimentation, on the practice of non-ideal theory in political philosophy, and on other issues in feminist philosophy. Those interested in my research can check out my curriculum vitae and my research page. 

Most of my teaching is in ethics, political philosophy, social philosophy, feminism, and educational ethics. Those interested in my teaching philosophy and descriptions of some of the courses I’ve taught can find that information on my teaching page. (Current students looking for course materials will have better luck visiting our course webpage on Canvas.)

Before coming to Harvard, I taught at Illinois State University (2013-2016). I received my PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and my BA in 2006 from Ball State University, where I majored in philosophy and Spanish. Between graduating from Ball State and beginning my PhD, I spent some time teaching kindergarten in Denver, Colorado.