Curriculum Vitae

History of Science (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)

Carnegie Mellon University

Instructor (3 courses)

Introduction to Logic (fifteen times, most recent Spring 2018)

Philosophy of Cosmology: The Multiverse (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Spring 2018)

Problem Solving: How Science Works (three times, most recent Fall 2016)

Magic, Medicine, and Science (eighteen times, most recent Summer 2017)

Myth and Science (Fall 2008)

Teaching Assistant (3 courses)

Introduction to Philosophy of Science (John Earman)

Einstein for Everyone (John Norton)

Magic, Medicine, and Science (Paolo Palmieri)

Duquesne University

Adjunct Faculty (2 courses)

Teaching Experience - Graduate

University of Pittsburgh

Toward a Science of Cybersecurity (Spring 2017, Fall 2015)

Teaching Experience - Undergraduate

University of Pittsburgh

Instructor (38 courses)

Teaching Awards

University TA/TF Mentor, University of Pittsburgh

HPS Department Teaching Excellence Award, University of Pittsburgh

HPS Department Teaching Excellence Award, University of Pittsburgh

Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award, Western Michigan University

"Comparative Study of Experimentation in the Physical Sciences in the 17th and 18th Centuries"

History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA

"Galileo’s Two-Bucket Experiment"

University of Pittsburgh Graduate Student Expo, Pittsburgh, PA

Research Awards

University of Pittsburgh GPSG Travel Award

Wesley C. Salmon Fund Award, University of Pittsburgh

Socratic Award, University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh

Contributed Presentations

"Classifying Multiverse Structures"

Eleventh Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, University of Notre Dame

"Multiverse Cosmology and Explanation: The Miniverse Generation Process"

Western Michigan University Graduate Philosophy Conference, Western Michigan University

"Cosmological Induction: A Familiar Philosophical Foe"

Evidential Reasoning in Astronomy & Cosmology, University of Notre Dame

"Exploring a Mechanistic Approach to Experimentation in Computing"

Network Situational Awareness Forum, Carnegie Mellon University

"Legitimating the Science of Cybersecurity: Principles of Experimentation and Reporting"

Human Subjects Research Group, Carnegie Mellon University

Peer Reviewed Articles

"The Protoscience of Cybersecurity," Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 15(1): 5-12. DOI 10.1177/1548512917737635.

"Thinking About Intrusion Kill Chains as Mechanisms" (with Jonathan Spring), Journal of Cybersecurity. DOI 10.1093/cybsec/tyw012.

"Exploring a Mechanistic Approach to Experimentation in Computing" (with Jonathan Spring), Philosophy & Technology 27: 441-459. DOI 10.1007/s13347-014-0164-9.

Whitepapers

“Blacklist Ecosystem Analysis: January – July, 2017” (with Leigh Metcalf) (2017). Available at https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/WhitePaper/2017_019_001_503440.pdf.

“Blacklist Ecosystem Analysis: July – December, 2016” (with Leigh Metcalf). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Coordination Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2017). Available at https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/WhitePaper/2017_019_001_499689.pdf.

“Blacklist Ecosystem Analysis: January – June, 2016” (with Leigh Metcalf). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Coordination Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2016). Available at https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/WhitePaper/2016_019_001_485289.pdf.

“Blacklist Ecosystem Analysis: 2016 Update” (with Leigh Metcalf and Jonathan Spring). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Coordination Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2016). Available at https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/WhitePaper/2016_019_001_466029.pdf.

Articles under Review

"A Refinement to the General Mechanistic Account"

"Galileo’s Two-Bucket Experiment"

Manuscripts in Preparation

"A Game-Theoretic Approach to Simulation" (with William Casey)

"A Formal Framework for Investigating the Simulated Multiverse" (with William Casey)

"The Strategic Use of Deception in Observational Provenance" (with Willaim Casey, et al.)

"The Material Intricacies of Coulomb's 1785 Torsion Balance Experiment" (With Elay Shech)

"Cosmological Induction"

"The Multiverse Circularity Problem"

"Sleeping Beauty and Bertrand’s Box"

Invited Presentations

"The Recurrence of Empirical Objections to New Cosmological Theories"

University of Pittsburgh History of Science Club, University of Pittsburgh

Publications

Books

Using Science in Cybersecurity (with Leigh Metcalf), San Francisco: No Starch Press (Forthcoming).

Western Michigan University

M.A. Philosophy

University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh

Summa Cum Laude

B.A. Philosophy

B.A. Applied Mathematics

Appointments and Positions

Security Analysis Researcher, CERT, Carnegie Mellon University

Research Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Adjunct Faculty, Duquesne University

Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

CERT Research Intern, Carnegie Mellon University

Program Assistant, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Part Time Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University

Part Time Teaching Assistantship, Carnegie Mellon University

Graduate Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship, University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Assistantship Appointment, Western Michigan University