About Me

I was born in the beautiful city of Pasadena, California, which is the home of the annual Rose Parade and American college football's Rose Bowl game on New Year's Day. I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in philosophy. I earned a PhD, also in philosophy, from the University of Washington in 1995, with a thesis, directed by Charles Marks, on the philosophical implications of Benjamin Libet's experiments on the brain correlates of simple voluntary actions.

Since then, I have taught at a good number of schools, including Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Wellesley College, Claremont McKenna College, and (finally!) the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I started working at UBC in 2003. Currently, I teach in the Philosophy Department, the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, and the Cognitive Systems Program.

My research interests are in the philosophy of mind, specifically on philosophical theories of the perception of time and space.

I am also a big fan of the San Francisco Giants (baseball club).