Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Philosophy, New York

Dissertation Defended: February 2014, with Honors on Defense

Title: “Moral Motivation and the Authority of Morality: A Defense of Naturalist Moral Realism”

Committee: Steven Cahn (advisor), Rosamond Rhodes, Stefan Baumrin, Jesse Prinz, Hagop Sarkissian

Masters of Philosophy, 2011, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Bachelor of Arts, 2004, Double Major: Philosophy and Economics, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts

Magna Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Philosophy, Recipient of Sophia Smith Philosophy Prize, Latin Honors, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society