I am a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, working primarily in philosophy of language, social and political philosophy, and their intersections. My research is guided by the question: how do informal social structures reshape the normative landscape of a non-ideal world like ours? More specifically, I ask:

• how such structures distribute opportunities for social participation;

• how they, in addition to causing harm and disadvantage, wrong certain members of society;

• how they shape our obligations and responsibilities, specifically in ways that put pressure on moral theories confined to the interpersonal level.

Within this larger project, I am particularly grabbed by one kind of structure: 

• the linguistic and hermeneutical conventions that ground our sense-making practices, which, in turn, ground many other practices. 

My dissertation develops these themes across three connected topics: social labels, hermeneutical injustice, and structural injustice.

Outside of philosophy, I enjoy climbing, swimming, and playing board games.