Academic Employment
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Drexel University, 2017-present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Drexel University, 2011-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence University, 2008-11
Administrative Appointments
Assistant Department Head, Department of English and Philosophy, Drexel University, 2021-present
Visiting Positions
Visiting Fellow, Center for Values and Social Policy, CU Boulder, Fall 2018
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy, Syracuse University, 2008
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 2002
Areas of Specialization
Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Areas of Competence
Engineering Ethics
Political Philosophy
Publications
"On Using and Abusing Those We Punish," The Oxford Handbook on Philosophy of Harm, eds. Erik Carlson, Jens Johansson, and Olle Risberg, Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
"Against Legal Punishment," The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment, ed. Matt Altman, Palgrave MacMillan, (2023).
“Punitive Intent,” Philosophical Studies, 179: 655-69 (2022).
“Why Punitive Intent Matters,” Analysis, 81: 426-35 (2021).
“The Nature of Punishment Revisited: Reply to Wringe,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 23: 89-100 (2020).
“Hitting Retributivism Where It Hurts,” Criminal Law and Philosophy, 13: 109-27 (2019).
“The Nature of Punishment: Reply to Wringe,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 20: 969-76 (2017).
“Harm: Omission, Preemption, Freedom,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 93: 251-73 (2016).
“Philosophical Success,” Philosophical Studies, 172: 2109-121 (2015).
“Moral Luck Defended,” Noûs, 48: 683-98 (2014).
“Retributivism Revisited,” Philosophical Studies, 167: 473-84 (2014).
“Facing the Consequences,” Criminal Law and Philosophy, 8: 589-604 (2014).
“Two Claims About Desert,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 94: 41-56 (2013).
“It’s Only Natural: Legal Punishment and the Natural Right to Punish,” Social Theory and Practice, 38: 598-616 (2012).
“Against Phenomenal Conservatism,” Acta Analytica, 26: 213-21 (2011).
“Cosmic Coincidence and Intuitive Non-Naturalism,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 4: 1-5 (2010).
“The Passions of Punishment,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 90: 232-250 (2009).
“Liberalism and the General Justifiability of Punishment,” Philosophical Studies, 145: 325-349 (2009).
“An Argument for Voting Abstention,” Public Affairs Quarterly, 23: 275-286 (2009).
“Say What? A Critique of Expressive Retributivism,” Law and Philosophy, 27: 123–150 (2008).
“Socrates and Superiority,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 45: 251-268 (2007).
Presentations (selected)
"On Using and Abusing Those We Punish"
University of Washington Punishment Theory Workshop, April 2024
Denison University, Titus-Hepp Lecture, April 2024
Uppsala University, May 2022
"Against Legal Punishment"
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, August 2021
“Gambler’s Justice”
Alabama Philosophical Society, September 2019
North American Society for Social Philosophy, July 2019
North Carolina Philosophical Society, March 2019
University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2018
“Hearts of Darkness: Why Punitive Intent Matters”
Eastern Division Meeting of the APA, January 2020
Roskilde University, June 2018
Northwest Philosophy Conference, October 2018
University of Colorado, Boulder, October 2018
“(Un)just Deserts”
University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2018
“Punishment, Permissibility, and Justification”
Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium, Sept 2016
Northwest Philosophy Conference, Oct 2016
Northwestern Law School Criminal Theory Workshop, May 2017
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, July 2017
Eastern Division Meeting of the APA, Jan 2018
“Desert’s Moral Significance Reconsidered”
UK Experimental Philosophy Group Conference, June 2015
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Aug 2015
Buffalo Experimental Philosophy Conference, Sept 2015
Philosopher’s Cocoon Philosophy Conference, Nov 2015
Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, April 2016
“Defending the Counterfactual Comparative Account of Harm”
International Social Philosophy Conference, July 2014
Philosopher’s Cocoon Philosophy Conference, July 2014
Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium, Sept 2014
Western Canadian Philosophical Association, Oct 2014
Central States Philosophical Association, Oct 2014
“Philosophical Success”
North Carolina Philosophical Society Meeting, Feb 2014
Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, April 2014
“The Free Will Defense Reconsidered”
Philosopher’s Cocoon Philosophy Conference, Oct 2013
“Retributivism Revisited”
Northwest Philosophy Conference, Oct 2012
“Moral Luck Defended”
International Social Philosophy Conference July 2011
Northwest Philosophy Conference, Nov 2011
Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, April 2012
“Two Claims About Desert”
Indiana Philosophical Association, Oct 2011
Teaching Experience
Drexel University: Business Ethics, Computer Ethics, Criminal Justice Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Engineering Ethics, Ethics, Political Philosophy Philosophy of Law
Lawrence University: Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Intro to Philosophy, Symbolic Logic
Syracuse University: Intro to Philosophy
Service (selected)
To Drexel University’s Department of English and Philosophy (selected):
Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2020.
Committee on Professional Development, 2017, 2018-20 (chair).
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2020-21, 2023 (chair), 2025 (chair).
Curriculum Committee, 2017-18.
Department Head Performance Review Committee, 2021.
Elections Committee, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024.
Executive Advisory Committee, 2021 (chair).
To Drexel University and Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences:
Academic Transformation Committee on Consistent and Effective Policies and Practices, 2025
College of Arts and Sciences Assessment Steering Committee, 2013-2014.
Committee on Ethics Across the Curriculum, 2013-14.
To the Philosophy Profession:
Referee for: Acta Analytica, Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Erkenntnis, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, European Journal of Philosophy, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of Value Inquiry, Mind, Noûs, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Palgrave MacMillan, Philosophia, Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, Public Affairs Quarterly, Social Theory and Practice, Synthese, Teaching Philosophy, Theoria, Thought.