SPECIALIZATION: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

FACULTY MENTOR: Dr. Heather Demarest (Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Physics)

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Philosophy (Expected 2027)

University of Colorado, Boulder

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Graduated with Honors in Philosophy magna cum laude)

Thesis: The Relation of Leibniz’s Law of Continuity to God’s Perfection (Thesis Advisor: Dr. Paul Livingston)

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Graduated with Distinction)

Master Examinations in Differential Equations and Real Analysis

Master of Science in Computer Science

University of Kansas, Lawrence (Graduated with Distinction)

Thesis: Using Hopfield Networks to Find Approximate Solutions for NP-hard Problems (Thesis Advisor of blessed memory: Dr. Nancy Kinnersley)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences: Applied Mathematics (Double Major)

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York (Graduated with Distinction)

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (INVITED) – MOST RECENT

2025, Against Best System Laws, West Chester University Graduate Student Conference, West Chester, PA

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (INVITED) – PREVIOUS

2024, The Relation of Leibniz’s Law of Continuity to the Reality of Matter, Science and Religion Forum 2024 Online Conference ‘Continuous and co-creation: Emergence in a Scientific Age’, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury UK (Virtual)

2024, The Relation of Leibniz’s Law of Continuity to the Reality of Matter, Sixth Phigs Graduate Colloquium, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK (Hybrid)

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE COMMENTATOR (INVITED) – MOST RECENT

2024, Praise in Śāntideva, Dr. Tim Kwiatek (Penn State University), Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE CHAIR (INVITED) – MOST RECENT

2025, Defending Virtual Digitalism, Speaker: Dr. Yen-Tung Lee (Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Commentator: Patrick Chandler (PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh), American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025Pacific

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE CHAIR (INVITED) – PREVIOUS

2025, Changing Values, Christopher Fruge, University of Oxford, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, The Requesting-Offering Asymmetry, Milan Mossé (University of California, Berkeley), Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE REFEREE (INVITED) – MOST RECENT

2025, Referee submitted papers to the Rocky Mountain Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS – MOST RECENT

2025, Awarded a Philosophy Department Summer Research Assistantship to research contemporary Epistemology with Dr. Matthias Steup, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY SCHOLARSHIPS – MOST RECENT

Awarded a 2025 Travel Reimbursement of $300 by the American Philosophical Association (APA) from the Travel Assistance Fund for Underrepresented Philosophers to attend and serve as a session chair at the 2025 APA Pacific Meeting in San Francisco, CA

PHILOSOPHY SCHOLARSHIPS – PREVIOUS

Awarded a 2025 Travel Reimbursement by the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Philosophy of $400 to partially reimburse travel expenses to give a presentation at West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference in West Chester, PA

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD NOMINATIONS – MOST RECENT

2025, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) Teaching Assistant Award Nomination from Dr. Xinyue Wang for ATOC 1060 - Our Changing Environment: El Nino, Ozone, and Climate.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (FUNDED) – MOST RECENT

2025, Worked with Dr. Xinyue Wang as Graduate Teaching Assistant for Our Changing Environment – Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) 1060 (In person class of roughly 140 students with additional Canvas asynchronous content). Responsibilities include grading class examinations/assignments, attending all class sessions to help students with class activities, and recording all grades using Canvas. Held office hours for student tutoring/advising.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PRESENTATIONS – MOST RECENT

2025, Exam Review Session, Teaching Assistant Class Presentation and Discussion (75 minutes) for Our Changing Environment (ATOC 1060), University of Colorado Boulder

2025, The Earth Energy Balance, Teaching Assistant Class Presentation (45 minutes) for Our Changing Environment (ATOC 1060), University of Colorado Boulder

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (FUNDED) - PREVIOUS

2024, Worked with Dr. William Wei as Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Chinese History Since 1644 – HIST 1628 (In person class of roughly 50 students with additional Canvas asynchronous content). Responsible for entire class administration including proctoring and room reservations for all make-up examinations. Managed all student accommodations. Graded class examinations and attended all classes. Recorded all grades and class attendance using Canvas. Held office hours for student tutoring/advising.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PRESENTATIONS (INVITED) - PREVIOUS

2024. What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation, Teaching Assistant Class Presentation (45 minutes) for Introduction to Chinese History since 1644 (HIST 1628), University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Personal Study Tips, Teaching Assistant Class Presentation (10 minutes) for Introduction to Chinese History since 1644 (HIST 1628), University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY RELATED CERTIFICATES

2024, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Certificate

Required to work with a faculty member who has a NSF/NIH Grant, University Colorado Boulder.

PHILOSOPHY SERVICE - MOST RECENT

2024 to 2025, University of Colorado Boulder Professionalization Committee Member, Assist with organizing guest speakers related to professional skills.

PHILOSOPHY SERVICE (SELECTED) - PREVIOUS

2024 to 2025, University Colorado Boulder Philosophy Mentorship Program, Mentored undergraduate philosophy students to support them with their professional goals. 

2024, Worked with Dr. Heather Demarest as Graduate Student Organizer for The Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science (CHPS) – University Colorado Boulder Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science as well as Distinguished Speaker Series.

TEACHING, LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (PHILOSOPHY) – MOST RECENT

2024 to 2025, Graduate Peer Mentor Program, University of Colorado Boulder (Philosophy Graduate Student Mentor: Cole Baisch)

TEACHING, LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (PHILOSOPHY) - PREVIOUS

2025, Navigating Travel Funding Workshop, Dr. Julia Staffel, University of Colorado Boulder

2025, How to Chair a Conference Session, American Philosophy Association, (Virtual)

2024, Philosophy Conference Refereeing Workshop, Dr. Brian Talbot, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Writing Philosophy Research Papers Effectively Workshop, Dr. Julia Staffel, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Philosophy Graduate Applications Workshop, Dr. Robert Pasnau, Dr. Michael Humer, Dr. Sione Guber – Brown University, Paige Massey - Philosophy PhD Student, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Introduction to Philosophy Research at Nolin Library, Frederick Carey, University of Colorado Boulder

TEACHING, LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (GENERAL) - MOST RECENT

2025, Grad+ Writing Summer Retreat, University of Colorado Boulder

TEACHING, LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (GENERAL) - PREVIOUS

2025, Grad+ Summer Seminar Intensive: Building Strong Foundations with Wellness, University of Colorado Boulder

2025, Grad+ Writing Spring Retreat, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, The Center for Teaching & Learning Fall Intensive, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Grad+ Writing Retreat, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Resumes and Networking, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, A Common-Sense Guide to Understanding Scholarly Impact Metrics, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY MEMBERSHIPS

2024 to Present, Science and Religion Forum (SRF), UK

2020 to Present, American Philosophical Association (APA)

PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE ACTIVITIES – MOST RECENT

2024 to Present, History of Philosophy Reading Group, University of Colorado Boulder

2024 to Present, Philosophy Professionalization Committee, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE ACTIVITIES - PREVIOUS

2024, The Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science (CHPS), University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Minorities and Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder

PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE CLASSES (SELECTED) - COMPLETED

2025, Graduate Independent Study (Leibniz), Dr. Garrett Bredeson

2025, Metaphysics and Epistemology Proseminar – PHIL 5550, (Leibniz, Frege, Russell, Quine, Kripke, Schaffer, Haslanger), Dr. Raul Saucedo Ceballos

2024, Seminar in Metaphysics: Laws of Nature & Causation – PHIL 6380 (Dretske, Tooley, Armstrong, and Hume), Dr. Heather Demarest

PHILOSOPHY RELATED CLASSES - COMPLETED

Beginning Latin 2 – LATN 1014 (Wheelock’s Latin), Dr. Reina Callier

SELECTED PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCES ATTENDED – MOST RECENT

2025, Social and Political Justice in Ancient Greek Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado Boulder

SELECTED PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCES ATTENDED – (PREVIOUS)

2025, American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2025, Front Range Ancient Philosophy (FRAP) Workshop, University of Colorado Boulder

2025, American Philosophical Association (APA) Central Meeting, Virtual

2025, Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Science and Religion Forum 2024 Online Conference ‘Science, Causality and God: Divine Action in a Scientific Age’, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury UK (Virtual)

2024, Midwest Epistemology Workshop, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder

2024, Science and Religion Forum Online Conference ‘Continuous and co-creation: Emergence in a Scientific Age’, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury UK (Virtual)

2024, Sixth Phigs Graduate Colloquium, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK (Hybrid)

2024, Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder

2024, Research Ethics Conference, Dr. Chris ChoGlueck, New Mexico Tech University, Socorro, New Mexico (Hybrid)

SELECTED PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIA ATTENDED – MOST RECENT

2025, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder, Talking of Strangers: How Hateful Speech Contributes to Xenophobia, Dr. Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan)

2025, Social and Political Justice in Ancient Greek Philosophy Conference, Can Every Cook Philosophize? Plato's Elitism about Philosophy - John Proios (University of Chicago)

2025, Front Range Ancient Philosophy Workshop, The Argument from Opposites in Plato’s Phaedo, Dr. Dominic Bailey (University of Colorado Boulder)

2025, University of Colorado Boulder Philosophy Colloquium, Semantic Self-Determinism, Dr. C. Thi Nguygen (University of Utah)

2025, The Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science (CHPS), Talk About Types, Dr. Isaac Wilhelm (National University of Singapore)

2025, American Philosophical Association (APA) Central Meeting, Book Symposium: Slavery and Race, Dr. Julia Jorati (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

2025, History of Philosophy Conference, Cavendish on Natural Modality and Necessitarianism, Dr. Alison Peterman (University of Rochester)

2025, The Center for Values and Social Policy (CVSP) Colloquium, The Medieval Collapse of Eudaimonism, Dr. Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado Boulder)

2025, The Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science (CHPS) Allan Franklin New Ideas Speaker Series, Scientific and Social Essentialism, Dr. Elanor Taylor (Johns Hopkins University)

SELECTED PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIA ATTENDED – (PREVIOUS)

2024, The Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science (CHPS) Distinguished Speaker Series, The Geodetic & Metrological Roots of C.S. Peirce’s Pragmatism, Dr. Alisa Bokulich (Boston University)

2024, University of Colorado Boulder Philosophy Colloquium, Cavendish on matter and the mind, Dr. Alison Peterman (University of Rochester)

2024, Midwest Epistemology Workshop, University of Colorado Boulder, Epistemic Potential, Dr. Baron Reed (Brown University)

2024, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder, Dunitarianism, Dr. Martin Peterson (Texas A&M University)

2024, Morris Colloquium: Value in Question, University of Colorado Boulder, Holes in Oddie’s Realism. A Friendly Examination, Dr. Folke Tersman (Uppsala University)

2024, University of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, How Feelings Fade – And Why It Matters, Dr. Grace Helton (Princeton University)

2024, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, Annual Rohrbach Lecture, Buddhist metaphysics? Making the case for enlarging metaphysics with Mādhyamika philosophy, or, how emptiness is relevant to what there is, Dr. Pierre-Julien Harter (University of New Mexico)