I work on Ancient Greek philosophy, especially philosophy of language, metaphysics, and logic, with a focus on the early Greek Stoics. I'm interested in ancient theorizing about the relationship between language and the world, as well as the development of theories of linguistic content, speech, grammar, and reference in antiquity. 

Currently, I'm working on a monograph that reconstructs a novel account of the structure and metaphysics of Stoic lekta (or propositions), informed by their role in Stoic logic and philosophy of mind. I argue that Stoic propositions are mind-dependent entities composed of conceptual building-blocks that are bound together by cognitive acts.

While I work primarily on Hellenistic philosophy, I have published papers on Eleatic metaphysics, science, and inquiry (especially Parmenides) and the reception of the Eleatics in Plato's dialogues. I am also interested in methodological questions about the historiography of philosophy, including issues related to canon formation and expansion, the legitimacy of the use of contemporary philosophical machinery and ideological frameworks in the interpretation of ancient texts, and the application of ancient theorizing to contemporary philosophical problems. My interests in historiographical methodology inform my research and teaching in this area. Outside of ancient philosophy, I'm interested in 20th century analytic philosophy and contemporary work in philosophy of language and metaphysics.

I'm an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. Before that, I was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. My PhD is from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was a doctoral student in the Joint Program for Ancient Philosophy.

I'm originally from Scarborough, Ontario (a suburb of Toronto). You can find the pronunciation of my confusing Armenian name by typing /sose/ into an IPA reader (or you can just ask me!)