Teaching
During the past two decades, I have taught a wide variety of courses at both liberal arts colleges and research universities. As much as I enjoy doing research, I still view teaching as the most important part of my job description. As a first-generation college graduate, I have always viewed teaching philosophy as a privilege. I am honored to have the opportunity to talk with students about deep and difficult issues ranging from metaphysics and theology to moral and legal philosophy.
College of Charleston (2012 to present):
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 105: Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL 170: Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 206: Special Topics: Philosophy of Punishment
PHIL 206: Special Topics: Rights, Punishment, and Mass Incarceration
PHIL 207: Ethics
PHIL 208: Knowledge & Reality
PHIL 270: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 290: Philosophy and Cognitive Science
PHIL 301: Special Topics: Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL 301: Special Topics: Moral Psychology
PHIL 330: Philosophy of Mind
First Year Seminar: Neuroethics
Seminar in Philosophy, Politics, and Law: Psychopathology and the Law
Seminar in Philosophy, Politics, and Law: The Insanity Defense
Senior Seminar in Philosophy: Neuroethics
Honors Seminar: Ethical Theory and Moral Psychology
Honors Seminar: Neuroscience, Self, and Society
Honors Seminar: The Limits of Responsibility
Independent Study: Criminal Justice Reform
Independent Study: Cognitive Enhancement
Independent Study: Fairy Tales and Moral Psychology
Independent Study: The Psychology and Philosophy of Nudge
Independent Study: The Mind-Body Problem
Independent Study: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice
Independent Study: Free Will, Indeterminism, and Luck
Duke University (2019):
Seminar in Ethics: Criminal Minds? Neurobiology and the Law
Dickinson College (2006-2012):
Neuroethics
Animal Welfare and Morality
Contemporary Philosophy Workshop
Crime and Punishment
Critical Reasoning
Ethical Theory
Foundations of Law and Public Policy
Free Will and Moral Agency
Seminar: Punishment, Free Will, and the Sciences of the Mind
Seminar: Free Will and Science
Seminar: Intuitions in Philosophy
Seminar: Morality and the Mind
Seminar: The Philosophy of Human Rights
Independent Study on John Rawls
Independent Study on Cognitive Enhancement
Florida State University (2002-2006):
Ethical Issues
Introduction to Philosophy
The Philosophy of Law
The Philosophy of Mind
Reasoning and Critical Thinking
Seminar: Free Will, Neuroscience, and the Law
Georgia State University (2000-2002):
Critical Thinking
Great Questions of Philosophy