Education

• BA Philosophy: Walsh University 2003
• BA Political Science: Walsh University 2003
• MA Philosophy: Kent State University 2005
• PhD Religious Studies: University of Virginia (projected 2016)

Research Interests

• Philosophical and Religious Ethics
• Social and Political Philosophy/Theology
• Applied Ethics
• Philosophical Study of Religion: Theodicy, Evil, and Suffering
• Secularism and Atheism
• Buddhism
• Daoism

Teaching

SOLE INSTRUCTOR

University of Virginia

• One (1) Course in Business Ethics and Society: RELG 2630

Kent State University (Main Campus, Stark Campus, Tuscarawas Campus)

• Five (5) Courses in Introduction to Philosophy: 11001
• Three (3) Courses in Principles of Thinking (Informal Logic): 11009
• Two (2) Courses in Introduction to Ethics: 21001

Walsh University

• One (1) Course in Moral Philosophy: Phil 203

TEACHING ASSISTANT

University of Virginia

• Two (2) Courses in Theology, Ethics, and Health Care
• Two (2) Courses on the Salem Witch Trials

Kent State University (Main Campus)

• Two (2) Courses in Comparative Religious Thought
• Two (2) Courses on the Principles of Thinking

Committees

• 2002-2003: Undergraduate Faculty Search Committee: Political Science, Walsh University
• 2004-2005: Graduate Student Representative: Philosophy Department and Curriculum Committee, Kent State University

Academic Contributions

• 2003-2005: Graduate Student Conference, Kent State University
• 2003-2005: Graduate Student Review Committee, Kent State University
• 2003-2005: Referee Committee on Selection of Papers  for publication for Kent State University online philosophy journal
• 2003-2005: Section Chair: Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Kent State University
• 2012-2014: Workshop Respondent: UVA “Divine Violence: John Brown and the Limits of Ethics” and “From the Theopaternal to the Theopoltical: On Barack Obama”