Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy (especially Philosophy of Race & Critical Development Theory), Africana Philosophy, Decolonial Theory
Areas of Competence
Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy), Ethics, Feminist Philosophy
Positions Held
- Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, August 2023 – Present
- Associate Professor of Instruction, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, April 2023 – July 2023
- Assistant Professor of Instruction, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, August 2017 – April 2023
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Haverford College, July 2022 – June 2023
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, Bryn Mawr College, August 2018 – July 2021
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy: Temple University, December 2017
- M.A., Philosophy: Boston College, May 2013
- Ecole Normale Supérieure (Visiting Fellow), AY 2010-2011
- B.A., Philosophy and French: Siena College, May 2005
- School for International Training (Semester Abroad), Senegal, Fall 2003
Dissertation
Behind ‘The Veil of Race-Neutrality’: Sharing Responsibility for Racial Justice and Cultivating Democratic Equality of Difference
Committee: Espen Hammer (Chair), Miriam Solomon, Joseph Margolis, and Lewis Gordon (External Examiner)
Awards & Certificates
- Fitz Faculty Fellow, Fitz Center for Leadership in Community, University of Dayton, August 2024-Present
- Digital Bryn Mawr Project Grant, AY 2020-2021
- Temple University, The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute Conwell Entrepreneurial Fellowship, “Turning Critical Thinking into Critical Doing” Project, Spring 2018
- Temple University, Teaching Fellowship, August 2012 – August 2015
- Temple University, College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Travel Award, June 2014 & June 2016
- Certificate in Online Instruction, Gwynedd Mercy University, June 2015
- Teaching in Higher Education Certificate, Temple University, May 2014
- Boston College/Ecole Normale Supérieure Exchange Fellowship, AY 2010 – 2011
Service
- Department of Philosophy Advisory Committee, University of Dayton, August 2024 – Present
- World Philosophy Day Panning Committee, University of Dayton, January 2024 – Present
- APA Central 2025 Conference Planning Committee, Africana Philosophy and Philosophy of Race area specialist, November 2023 – Present
- Minor-Track Development Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, August 2023 – June 2024
- Student Workload Assessment Committee, General Education Program, Temple University, May 2022 – July 2023
- Curriculum Committee, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, May 2022 – July 2023
- Faculty Search Committee, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, April – May 2022
- Planning Committee, Intellectual Heritage Summer Institute, Temple University, April – June 2021
- College of Liberal Arts Online Teaching Support Coordinator, Temple University, November 2020 - July 2023
- Planning Committee, Core Futures 2020: “Race in Core Conference,” Temple University, March 2020
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Political Science Review, Spring 2020 – Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Lexington Books, Fall 2019 – Present
- Course/Curriculum Development Committee, Intellectual Heritage III: The Global Good (Intellectual Heritage Program Summer Study Abroad), Temple University, Summer 2019 – July 2023
- Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Mentor, Temple University (Philosophy Department), Fall 2018-Present
- Diamond Peer Teacher Mentor, Temple University, Fall 2018
- “Turning Critical Thinking into Critical Doing” Project/Curriculum Integration Faculty, Temple University, Intellectual Heritage Program & The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, Spring 2018 - July 2023
- Review Board, Compass (Arcadia University’s Scholarly Journal), 2017 – Present
- Judge, The George & Ujjwala Titus Prize (awarded annually for outstanding student work in the Intellectual Heritage program), Temple University, AY 2017-18
Languages
- French (Fluent)
Related Professional Experience
- United States Peace Corps, Cameroon
Health and Community Development Agent, December 2005 – December 2007
Technical, Cross-Cultural and French Language Training, September 2005 – December 2005
Professional References
Espen Hammer
Professor of Philosophy
Temple University
Email: ehammer@temple.edu
Lewis Gordon
Professor of Philosophy
University of Connecticut
Email: lewis.gordon@uconn.edu
Miriam Solomon
Professor of Philosophy
Temple University
Email: msolomon@temple.edu
Douglas Greenfield
Senior Associate Director
Intellectual Heritage Program
Temple University
Email: dmg33@temple.edu
Robert Dostal
Rufus M. Jones Professor of Philosophy
Bryn Mawr College
Email: rdostal@brynmawr.edu