Education
PhD in Philosophy with a Specialization in Cognitive Science, Northwestern University (2015)
MA in Philosophy, Dalhousie University (2008)
BA in Philosophy, Dalhousie University (2008)
Employment
Program Manager, Center for Teaching and Learning
University of California, Berkeley, 2024-present
Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Philosophy
University of San Francisco, 2021-2025
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of San Francisco, 2015-2021
Publications
“Gender and Social Kinds.” Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2025.
“Women Are Not Adult Human Females.” Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 2024.
“Social Kinds Are Essentially Mind-Dependent.” Philosophical Studies. 2021.
“Hermeneutical Injustice.” In The Routledge Handbook of Social and Political Philosophy of Language. 2021.
“Against Social Kind Anti-Realism.” Metaphysics. 2020.
“Rejecting the ‘Implicit Consensus’: A Reply to Jenkins.” Thought: A Journal of Philosophy. 2020.
“Social Ontology” (with Kate Ritchie). In The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics. 2020.
“Social Metaphysics.” Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2018.
“The Metaphysics of Social Kinds.” Philosophy Compass. 2016.
“Two Kinds of Unknowing.” Hypatia. 2011.
“Reorienting Deliberation: Identity Politics in Multicultural Societies.” Studies in Social Justice. 2010.
Book Reviews
Review of Categories We Live By. Hypatia Reviews Online. 2020.
Review of Out from the Shadows: Analytical Feminist Contributions to Traditional Philosophy. Hypatia Reviews Online. 2013.
Awards & Distinctions
Student Organization Advisor of the Year
University of San Francisco
McCarthy Award for Teaching Excellence in Philosophy
Northwestern University Philosophy Department
Doctoral Fellowship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Douglas Butler Memorial Scholarship
Dalhousie University
Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award
Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation
University Medal in Philosophy
Dalhousie University
F. Hilton Page Memorial Prize in Philosophy
Dalhousie University
Service
Vice President
University of San Francisco Faculty Association
Sergeant at Arms and Parliamentarian
University of San Francisco Faculty Association
Arts Representative
University of San Francisco Faculty Association
Faculty Mentor, Preparing Future Professors
Stanford University
Faculty Mentor
Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy
Faculty Representative
Board of Trustees Development Committee
University of San Francisco
Part-Time Faculty Coordinator
University of San Francisco Department of Philosophy
Philosophy Club Advisor
University of San Francisco Department of Philosophy
Assistant Master
Jones Fine & Performing Arts Residential College
Northwestern University
Graduate Associate
Jones Fine & Performing Arts Residential College
Northwestern University
Graduate Student President
Northwestern University Department of Philosophy