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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