Curriculum Virtae
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Bioethics, Philosophy of Mind
AREAS OF COMPETENCE:
Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Language
EDUCATION:
June 2023:
University of California-San Diego, Ph.D. in Philosophy
Chair: Professor Matthew Fulkerson
Dissertation: “Let Me Have Your Attention! Taking Pain Utterances Seriously”
2022 - 2023:
Georgetown University, Visiting Researcher
2013 - 2017:
Davidson College, B.A. in Philosophy with Honors
PUBLICATIONS:
"Sharing Pain: A Hybrid Expressivist Account," Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Forthcoming.
"Screening Out Neurodiversity," co-authored with Craig Callender, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2023.
“MPQ Descriptors as a Pain Pidgin Language," Journal of Hospital Ethics, 2022.
“Acknowledging the Burdens of ‘Blackness’,” co-authored with Nneka Sederstrom, HEC Forum, 2021.
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY:
"Pain Talk: Beyond Epistemic Injustice with Jada Wiggleton-Little," Bioethics in the Margin Podcast, Dec 2022.
https://rss.com/podcasts/bioethicsinthemargins/756952/
“Pain Testimonies, Testimonial Injustice, and the Burden of Trust," APA Blog, Aug 2019. https://blog.apaonline.org/2019/08/05/pain-testimonies-testimonial-injustice-and-the-burden-of-trust/
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2023: UCSD Black Resource Center's Outstanding Graduating Student of the Year
2023: Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
2021: Sadler Scholar, Hastings Center
2021: Program for Neuroethics & Clinical Consciousness Visiting Scholar, John J. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics
2020: Predoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation
2019: Summer PhD Fellowship, UC San Diego Institute of Practical Ethics
2017: Alain Locke Fellow, PIKSI Boston- MIT University
SERVICE:
2023: Co-Chair, ASBH Race Affinity Group
2021-2022: Chair, UC San Diego Philosophy Department Climate Committee
2021: Founder, UC San Diego Black Graduate Experience Living and Learning Community Committee
2020: Organizer, UC San Diego Philosophy Department The Underrepresented Genders Gathering
2019-2021: Board Member, Black Graduate and Professional Student Association
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Lecturer
Introduction to Philosophy (Charles Mills), Spring 2023
Instructor of Record
Moral Psychology (Feelings & Expressions), Summer 2022
Instructional Assistant
Muir College Writing Program, Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Teaching Assistant
Racism: Public Health Crisis, Fall 2021
Ethics and Society II, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
Love, Anger, Hope, and Pessimism in American Politics, Spring 2019
Pedagogical Training
Introduction to College Teaching, 10-week course, Fall 2021
Course Design Series, 1-week course, Winter 2022