I am a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University.
I have previously taught at:
- the Philosophy Program at The University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA);
- the Department of Philosophy at Denison University (Granville, OH);
- the College of Adult and Continuing Education at Misericordia University;
- the Department of Philosophy and the Honors College at The University of South Florida (where I finished my Ph.D.); and
- the Department of Philosophy at The University of Tampa.
This site was created to serve as an online source of information for my students and for colleagues.
Areas of Specialization:
History of Early Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Humor
Areas of Competence:
Logic, History of Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Marxist Theory, Feminist Theory
Other Things I like to Think About:
Critiques of Empiricism, Semantic Normativity, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Economics, Spinoza, Computer Ethics, Metaphilosophy, French Social theory (esp. Althusser, Baudrillard, Foucault), Teaching Pedagogy, Philosophy and Literature
Hobbies
linux, coffee, punk rock, open source software, politics