EMPLOYMENT

   Assistant Professor of Philosophy

   Temple University

   2018–present

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   Affiliated Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Temple University

   2019–present

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   Affiliated Professor of Global Studies, Temple University

   2020–present

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   Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

   2016–2018

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EDUCATION

   University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. in Philosophy, September 2016

   Dissertation:  War and Peace: Towards a Theory of Just Peace

   Committee:  A.J. Julius (Chair), Barbara Herman, Calvin Normore, Asli Bâli (UCLA Law School)

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   University of Southern California Law School, J.D., May 2004

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   University of California, Berkeley, B.A. in Legal Studies, July 2001

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RESEARCH

   Areas of Specialization

   Social and Political Philosophy, Just War Theory and Pacifism, Feminist Philosophy

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   Areas of Competence

   Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Race

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PUBLICATIONS

   "Hoping for Peace," Australasian Journal of Philosophy 98, no. 2 (2020): 211-221

   "Pacific Resistance: A Moral Alternative to Defensive War," Social Theory & Practice 44, no. 1 (2018): 1-20

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WORKS IN PROGRESS

   "Trust and Contingency Plans" (under review)

   "What is the Aim of a Just War?" (under review)

   "Solidarity and Justice"

   "Can Just War Theory Justify Killing in War?"

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AWARDS

   APA's Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize (awarded for best unpublished essay on the philosophy of war and peace)

      for "What is the Aim of a Just War?", December 2021

   Marc Sanders Foundation Public Philosophy Prize, Honorable Mention, “Talking to Children About War,” November 2018

   Yost Prize for Excellence in Teaching, UCLA Philosophy Department, 2010–2011

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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

   Grants in support of Peace and Nonviolent Resistance Conference, Fall 2021

  • The Society for Applied Philosophy

  • The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium

   Temple University, Summer Research Award, Summer 2021, Summer 2019

   Grant in support of Contemporary Challenges for Just War Theory Conference, Spring 2021 

  • Global Studies Program (Global Studies Events Grant), Temple University

 

PRESENTATIONS

   “Trust and Contingency Plans”

  • Northwestern University Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (“NUSTEP”), June 2022

  • APA Eastern Division Meeting (virtual), January 2021

  • Center for Humanities at Temple (“CHAT”), December 2019

   “Solidarity and Justice”

  • Manchester Centre for Political Theory (“MANCEPT”), The University of Manchester (virtual), The Uses of Solidarity, September 2021

  • Concerned Philosophers for Peace Annual Conference (virtual), Peace and Hope in Dark Times, January 2021

   “#MeToo and Feminist Solidarity”

  • Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop, Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, The Wharton School, May 2019

   “Hoping for Peace”

  • Historical, Legal, Political and Ethical Aspects of Contemporary Military and Nonmilitary Conflicts, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (co-sponsored by the Department of English and Philosophy, West Point), Warsaw, March 2018

  • The 4th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy, University of Utah, June 2017

  • NUSTEP, March 2017

   “The Value of Trust”

  • Society for Business Ethics Annual Conference, August 2017

   “Trust and Implicit Bias: Corporate Responsibility for Confronting Non-Actionable Discrimination”

  • Transatlantic Normative Business Ethics Conference, INSEEC Business School, Paris, May 2017

   “Peace as a Trusting Relationship”

  • Northern Arizona University Colloquium, November 2015

   “On the Justness of Defensive Wars”

  • APA Pacific Division Meeting, April 2015

  • NUSTEP, May 2013

 

COMMENTS

   On Emily McGill-Rutherford's "Feminist Political Liberalism as a Model for Relational Autonomy"

  • The 4th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy, University of Utah, June 2017

   On Wendy Salkin's "Democracy Within/Justice Without: The Duties of Informal Political Representatives"

  • The 4th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy, University of Utah, June 2017

   On Stephen Nayak-Young’s “Revising the Roles of Master and Servant: A Theory of Work Law”

  • UCLA/University of Antwerp Joint Conference in Law and Philosophy, October 2014

   On Amanda Greene’s “Political Legitimacy and the Value of Consent”

  • Princeton Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy, August 2014

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RESEARCH EVENTS ORGANIZED

   Conferences

   Peace and Non-Violent Resistance, September 2021

Keynotes: Karuna Mantena and Cheyney Ryan

   Contemporary Challenges for Just War Theory (virtual), March 2021

Keynotes: Valerie Morkavicius and Cian O’Driscoll

     

   Public Lectures

   Cécile Fabre, “Mass Surveillance,” November 2020

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DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

   Placement Director, 2020–2021, 2019–2020

   Climate Committee, 2020-2021, 2019–2020

   Colloquium Committee, Fall 2021, 2020–2021, 2019–2020, 2018–2019

   Graduate Studies Committee, Fall 2021, 2020–2021

   Teaching Prize Committee, 2020–2021, 2019–2020

   Faculty Search Committee, 2020–2021, 2019–2020

   MAP at Temple University, Faculty Advisor, 2018–2019

   Graduate Workshop Committee, 2018–2019

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

   Graduate

   Solidarity                                                                               Fall 2020

   Sex and the Political, mixed-level course                         Fall 2019

   Political Violence                                                                  Spring 2019

 

   Undergraduate

   Police and Police Brutality, upper division course          Fall 2021

   Sex and the Political, upper division course                    Fall 2020, Fall 2019

   Intro to Feminist Philosophy: Sex Discrimination           Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019

   War and Peace, upper division course                             Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018

   Corporate Responsibility and Ethics                                 Spring 2018 and 2017 (Wharton)

   History of Greek Philosophy, upper division course      Summer 2017, 2013, and 2012 (UCLA)

   Aristotle’s Metaphysics, upper division course               Summer 2015 (UCLA)

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ADVISING

   Dissertation Committees

   Manasa Gopakumar, Virtuous Ignorance: The Epistemic Value of Ignorance in a Non-Ideal World

   Jason Cutmore, A Phenomenology of Formlessness

 

   Other Graduate Advising

   Sakura Shinjo (Political Science), Comprehensive Exam in Political Theory Committee Member (Fall 2020/Spring 2021)

   Yining Wu, “Solidarity and Violence,” Preliminary Exam (Fall 2021)

   Manasa Gopakumar, “Epistemologies of Ideology and Ignorance,” Independent Study (Spring 2020)

   Caleb Zimmerman, “Two-Kingdom Dualism: A Metaphysical Grounding for Nonviolence,” Preliminary Exam (Fall 2019)

   Jessica Brown, “Sexuality Under Capitalism,” Preliminary Exam (Fall 2019)

 

   Undergraduate Advising

   Emily Beatty, “Choice Feminism and the Patriarchal Hermeneutics of Sexual Relationships,” Independent Study (Spring 2020)

 

ADDITIONAL PEDAGOGY TRAINING

   Workshop: Inclusive Teaching and our AAPI Students at Temple, Center for the Advancement ofTeaching, November 2021

   Online Teaching Certification, Temple University, May 2020  

   Workshop: The Promising Syllabus, Temple Center for the Advancement of Teaching, August 2018  

   Workshop on Teaching Undergraduate Writing, UCLA Writing Program, September 2014

   Teaching Assistant Training Program, UCLA, Fall 2013

   Pedagogy Seminar, UCLA Philosophy Department, Fall 2008

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

   Panelist: Diversity in Philosophy, Franklin and Marshall College, February 2020

   Mentor: Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy, 2018–2019     

   Journal Referee: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Social Theory & Practice

 

PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY

   “On Climate Change Obligations”

  • ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships, Carver High School of Engineering & Science, Philadelphia, PA, July 2018

   “Peace as a Trusting Relationship”

  • Philosophy in the Public Interest (associated with Northern Arizona University), Sedona, AZ, November 2015

 

LANGUAGES

   Ancient Greek (reading: proficient); French (reading: proficient); Korean (speaking: conversational)

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LEGAL EXPERIENCE

   White, O’Connor, Curry LLP                            Los Angeles, CA

   Attorney                                                                  2005–2007

   Litigated entertainment cases; also handled general litigation including breach of contract,

   environmental litigation, and employment discrimination.

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   Litt, Estuar, Harrison, Miller & Kitson LLP  Los Angeles, CA

   Attorney/Clerk                                                        2003–2005

   Litigated plaintiffs’ side class actions and civil rights claims, including over-detention,

   police brutality, Fourth Amendment search and seizure, prison health care, and age discrimination

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REFERENCES

   A.J. Julius                                                            

   Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCLA      

   julius [at] humnet [dot] ucla [dot] edu                  

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   Barbara Herman

   Professor of Philosophy, UCLA

   herman [at] humnet [dot] ucla [dot] edu

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   Victoria McGeer

   Professor of Philosophy, ANU

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   Senior Research Scholar

   University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

   vmcgeer [at] princeton [dot] edu

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   Cheyney Ryan

   Director, Human Rights Program

   Senior Fellow

   Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict

   Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

   cheyney [dot] ryan [at] bsg [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk

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   Alan Strudler                                                   

   Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School           

   strudler [at] wharton [dot] upenn [dot] edu       

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