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EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Temple University

2018–present

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

2019–present

Affiliated Professor of Global Studies, Temple University

2020–present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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

2016–2018

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)

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

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

RESEARCH

Areas of Specialization

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

Areas of Competence

Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Race

PUBLICATIONS

"Trust and Contingency Plans" (conditional acceptance)

"Talking to Children About War," Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence (forthcoming)

"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

WORKS IN PROGRESS

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

"Surrender and Defensive War" (under review)

"Solidarity and Justice"

"Can Just War Theory Justify Killing in War?"

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APA's Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize (awarded for best unpublished essay on the philosophy of war and peace)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

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

Stipend awarded by College of Liberal Arts, for successfully submitting proposal to develop innovative course in topic lacking

representation in Gen Ed catalogue (AAPIs in the U.S.: Race, Diversity, and Identity), Spring 2021

PRESENTATIONS

“Surrender and Defensive War”

University of Kansas, PRISM Workshop, May 2022

“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 Ned Dobos’ Ethics, Security, and the War Machine: The True Cost of the Military

APA Eastern Division Meeting, Author Meets Critics, January 2023

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

RESEARCH EVENTS ORGANIZED

Conferences

Women and War: Feminist Perspectives on War and Violence, November 2022

Keynotes: Nancy Sherman and Laura Sjoberg

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

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Director of Graduate Student Mentoring, 2022–23

Graduate Admissions Committee, 2022–23

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate

Women and War: Feminist Perspectives Fall 2022

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 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019

War and Peace, upper division course Fall 2022, 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)

ADVISING

Dissertation Committees

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

Jason Cutmore, A Phenomenology of Formlessness

Daniel Remer, Medically Objectifying Bodies: Feminism, Power, and Objectification in Medicine

Yining Wu, Anne Conway’s Vital Motion

Caleb Zimmerman, on conscientious objection (in preparation)

Other Graduate Advising

Julie Cohen (Political Science), on resistance and the creation of narratives of belonging (in preparation), Independent Study

(Spring 2023)

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

Micah Jordan, on non-western mothers and westernized daughters (in preparation), Independent Study (Spring 2023)

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 of Teaching, 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

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, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, Noûs,

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)

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.

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

REFERENCES

A.J. Julius

Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCLA

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

Barbara Herman

Professor of Philosophy, UCLA

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

Victoria McGeer

Professor of Philosophy, ANU

Senior Research Scholar

University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

vmcgeer [at] princeton [dot] edu

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

Alan Strudler

Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School

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

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