Ph.D. - Humanities – History of Ideas
The University of Texas at Dallas - 2011
Professional Preparation
M.T.S - Theology
Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas - 2006
Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas - 2006
B.F.A - Painting and Drawing
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - 1998
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - 1998
Research Areas
- AOS 19th – 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Ethics, Contemporary Aesthetics
- AOC Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, History of Philosophy
Courses Taught
What is Beauty?, Reading Plato, Philosophy of Technology, Technology and Western Civilization, Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Humanities, Art AppreciationPublications
- 2014 – present Art Critic for glasstire.com
- 2012 – present Art Critic for …might be good e-journal
- 2011 – present Art Critic for Arts+Culture Magazine
“The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō,” Levinas and Asian Thought, Duquesne University Press 2013 - Book Chapter
“Friendship” Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer Publishing 2011 - Encyclopedia Entry
“A Daring Hospitality: Towards a Poetics of Time” Kronoscope: Journal for the Study of Time, 2011, Vol. 10 Issue 1 2010 - Journal Article
Appointments
Senior Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–Present]
Humanities and Philosophy
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2015–Present]
Humanities and Philosophy
Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2012–2015]
Philosophy and History
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2012–2015]
Philosophy and History
Associate Professor
Collin College, McKinney, Texas [2011–2015]
Humanities and Philosophy
Collin College, McKinney, Texas [2011–2015]
Humanities and Philosophy
Adjunct Professor
Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, Texas [2011–2015]
Humanities, Philosophy, and Art
Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, Texas [2011–2015]
Humanities, Philosophy, and Art
Teaching Assistant
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2007–2011]
Philosophy
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2007–2011]
Philosophy
Research Assistant
Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas [2005–2006]
Director of Jewish Studies
Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas [2005–2006]
Director of Jewish Studies
Awards
Research Travel Grant - University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2010]
Research Travel Grant - University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2009]
Aesthetic Studies Research Travel Grant - University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas [2009]
Book Award (Faculty Nominated Award for Academic Excellence) - Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas [2005]
Presentations
INVITED LECTURES
- 2014 - Reading Shakespeare Philosophically Ursuline Academy, Dallas, Texas
- 2013 - The Origin of Storytelling and Why it Matters Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
- 2012 - The Rift and the Reason: Heidegger and Shakespeare on Art and Truth Alvernia University, Reading, Pennsylvania
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- 2014 - “Free for Dying—Reading at the Intersection of Being and Time & Hamlet” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- 2013 - “Poetic Dwelling as Restoration in Shakespeare’s The Tempest” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- 2012 - “The Rift and Reason in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- 2011 - “Read Dangerously: Hermeneutical Violence and The Humanities” NMWT Philosophical Association Annual Conference University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
- 2011 - “The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō” North American Levinas Society, Annual Conference Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- 2011 - “Towards a Metaphysics of Significance” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference
- 2010 - “Revolutionary Subordination: The Possibility of Sacrifice in a Violent World” Ninth Biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- 2009 - “Understanding Imagination: Reading Kant & Heidegger Through Shakespeare” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference “[subterranean] haven: Towards a Collaborative Trans-media Art Project ” Research, Art, Writing [RAW] Symposium University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
- 2008 - “Ethics as First Philosophy” North American Levinas Society, Annual Conference Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
- 2008 - “A Daring Hospitality: The Ethics of Poetic Time” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference
- 2007 - Colloquium Chair: “The Philosophical Thinking of Saint Paul” North Texas Philosophical Association, Annual Conference
Additional Information
ART EXHIBITIONS
- 2013 - Chaos, Curated Group Exhibition Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2010 -
- Quantum Dada, Curated Group Exhibition Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Wish! Auction, Charity Group Exhibition [ Dallas Contemporary ], Dallas, Texas
- 2009 - XVI Annual New Texas Talent, Juried Group Exhibition Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2008 -
- UnNatural Disasters, Group Exhibition
- How To Paint With a Hammer, Two-Person Show, UTD
- 2007 -
- Babeloney, Curated Group Exhibition Austin College, Sherman, Texas
- 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2003 -
- 2003, Curated Group Exhibition Alpine Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas 2001
- 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Activities
CURATORIAL WORK:
- 2012 - Monstrous Coupling, Curated Group Exhibition
Affiliations
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Dallas Area Society for European Inquiry (DASEIN)
- North American Levinas Society
- Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)
- New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society North
- Texas Philosophical Association
- Radical Philosophy Association