Ph.D. - History of Ideas
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 & Drawing / Religion
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - 1998
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - 1998
Research Areas
Areas of Specialization
19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, EthicsAreas of Competence
Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, History of Philosophy, Radical PhilosophyCourses Taught
• Continental Philosophy• 19th & 20th Century Philosophy
• Existentialism
• Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics
• Ancient Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Radical Philosophy
• History of Philosophy I & II
• American Transcendentalism
• Philosophy of Technology
• Technology and Western Civilization
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Ethics
• Exploration of the Humanities
• Art Appreciation
Publications
Essay
“A Silent Fool: Cordelia’s Subversive Silence in King Lear,” in Athenaeum Review, 2020, Issue 5, Winter 2020 - publications
“A Silent Fool: Cordelia’s Subversive Silence in King Lear,” in Athenaeum Review, 2020, Issue 5, Winter 2020 - publications
Book Chapter
“The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō,” in Levinas and Asian Thought, Duquesne University Press 2013 - publications
“The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō,” in Levinas and Asian Thought, Duquesne University Press 2013 - publications
Appointments
Professor of Instruction in Philosophy
UTD [2022–Present]
UTD [2022–Present]
Associate Professor of Instruction in Philosophy
UTD [2019–2022]
UTD [2019–2022]
Senior Lecturer
UTD [2015–2019]
UTD [2015–2019]
Lecturer
UTD [2012–2015]
UTD [2012–2015]
Presentations
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2019- Book Talk: The Ethical Imagination in Shakespeare and Heidegger – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, UTD, Richardson, Texas
- Ravished by Beauty: Emerson and the Essence of Religion – North Texas Philosophical Association 50th Annual Conference, UTD, Richardson, Texas
- Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' and Heidegger's 'Letter on Humanism' – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
- Tragic Efficiency: 'Coriolanus' and 'The Question Concerning Technology' – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
- Free for Dying—Reading at the Intersection of 'Being and Time' & 'Hamlet' – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Poetic Dwelling as Restoration in Shakespeare’s 'The Tempest' – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- The Rift and Reason in Shakespeare’s 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Read Dangerously: Hermeneutical Violence and The Humanities – NMWT Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
- The Hidden Hour: Thinking Levinas Through Bushidō – North American Levinas Society, Annual Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- Towards a Metaphysics of Significance – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Revolutionary Subordination: The Possibility of Sacrifice in a Violent World – Ninth Biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- Understanding Imagination: Reading Kant & Heidegger Through Shakespeare – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- [subterranean] haven: Towards a Collaborative Trans-media Art Project – Research, Art, Writing [RAW] Symposium University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
- Ethics as First Philosophy – North American Levinas Society, Annual Conference Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
- A Daring Hospitality: The Ethics of Poetic Time – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Colloquium Chair: The Philosophical Thinking of Saint Paul – North Texas Philosophical Association Annual Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
INVITED LECTURES & TALKS
2020- Studying Philosophy at University – Liberty High School Philosophy Club
- Shakespeare and Philosophy – 1st Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at UTD
- Philosophy of Religion – UTD Philosophy Club
- Calculative and Contemplative Thinking – UTD Philosophy Club
- Existentialism – UTD Philosophy Club
- Studying the Humanities in College – Ursuline Academy
- Reading Shakespeare Philosophically – Ursuline Academy
- The Origin of Storytelling and Why it Matters – Eastfield College
- The Rift and the Reason: Heidegger and Shakespeare on Art and Truth – Alvernia University
Additional Information
ART EXHIBITIONS
2020- Naked, with Fur, Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, SP/N Gallery, Richardson, Texas
- Chaos, Curated Group Exhibition Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Quantum Dada, Curated Group Exhibition Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Wish! Auction, Charity Group Exhibition [ Dallas Contemporary ], Dallas, Texas
- XVI Annual New Texas Talent, Juried Group Exhibition Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- UnNatural Disasters, Group Exhibition
- How To Paint With a Hammer, Two-Person Show, UTD
- Babeloney, Curated Group Exhibition Austin College, Sherman, Texa
- 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2003, Curated Group Exhibition Alpine Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
- 500X Expo, Juried Exhibition, Juror Award 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Activities
CURATORIAL WORK
2012- Monstrous Coupling – Curated Group Exhibition, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Richardson, Texas
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