TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
My goal in teaching is simple: to have my students understand that philosophy impacts not only their chosen majors but the way that they live their everyday lives. Philosophy is often portrayed as an esoteric study that has little practical implication for life outside of the university. However, studies show that philosophy students do well on a range of standardized tests and have higher mid-career salaries compared to other disciplines in the Humanities. Philosophy, and the critical thinking it requires, has enriched my life and my aim is to convey philosophy’s value to student’s lives outside of the classroom.
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My goal in teaching is simple: to have my students understand that philosophy impacts not only their chosen majors but the way that they live their everyday lives. Philosophy is often portrayed as an esoteric study that has little practical implication for life outside of the university. However, studies show that philosophy students do well on a range of standardized tests and have higher mid-career salaries compared to other disciplines in the Humanities. Philosophy, and the critical thinking it requires, has enriched my life and my aim is to convey philosophy’s value to student’s lives outside of the classroom.
Click here to read more about my teaching philosophy.
Click here to view my Summary of Teaching Evaluations (bar graphs).
Click here to read my diversity statement.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
To date, I have taught 47 classes (41 in-person and 6 online) with full teaching responsibilities at 7 different institutions. This includes 5 academic years with a 3/3 course load. I have taught at large public land-grant research universities (Virginia Tech, UMass Amherst), at large public community colleges (Lone Star College System – North Harris and University Park Campuses), at small public universities (Radford University), at private religiously affiliated liberal arts universities (High Point University), and private liberal arts research universities (Wake Forest University). In this time, I have taught a variety of different lower division courses (Intro Philosophy, Intro Ethics, Intro Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic) along with upper division courses (Medical Ethics, Business Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, X-Phi), to a variety of different student populations (including predominately first-generation college students where English is a second language). In the future, I hope to teach additional applied ethics courses (e.g. Digital and Technology Ethics – draft syllabus available upon request) and upper division courses in my areas of specialty (e.g. Philosophical Methodology). My Summary of Teaching Evaluations (bar graphs) above a summary of my teaching evaluations to date.
As Instructor:
At Wake Forest University -
Seminar: Experimental Philosophy – Spring 2025
Philosophy of Science – Fall 2021, Spring 2024
Epistemology – Spring 2022
Contemporary Moral Problems (i.e. Intro Ethics) – Fall 2023 (x2), Spring 2024 (x2), Fall 2025 (x2)
Logic – Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025
Problems of Philosophy (i.e. Intro to Philosophy) – Fall 2021 (x2), Spring 2022 (x2), Fall 2022 (x3), Spring 2023 (x2)
Knowledge and Reality (i.e. Intro to Metaphy and Epist) – Spring 2021 (online), Fall 2024 (x2)
At High Point University -
Business Ethics - Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2021
At UMass Amherst -
Intro to Philosophy (online) – Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020
Medical Ethics - Fall 2016, Spring 2017
At Lone Star College System – North Harris Campus
Intro to Ethics (online) – Summer 2013
Intro to Ethics – Summer 2013
Intro to Philosophy (online) – Spring 2013
Intro to Logic - Fall 2012, Spring 2013
Intro to Philosophy – Fall 2012
At Long Star College System – University Park Campus
Intro to Philosophy – Fall 2012, Spring 2013
At Radford University –
Ethics and Society (i.e. Intro to Ethics) – Fall 2011, Spring 2012
At Virginia Tech –
Knowledge and Reality (i.e. Intro to Philosophy) – Fall 2011 (X2), Spring 2012
Language and Logic (i.e. Intro to Logic) – Spring 2012
As Teaching Assistant:
At UMass –
Intro to Ethics (Meacham) – Fall 2014, Spring 2015
To date, I have taught 47 classes (41 in-person and 6 online) with full teaching responsibilities at 7 different institutions. This includes 5 academic years with a 3/3 course load. I have taught at large public land-grant research universities (Virginia Tech, UMass Amherst), at large public community colleges (Lone Star College System – North Harris and University Park Campuses), at small public universities (Radford University), at private religiously affiliated liberal arts universities (High Point University), and private liberal arts research universities (Wake Forest University). In this time, I have taught a variety of different lower division courses (Intro Philosophy, Intro Ethics, Intro Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic) along with upper division courses (Medical Ethics, Business Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, X-Phi), to a variety of different student populations (including predominately first-generation college students where English is a second language). In the future, I hope to teach additional applied ethics courses (e.g. Digital and Technology Ethics – draft syllabus available upon request) and upper division courses in my areas of specialty (e.g. Philosophical Methodology). My Summary of Teaching Evaluations (bar graphs) above a summary of my teaching evaluations to date.
As Instructor:
At Wake Forest University -
Seminar: Experimental Philosophy – Spring 2025
Philosophy of Science – Fall 2021, Spring 2024
Epistemology – Spring 2022
Contemporary Moral Problems (i.e. Intro Ethics) – Fall 2023 (x2), Spring 2024 (x2), Fall 2025 (x2)
Logic – Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025
Problems of Philosophy (i.e. Intro to Philosophy) – Fall 2021 (x2), Spring 2022 (x2), Fall 2022 (x3), Spring 2023 (x2)
Knowledge and Reality (i.e. Intro to Metaphy and Epist) – Spring 2021 (online), Fall 2024 (x2)
At High Point University -
Business Ethics - Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2021
At UMass Amherst -
Intro to Philosophy (online) – Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020
Medical Ethics - Fall 2016, Spring 2017
At Lone Star College System – North Harris Campus
Intro to Ethics (online) – Summer 2013
Intro to Ethics – Summer 2013
Intro to Philosophy (online) – Spring 2013
Intro to Logic - Fall 2012, Spring 2013
Intro to Philosophy – Fall 2012
At Long Star College System – University Park Campus
Intro to Philosophy – Fall 2012, Spring 2013
At Radford University –
Ethics and Society (i.e. Intro to Ethics) – Fall 2011, Spring 2012
At Virginia Tech –
Knowledge and Reality (i.e. Intro to Philosophy) – Fall 2011 (X2), Spring 2012
Language and Logic (i.e. Intro to Logic) – Spring 2012
As Teaching Assistant:
At UMass –
Intro to Ethics (Meacham) – Fall 2014, Spring 2015
AMPLE SYLLABI:
Problems of Philosophy (Intro Phil) (From Wake Forest University - Fall 2022)
Knowledge and Reality (Intro Epist - Online) (Wake Forest University -Spring 2021)
Business Ethics (From High Point University - Spring 2019)
Medical Ethics (From Umass Amherst - Spring 2017)
Intro to Logic (From Lone Star College - Spring 2013)
Intro to Philosophy (From Lone Star College - Fall 2012)
Intro to Ethics (From Radford University - Spring 2012)
Problems of Philosophy (Intro Phil) (From Wake Forest University - Fall 2022)
Knowledge and Reality (Intro Epist - Online) (Wake Forest University -Spring 2021)
Business Ethics (From High Point University - Spring 2019)
Medical Ethics (From Umass Amherst - Spring 2017)
Intro to Logic (From Lone Star College - Spring 2013)
Intro to Philosophy (From Lone Star College - Fall 2012)
Intro to Ethics (From Radford University - Spring 2012)
SAMPLE TEACHING EVALUATIONS:
Complete Evaluation from Wake Forest University (Problems of Philosophy) (Fall 2021)
Complete Evaluation from Wake Forest University (Philosophy of Science) (Fall 2021)
Complete Evaluation from UMass Amherst (Intro to Philosophy - Online) (Winter 2019)
Complete Evaluation from UMass Amherst (Intro to Philosophy - Online) (Winter 2018)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - North Harris (Intro to Ethics) (Summer 2013)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - North Harris (Intro to Logic) (Spring 2013)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - University Park (Intro to Philosophy) (Fall 2012)
Complete Evaluation from Wake Forest University (Problems of Philosophy) (Fall 2021)
Complete Evaluation from Wake Forest University (Philosophy of Science) (Fall 2021)
Complete Evaluation from UMass Amherst (Intro to Philosophy - Online) (Winter 2019)
Complete Evaluation from UMass Amherst (Intro to Philosophy - Online) (Winter 2018)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - North Harris (Intro to Ethics) (Summer 2013)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - North Harris (Intro to Logic) (Spring 2013)
Complete Evaluation from Lone Star College - University Park (Intro to Philosophy) (Fall 2012)
