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Visiting Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Office
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
304-06
Biography

My work in philosophy is dedicated towards thinking through difficult histories of violence and liberation. I specialize in issues concerning race, technology, and the history of philosophy, and I approach these issues through European and Latin American traditions of philosophy. In practice, this means I investigate how philosophers have thought about the human being and how it relates to nature, technology, society, and economy. My current work is oriented towards analyzing AI as a technology by way of Critical Theory, especially Frankfurt School, Black, and Latin American Critical Theory.

Education
PhD, Philosophy
University of Oregon
2024
MA, English
California State University, Stanislaus
2014
BA, Philosophy
California State University, Stanislaus
2011
Areas of Expertise

Critical Philosophy of Race (esp. technology and AI), Latin American Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy

Publications, Research & Presentations

2026 “Contesting Power and Building Pluralist Solidarity,” The Pluralist, Volume 21, number 1 (forthcoming).

2025 “John Brown, Abolition, and the Question of Violence,” in Handbook of Philosophies of America, ed. Terrance MacMullan and Sergio Gallegos. London: Bloomsbury Press, (under contract).

2024 “Comments on Susana Nuccetelli’s Introduction to Latin American Philosophy,” APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Volume 23, number 2.

2023 “María Lugones and the Value of Playfulness for World-Making,” APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Volume 23, number 1.

Memberships & Affiliations

New England Society for Continental Philosophy

Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Society for Mexican American Philosophy

Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy