I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Catawba College. I specialize in environmental ethics.

The bulk of research concerns the importance of the imagination in moral disagreement about animals and its role in persuasion and moral change. This has been informed by more than a decade of work as a grassroots animal activist. Follow me on substack to keep up with the latest developments in my thinking on these topics.

Currently, I am working on the following research projects: an article on the limitations of argument as a means of persuading others of the value of animal life, an article that construes veganism as a kind of ritualized rejection of the prevailing dogma of human supremacy, a monograph on the current controversy over the Spanish bullfight, and an edited collection of essays with my former advisor, Deborah Slicer, on animals’ senses of humor. 

When not writing or teaching, I am either running long distances on the trails that I love, distributing food to those who need it, attending protests with the local vegans, or hand-sewing my own clothes.

I have also been known, on occasion, to write poems.