I am a Lecturer in Philosophy at Texas State University. My specializations are primarily in animal and environmental ethics. I received my PhD in the Spring of 2024 from Texas A&M University under the direction of Clare Palmer. I also have an MA in English, and a MA in Environmental Philosophy. My dissertation, Imagining Animals Differently, explores the importance of the imagination in moral disagreement about animals and its role in moral change. I have been most influenced in my work and my life by the philosopher Iris Murdoch. 

Following in the tradition of Socrates and Thoreau, I take it to be my responsibility as a philosopher to act in the world and endeavor to make it better. To this end, I have been intimately involved in grassroots animal advocacy for the past decade. I find that my research in philosophy strengthens my activism, that my experiences as an activist are able to inform and direct my research. 

When not writing or teaching, I am either running long distances on the trails that I love, mobilizing the local vegans, distributing food weekly to those who need it, hand-sewing my own clothes, or by my garden doing my very best to coax the worms off my kale.