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

My current research examines the importance of the imagination in 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. I write about these topics for a general audience on my Substack, Dumpster Rat Dispatch. 

Right now I am working on two articles: one on the limitations of argument as a means of persuading others of the value of animal life, another that construes veganism as a kind of ritualized rejection of the prevailing dogma of human supremacy. Additionally, I am editing a 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.