Education: PhD, MPhil, and MA in Philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. BA in Philosophy from Arizona State University.

Experience: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Philosophy at North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa (2025-present). Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh (2022-2025). Lecturer in Philosophy at Mississippi State University (2021-2022). Wilderness Ranger, Forestry Technician, EMT, and Apprentice Horse and Mule Packer for the US Forest Service and the National Park Service (2018-2021). Written for The Hill, The Conversation, Newsweek, and other venues. Author of the book Art as Communication: Aesthetics, Evolution, and Signaling (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024).

Citizenship: United States of America

Age: 35