I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech and a core faculty member of the ASPECT Program. Previously, I have worked in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its joint Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with Duke University. In addition, I was awarded a Faculty Fellowship at the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. I obtained my PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

My main research interests lie in moral and political philosophy, with a focus on some of the key figures of the two disciplines, such as Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and Rawls. I am also interested in contemporary issues in moral and political philosophy, such as the integration of rational and evolutionary moral approaches, moral pluralism, and the topic of global justice. My most recent articles are on Hobbes’ moral and political philosophy, global justice and peaceful cooperation, distributive justice, the principle of universalization, and utilitarianism.