Teaching

I design and teach courses in applied ethics and moral and social philosophy, including Issues in Clinical Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Animal Ethics, Philosophy of Race and Racism, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, Ethics of Identity, and an introductory course on the ethics of technology centered on the sci-fi series Black Mirror.

Rhodes College Courses

Bioethics & Applied Ethics

  • Issues in Clinical Bioethics (2025)

  • Medical Ethics (2021)

  • Procreative Ethics (2016)

  • Animal Ethics (2024–present)

  • Environmental Ethics (2015–2020)

  • Black Mirror and Philosophy — ethics of technology and AI (2018–present)

  • The Ethics of Captivity (2014, 2015)

  • Ethics (2023)

Philosophy of Race, Sex, and Gender

  • Philosophy of Race and Racism (2015–present)

  • Feminist Philosophy (2016–present)

  • What is Gender Identity?, with Kelly Dougherty (2026)

  • The Ethics of Identity (2021)

Social & Political Philosophy

  • Social-Political Philosophy (2014–2021)

  • Introduction to Philosophy: Freedom and Oppression (2014)

Core Curriculum & Seminars

  • Search for Values 101, 102, and Human Exceptionalism (2015–2020)

  • Senior Seminar (2020)

Students in Medical Ethics

Students in Black Mirror and Philosophy

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