Welcome
Thanks for visiting my website. I am an academic philosopher currently teaching at The Ohio State University.
If you're looking for information about my teaching or academic research, then you've come to the right place.
Current professional news and recent website updates are mentioned below, and contact information is listed at the bottom of the page. I try to respond to all inquiries about my research and teaching, but I cannot always reply quickly.
My most significant academic work is The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation: The Ethics of Procreation, and you can get an overview of it on the page focused on Overpopulation. Published and forthcoming articles, book chapters, and book reviews can be found on the Papers page. (You'll need a PDF reader like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader to view them.) My current research is described on the Research page, and you can get an overview of my academic career by viewing my currentCurriculum Vitae. If you're a student or just want to get a sense of what I do in the classroom, please visit my Teaching page.
Professional News, 10/15/2021
After a year of sparse in-person teaching, I'm back in the classroom regularly this semester. Last year was a challenging one, but I have now returned to what was once my usual on-campus routine and hope to get a lot of new research published in 2022.
My biggest accomplishment in 2020 was completing my manuscript The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation: The Ethics of Procreation, and reviews have begun to emerge. Phil Cafaro reviewed the text for Biological Conservation in late 2020, and Eileen Crist reviewed the book more recently for Environmental Ethics. Routledge's official webpage provides access to the table of contents and some statements of endorsement from other professional philosophers. It's widely agreed that we need to change our environmentally destructive habits if we are to adequately respond to environmental problems like climate change and biodiversity loss, but there is mounting evidence that we could also make some major progress on these issues by slowing global population growth and establishing smaller families as the norm. I argue that we should try to halt global population growth and explore how that could be done is ethically acceptable ways.
Despite the pandemic leading to cancellations or rescheduling of many academic events, I still participated in several virtual events during the last year. One of the most significant was a panel discussion of my book with Don Hubin (Ohio State) and Ramona Ilea (Pacific University). The full session is viewable below:
I also appeared on Season 8, Episode 14 of Emily Roberts' Personal Finance for PhDs podcast. The main topic of discussion was how I managed my finances during my time as a philosophy graduate student. It's a worthwhile listen for those trying to live on their meager graduate student stipend without taking out loans.
Website Updates, 10/15/2021
As I do periodically, I've updated my CV and added some new material to the Teaching page. I also recently added new pages for the two biggest projects I've been working on over the last few years: my recently published book on overpopulation and my graduate school survival guide for philosophy graduate students. The book is finished, but the survival guide is still a work-in-progress that I hope to complete in Spring 2022.
