​I was born in Chicago and grew up in Nashville, Spartanburg (SC), and Gainesville (FL).  After high school, I moved to New York City to attend Columbia University and graduated from there with a BA in philosophy.  I stayed in New York for another twelve years after that, first as a guitarist and songwriter in the band  Elk City (the first two albums), and then doing my PhD in philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center.  

My first academic position, from 2009 to 2011, was as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at Washington University in St. Louis.  I have been a faculty member at in the philosophy department at the University of Cincinnati since 2011, where I received tenure in 2017.  

When I'm not wondering about things philosophical, I enjoy soccer, playing music, and traveling with family.

  

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