I’m a philosopher specializing in the metaphysics of the human person and its ethical implications, especially in biomedical contexts. In particular, I’ve written on animalism, the view that we are animals, developing it in a way that is sensitive to research in biology, neuroscience, and psychology. More broadly, I apply this scientifically robust version of animalism to questions in bioethics, philosophy of medicine, and philosophy of religion.

I currently teach philosophy for the University of South Alabama. Previously, I was a visiting research fellow (2021-2022) and a visiting graduate fellow (2015-2016) at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion. In 2017, I was a recipient of the Society of Christian Philosophers Graduate Fellowship for Science Cross-training, for which I worked on an interdisciplinary project connecting the metaphysics of the human person to research in biology. I’ve also served as Baylor University’s Clinical Fellow in Medical Ethics, through which I worked with physicians in a variety of clinical contexts. I received my Ph.D. from Baylor University in 2018.