C.V.

Below is an abridged version of my C.V. Please click here to access to full version. 

Employment

Limited Term Lecturer (09/2026 - present) 

• Cognitive Science Department

• Simon Fraser University

Sessional Lecturer (08/2025 - present) 

• Philosophy Department; Cognitive Systems Department

• University of British Columbia

Sessional Instructor (01/2025 - 05/2025) 

• Philosophy Department; Cognitive Science Department

• Simon Fraser University 

Graduate Facilitator (05/2022 - 05/2025) 

• Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

• University of British Columbia 

Program Assistant (09/2022 - 05/2023) 

• Himalaya Program 

• University of British Columbia 

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy (2018 - 2025) 

• University of British Columbia 

• Dissertation: "A new framework for self-disorders: Anxiety as a case study" 

  • Supervisors: Chris Mole & Evan Thompson 

M.A., Philosophy (2014 - 2016)

• Univeristy of Arkansas - Fayetteville 

• Thesis: "An investigation into hybrid models of mindreading: A dual type theory account"

  • Supervisor: Jack Lyons 

B.A. (Honors) , Psychology (2010 - 2014)

Minor in Philosophy; Minor in Classical Studies

• University of Arkansas - Fayetteville 

• Summa Cum Laude 

Unity in Duality (01/2017 - 06/2017; 12/2019)

• Tarab Ling Institute - Dehradun, India

• Modules I, II, III

Tibetans in Exile Today (TEXT) Program (2011; 2013; 2015)

• Study-abroad trip to India (Delhi, Goa, Mundgod, Dharamsala, Dekyiling, & Agra) 

Certificates and Training

Philosophical Counseling Certification (02/2026)

• The American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA)

Microphenomenology Training (03/2024 - 05/2024)

• Online under the supervision of Dr. David Martínez-Pernía

Completion of the Facilitator Development Workshop (2022/05)

• Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology 

Certificate for "Exploring and supporting inclusivity, equity, accessibility, and wellness" (2021/01)

• Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology 

• Teaching Assistant Institute 

Research Contributions

• Selected list of contributions. For descriptions on current works in progress and a longer list of contributions, see my Research page. 

Refereed 

Biological-Affective Norms and the Evaluation of Social Power: Toward an Enactive Account of Optimal Agency

• Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy (2026/05)

• Mind & Life Europe – Barcelona, Spain

Anxiety Disorders, Self-Disorders, and Being-in-the-World

• Mind & Life Europe Summer Research Institute (2025/07)

• Rangjung Yeshi Gomde – Scharnstein, Austria

The Presence of Non-Perceptual Objects

• American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting (2025/02)

• APA – Online

Effective Activism and the Enactive Approach: Situatedness as a Precondition of Care

• Mind & Life Europe Summer Research Institute (2023/08)

• Lama Tzong Khapa Institute – Pomaia, Italy

What Phenomenological Pathology Can Teach Us About Anxiety Disorder: Anxiety Disorder as Self-Disorder with Disrupted Self-Specifying Processes

• Engaged Phenomenology II – The British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference (2022/08) 

• University of Exeter – UK

Invited 

Commentary on Nicolas Bommarito, “Islamic and Buddhist Modesty in the Khache Phalu” 

• Workshop on Modesty and Religion (2025/11)

• University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC

The Presence of Non-Perceptual Objects

• Graduate Research Workshop (2023/11)

• University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC

Anxiety Disorder and Perceptual Presence

• Workshop on Attention and its Ethical Significance (2022/11)

• University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC

Courses Taught

Simon Fraser University 

• Exploring the Mind (COGS 100) 

• Learning in Everyday Life: The Art and Science of Hacking your Brain (COGS 110)

• Foundations in Cognitive Science (COGS 200)

• Special Topics Seminar - Consciousness (PHIL332/COGS310)

University of British Columbia 

• Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 451) 

• Minds and Machines (PHIL 250)

• Seminar on Cognitive Systems (COGS 401) 

• Future Global Leaders - Minds and Machines 

Univeristy of Arkansas 

• Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 2003) 

Service Positions

Departmental:

Philosophy Graduate Representative

• 2021/09 - 2022/09 

Search Committee for Philosophy Department Head

• 2022/11

Hiring Committee Member for the Asian Philosophy Search

• 2018/11 - 2019/02

Representative for Well-being for Philosophy Department 

• 2019/09- 2020/02

Teaching:

Philosophy TA Coordinator 

• 09/2022 - 05/2024

Philosophy TA Mentor 

• 2023-2024