Education

Ph.D. - Philosophy - Michigan State (2022)

MA - Environmental Philosophy - University of Montana (2017)

MLitt - Theology/Literature - University of St Andrews (2010)

BA - Philosophy and Theology - Eastern University (2007)

Field of Study

Environmental Philosophy

Ecological Restoration and Rewilding

Ethics (esp. Virtue Ethics - ancient and modern)

Philosophy of Technology

Publications

Journal Articles

(forthcoming) "Rewilding Anthropocentrism," Environmental Ethics 47.1 2025

(forthcoming) w/ M. Joseph Aloi, "We've Found Something Good Here: Dietic Discourse & Environmental Engagement," Environmental Ethics 46.4 2024

Other Contributions

“A Fierce and Fearful Love: On Delisting the Grizzly.” The Missoulian. May 11^th, 2024, p. A6. Op-ed. (Reprinted in Helena Independent Record, Billings gazette, Ravalli Republic, and The Montana Standard.)

Book Review: “Arnold ‘Smoke’ Elser & Eva-Maria Maggi. Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.”International Journal of Wilderness. Volume 30, No 2, 2024.

Blog Post: “Who Do We Want to be Here?” - Research blog post on mountainlegacy.ca – Oct. 1^st, 2019 -  Reprinted on plastocene.com - Sep  23^rd, 2019

Book Review: "Benjamin Hale. The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature." Environmental Ethics Volume 41, issue 3, Fall 2019.

Honors / Awards

Matthew Hansen Endowment for Wilderness Studies, Wilderness Inspiration Fellowship (2024)

Holmes Rolston III Early Career Essay Prize in Environmental Philosophy, The International Society for Environmental Ethics (2023)

Engaged Philosophy Internship Program - Fellowship w/ Mountain Legacy Project, University of Victoria (2018)

Slaughter Summer Writing Fellowship x2 (2019, 2021)

University Distinguished Fellowship - Michigan State University (2018-2022)