I am a PhD student at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in medieval philosophy and philosophy of mind. I also have interests in metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of science, and ancient philosophy.
My dissertation focuses on Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas on the metaphysics of learning. I hope to examine Albert’s and Thomas’s responses to a series of related questions: how knowledge can be of universals and yet belong to an individual knower, how knowledge can be of incorruptible things and yet be generated in a given knower, and how knowledge can be of what is immutable and yet undergo growth and development. These three questions become problematic when we consider the Aristotelian doctrine of the identity of knower and known. They also have implications for each thinker’s view on the ultimate perfection of knowledge.
I obtained an MA in philosophy from Purdue University in 2022, and BA degrees in chemistry and classics from Cornell University in 2013. I have taught chemistry and Latin at the high school level, and I have conducted chemical research in nanoscience, semiconductors, and electrochemistry.