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Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy Georgetown University Contact information: Department of Philosophy 37th and O Sts NW, 234 New North Washington DC, 20057 |
I grew up in one of the suburbs surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah. My mother worked as a piecemeal seamstress; my father drove locomotive and painted military camouflage; I read a lot of books, tossed a lot of boxes out of trailers, and spent a little time building railroad (I also went to college for a little while). I did undergraduate work in philosophy and history at Westminster College of Salt Lake City; my graduate work in philosophy was carried out at Colorado State University, Washington University in St Louis, and UNC-Chapel Hill. And after I finished my Ph.D. in philosophy, I did postdoctoral research in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and at the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
My current research and teaching bear the mark of this somewhat eclectic history. I am currently writing on a wide range of issues across the cognitive, biological, and social sciences. For example, over the past couple of years, I have been exploring the role of allostatic regulation in biological cognition; and I have been exploring ways to integrate insights from Yogācāra Buddhism with models from computational and cognitive neuroscience.
In my teaching, I tend explore different ways of understanding philosophy as a tool for practical engagement with the world. And my classes often focus on questions about cognitive architecture, cognitive diversity, planning, prefigurative practice, propaganda and social exclusion, and the relationship between ethics and psychology.
My current research and teaching bear the mark of this somewhat eclectic history. I am currently writing on a wide range of issues across the cognitive, biological, and social sciences. For example, over the past couple of years, I have been exploring the role of allostatic regulation in biological cognition; and I have been exploring ways to integrate insights from Yogācāra Buddhism with models from computational and cognitive neuroscience.
In my teaching, I tend explore different ways of understanding philosophy as a tool for practical engagement with the world. And my classes often focus on questions about cognitive architecture, cognitive diversity, planning, prefigurative practice, propaganda and social exclusion, and the relationship between ethics and psychology.
