Research and Teaching

I am an Instructor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Fraser Valley.

My research deals with metaphysics and epistemology in German Idealism and German Romanticism. I examine the diverging conceptions of the human-nature relationship found in these traditions and their multiple attempts to balance transcendental idealism with realism about the external world.

My teaching interests lie primarily in the history of philosophy, especially from the early modern period onward, but also extend to contemporary continental philosophy.

In both my research and teaching, I approach the history of philosophy not as a museum of bygone ideas to stroll through on a rainy day but as a dynamic tradition whose insights remain philosophically relevant today.

Background

I obtained my Ph.D. from McGill University in 2020. Before that, I completed the French- and German-language Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophy Master’s program, during which I studied at UCLouvain, the University of Wuppertal, and the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. I began my philosophical education at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where I earned my B.A. and M.A.