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I am Teaching Professor of Philosophy at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  My Areas of Specialization are ethics, justice, language, and cognition, especially as those areas intersect in moral language and thought.  

I am co-author, with my friend and colleague Ralf Thiede, of Language, Mind, and Power: Why We Need Linguistic Equality (Routledge, 2020). In 2025, I was honored to receive the inaugural Faculty Service and Leadership Award for UNC Charlotte’s College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences. I am also a past recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award for Full-Time Lecturer in UNC Charlotte’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and honored to be nominated in 2026 for the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence for Teaching Focused Faculty.

Prior to arriving in Charlotte, I served as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University  Bakersfield (2003-2007) and earned my PhD from the University of Florida (2003), where I also served for four years as Associate Editor for two journals: Business and Professional Ethics Journal and Professional Ethics Journal.