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I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, Law, at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am affiliated with the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Women and Gender Studies. Before coming to CU Boulder, I was a Law and Philosophy Post-Doc at UCLA and affiliate faculty at its Critical Race Studies Program. I received my PhD in Philosophy from the University of Southern California and my J.D. from Stanford Law School.
My research applies tools from decision-theory and epistemology to topics in value theory, law, and social and political philosophy. Prior projects have explored the value of unanimous juries under conditions of widespread racism, fair ways to distribute goods among equally deserving people, and how early actions in a war must impact our later calculations of proportionality. More recently, I have started to research and write about the persuasive capabilities of large language models (LLMs).
I teach undergraduate and graduate classes on social and ethical questions relating to law, race, gender, and technology. In my teaching, I encourage students to engage with great thinkers’ full texts, share their thoughts with a small group of peers, and choose their own paths through and beyond class material. I also supervise dissertations, masters theses, and honors theses. Students can find additional resources here.
Both my research and my teaching are informed by the over a decade I spent doing human rights and public policy work both within the U.S. and abroad. Highlights include two years working on good governance as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador, two years consulting with workers’ rights and gender equality non-governmental organizations in northern China, and five years collaborating with and supporting communities most impacted by policing and incarceration in and around Oakland, California.