Ph.D Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 1997 M.A. Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1993 B.A. Philosophy and English, University of Notre Dame, Spring 1990
Epicurus on Freedom, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
"Socrates' Therapeutic Use of Inconsistency in the Axiochus," Phronesis, Vol. 51, No. 4. (2006), 388-407. "Aristotle's 'Cosmic Nose' Argument for the Uniqueness of the World," (co-authored with Harald Thorsrud) Apeiron, vol. 36 no. 4 (2003), 351-366.
"Lucretius on the Cycle of Life and the Fear of Death," Apeiron, vol. 36 no. 1 (2003), 43-65.
"The Cyrenaics on Pleasure, Happiness, and Future-Concern," Phronesis, vol. 47 no. 4 (2002), 395-416.
"The Reductionist and Compatibilist Argument of Epicurus' On Nature Book 25," Phronesis, vol. 47 no. 2 (2002), 153-186.
"Is Epicurean Friendship Altruistic?" Apeiron, vol. 34 no. 4 (2001), 269-305.
"Would a Community of Wise Epicureans Be Just?" Ancient Philosophy, vol. 21 no. 1 (2001), 133-146.
"The Ontological Status Of Sensible Qualities for Democritus and Epicurus" Ancient Philosophy, vol. 17 no. 1 (1997), 119-134.
"Does Epicurus Need the Swerve as an Archê of Collisions?" Phronesis, vol. 41 no. 3 (1996), 305-317.
Earlier versions of many of the above paper were presented at divisional meetings of the American Philosophical Association, the Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosopy, and elsewhere.
Review of Lucretius on Atomic Motion. A Commentary on De Rerum Natura Book Two lines 1-332, by Don Fowler, Oxford University Press. Ancient Philosophy, vol. 23 no. 2 (2003), 461-468.Review of Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia, by James Warren, Cambridge University Press. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, May 2003.
"Anaxarchus," "Cyrenaics," "Aristippus," and "Epicurus," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Associate Professor, Georgia State University, Fall 2006-presentAssistant Professor, Georgia State University, Fall 2003-present
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Minnesota at Morris, Fall 1998-Spring 2003
Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin Fall 1996-Spring 1997
Classes taught include Ancient Ethical Theories, Introduction to Philosophy, Plato, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, History of Medieval Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Determinism, Foreknowledge, and Freedom in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Existentialism, Logic I, and Argument.
Area Editor, Ancient Philosophy, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, April 2001-presentPeer-reviewed papers for Ancient Philosophy (2001, 1998), Apeiron (2003), and Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie (2005, 2003, 1998), and book manuscript for Oxford University Press (2005)
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