About

I am currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Utah State University. My primary research focuses on questions in religious epistemology as they were treated during the early modern period, with particular attention to John Locke’s contributions to debates about religious belief, rationality, and miracles. I have also presented research on Pascal's (in)famous Wager, Spinoza's views on the immortality of the soul, Mary Shepherd's reconciliation of miracles with the laws of nature, and Thomas Paine's critique of revelation.

More broadly, I’m interested in any and every question at the intersection of philosophy and religion—across all periods of philosophical thought and religious traditions. As a secular Jew, I enjoy studying the wisdom writings of my own tradition, while also finding deep affinities with those of Christianity and Hinduism. Philosophically, I have a tender heart for the Hellenistic schools of thought, Medieval thinkers like Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and Boethius, several 19th-century German thinkers, and above all: Kierkegaard and Camus. I once jokingly remarked that my religion is some mixture of what Spinoza, Kierkegaard, and Camus had to say—and honestly, I think that’s pretty accurate!

Outside the Academy, I spend my time drinking lots of coffee, eating lots of pizza, rewatching Star Wars (original, prequel, and animated series) and The Matrix trilogy, playing the drums, listening to Blink 182, thrifting for used books, spending time with my better half and our dog Hannah, gaming online with friends, and visiting family back home whenever I can.