More about my service work
My two largest areas of service work have been organizing the DC-Area High School Ethics Bowl and serving as a co-organizer and mentor for Loyola's MAP (Minorities and Philosophy chapter). My service work with each of these is explained in detail below.
Additionally, I have served my department by leading Inclusive Pedagogies and Classical Chinese Philosophy work groups, as co-president of the Association of Graduate Students in Philosophy (AGSP) from 2021 to 2022, by co-organizing an Online Philosophy Pedagogy Work Group for graduate and faculty instructors during the move to online learning in 2020, by presenting at a graduate instructor teaching workshop, by mentoring undergraduate researchers as a member of LUC's iPAB (Interdisciplinary Philosophy and Bioethics) Lab, and by moderating for conferences hosted at LUC. Outside of my institution, I have also served as a moderator, proposal reviewer, and chair at meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA) and as a proposal reviewer for the American Association of Philosophy Teachers' (AAPT) Teaching Hub. I also currently serve as a 四海为学 (Sihaiweixue) Fellow.
High School Ethics Bowl
During and immediately following my MA at American University I was Lead Organizer of the DC Area High School Ethics Bowl. In this position, which I held from 2015 to 2018, I introduced students from high schools around DC, Maryland, and Virginia--many of them from majority-minority public schools--to philosophy and ethics. This included training and coordinating undergraduate philosophy students who served as team coaches, recruiting participants from local high schools and judges from the local community, and organizing the Ethics Bowl competition hosted at AU. This work reflects my commitment to improving the academic philosophical climate and encouraging students from unrepresented backgrounds to pursue philosophy. An Introduction to Philosophy for Ethics Bowl Participants, of which I was lead author, continues to be widely used as an introductory ethics text for participating students.
MAP (Minorities and Philosophy)
Since I began my PhD at Loyola University Chicago in 2018 until graduating in 2024, I served as a mentor for our university's MAP chapter. Additionally, from 2020 to 2022 I served as a co-organizer. MAP is an international organization that aims to address structural injustices in academic philosophy and to remove barriers that impede participation in philosophy for members of marginalized groups. More information can be found at the MAP International website. During my time with LUC's MAP chapter, I mentored undergraduate students, led workshops and reading groups, organized events--including a two-day virtual summer "Living Philosophy" retreat, social events like study breaks and movie nights, and public philosophy events like our chapter's "Public Philosophy Talks" YouTube interview series—and earned over $3,000 in grant support for the chapter.
Click each of the images below to navigate to relevant websites or material about the High School Ethics Bowl and LUC's MAP Chapter.
Additionally, I have served my department by leading Inclusive Pedagogies and Classical Chinese Philosophy work groups, as co-president of the Association of Graduate Students in Philosophy (AGSP) from 2021 to 2022, by co-organizing an Online Philosophy Pedagogy Work Group for graduate and faculty instructors during the move to online learning in 2020, by presenting at a graduate instructor teaching workshop, by mentoring undergraduate researchers as a member of LUC's iPAB (Interdisciplinary Philosophy and Bioethics) Lab, and by moderating for conferences hosted at LUC. Outside of my institution, I have also served as a moderator, proposal reviewer, and chair at meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA) and as a proposal reviewer for the American Association of Philosophy Teachers' (AAPT) Teaching Hub. I also currently serve as a 四海为学 (Sihaiweixue) Fellow.
High School Ethics Bowl
During and immediately following my MA at American University I was Lead Organizer of the DC Area High School Ethics Bowl. In this position, which I held from 2015 to 2018, I introduced students from high schools around DC, Maryland, and Virginia--many of them from majority-minority public schools--to philosophy and ethics. This included training and coordinating undergraduate philosophy students who served as team coaches, recruiting participants from local high schools and judges from the local community, and organizing the Ethics Bowl competition hosted at AU. This work reflects my commitment to improving the academic philosophical climate and encouraging students from unrepresented backgrounds to pursue philosophy. An Introduction to Philosophy for Ethics Bowl Participants, of which I was lead author, continues to be widely used as an introductory ethics text for participating students.
MAP (Minorities and Philosophy)
Since I began my PhD at Loyola University Chicago in 2018 until graduating in 2024, I served as a mentor for our university's MAP chapter. Additionally, from 2020 to 2022 I served as a co-organizer. MAP is an international organization that aims to address structural injustices in academic philosophy and to remove barriers that impede participation in philosophy for members of marginalized groups. More information can be found at the MAP International website. During my time with LUC's MAP chapter, I mentored undergraduate students, led workshops and reading groups, organized events--including a two-day virtual summer "Living Philosophy" retreat, social events like study breaks and movie nights, and public philosophy events like our chapter's "Public Philosophy Talks" YouTube interview series—and earned over $3,000 in grant support for the chapter.
Click each of the images below to navigate to relevant websites or material about the High School Ethics Bowl and LUC's MAP Chapter.