I am Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Before coming to UofT, I completed my PhD in philosophy at Queen’s University. I also hold an MA in philosophy from Western University, and a BA (Hons.) in philosophy and psychology from McGill University.

My areas of specialization are political philosophy and ethics. More specifically, I work on questions in democratic theory and relational ethics.

My doctoral research was supervised by Will Kymlicka, and focused on identifying the conditions under which the subjects of democratic rule may be said to enjoy in its autonomy-value. Ultimately, I argued that the autonomy-value of democracy consists in the exercise of collective self-authorship, which in turn is limited to those who share a geographic domain and a set of public institutions that comprehensively implicate their interests.

Current projects include identifying the conditions under which the subjects of democratic rule may be said to enjoy in other sources of its value, such as relational equality or generating superior outcomes, and offering a comprehensive defence of equal suffrage that is responsive to growing support for proportional suffrage.

When I’m not doing philosophy, chances are I can be found at the skate park, the ski slopes, or the cinema.