AOS: Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Social Science; Philosophy of Statistics
AOC: Epistemology; Logic; Game and Decision Theory
Publications
Measuring the non-existent: validity before measurement, Philosophy of Science (forthcoming)
Sample representation in the social sciences, Synthese (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02621-3
Recent academic activities
Measuring the non-existent: validity before measurement (Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2022) Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable
Sample representation in the social sciences (May 17, 2019) The Greater Cascadia History and Philosophy of Science workshop.
A statistical learning approach to a problem of induction (November 3, 2018) At the 26th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. (Abstract)
Recent service activities
I will be serving as co-chair for the PSA DEI Caucus from 2023-2026
I was elected chair of the LPS Climate Steering Committee for the 2020-21 year.
I initiated and co-found Wonder Philosophy, an information workshop for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to apply for philosophy graduate programs. I was directly involved in the 2019 and 2021 Irvine iterations of the workshop.
I designed, administered, and analyzed a climate survey for my academic department in 2019. The survey, along with some thoughts about its design, can be found here.
I was awarded the LPS 2019/20 Award for Contributions to Inclusion and Diversity.
I served as the grad student representative for LPS during the 2017-18 academic year.
Education
Ph.D.: Philosophy (LPS) | UC-Irvine | 2021
MA: Philosophy | Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada | 2015
BA: Psychology, Philosophy | University of British Columbia, BC, Canada | 2013
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