I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College. I work on 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, political philosophy, critical theory, and critical philosophy of race.
My current book project, titled Partisan Genealogy: Foucault’s Critique of Penal Power, explains how we can use history to critique present forms of state and social violence. I argue that genealogy becomes an instrument of emancipation when it is guided by the normative commitments immanent to political struggles. The project also elaborates the capitalist functions of penal systems, and motivates Foucault’s methodological proximity to historical materialism.
I have published articles on thinkers like Foucault, Marx, Adorno, and Benjamin – and on themes such as sovereignty, state violence, capitalist domination, and genealogy – in the European Journal of Philosophy, Constellations, Philosophy & Social Criticism, Critical Horizons, and Foucault Studies.
I received my PhD from Northwestern University in December 2022. A recent version of my CV can be found here.