Curriculum Vitae
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Areas of Research
- Areas of Specialization: Formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of mathematics
- Areas of Competence: Philosophy of Science, Logic
Employment
- Professor, University of California, Irvine, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, 2023–present (Associate Professor 2023–2025; Director of Graduate Studies 2025–present)
- Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Philosophy, 2014–2023 (Associate Professor 2014–2021; Associate Head of Department 2016–2017; Director of Graduate Studies 2017–2020; Associate Director of Graduate Studies 2020–2023)
- Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Department of Philosophy, 2009–2014 (Tenured March 2014)
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, 2008–2009
Education
- Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science, May 2008
- Visiting Student, Australian National University, Department of Philosophy, RSSS, July–August 2005, June 2006, June 2007
- B.A., Philosophy, Music, Stanford University, Jun 2002
- B.S., Mathematics, Stanford University, Jun 2002
- Study Abroad, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, 2000
Journal Editorships
- Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Philosophy, 2026–present
- Associate Editor, Philosophy of Science, 2023–present
- Associate Editor, Episteme, 2013–present
- Area Editor, Ergo, 2013–present
Conference Organization
- Program Subcommittee Chair for Formal Methods, Philosophy of Science Association (November 2026)
- Annual Coordinator, Formal Epistemology Workshop (2014–2026)
- Co-Chair, Program Committee, American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting (with Meghan Sullivan) (2023)
- Session Organizer, Proofs in Mathematical Practice (March 20–23, 2017)
- Primary Organizer, 11th annual Formal Epistemology Workshop (June 20–22, 2014)
- Local Organizer, 8th annual Formal Epistemology Workshop (May 19–21, 2011)
Professional Association Memberships
- American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division
- American Society for Aesthetics
- Association for Symbolic Logic
- Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
- Social Epistemology Network
- Society for Exact Philosophy
Graduate Supervision
Dissertation Supervision
- Sean Conte (Texas A&M University, Philosophy) — defense Jun 2023
- Saleh Afroogh (Texas A&M University, Philosophy) [MA] — MA defense May 2019
- Justin Dallmann (University of Southern California, Philosophy) — defense May 2015; qualifying exam Apr 2013; area exam Apr 2012, Epistemology
Dissertation Committees
- Yunlong Cao (UC Irvine, Philosophy)
- Neil Crawford (UC Irvine, Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- Chris Torsell (UC Irvine, Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- Dong An (Texas A&M University, Philosophy)
- Rima Basu (University of Southern California, Philosophy)
- Brian Knab (UT Austin, Philosophy)
- Bill D’Alessandro (University of Illinois at Chicago, Philosophy)
- Nick di Bella (Stanford University, Philosophy)
- Katie Petrik (Texas A&M University, Philosophy) [MA]
- Justin Sharber (Rutgers University, Philosophy)
- Julia Staffel (University of Southern California, Philosophy)
- Johannes Schmitt (University of Southern California, Philosophy)
- Indrek Reiland (University of Southern California, Philosophy)
- Brian Blackwell (University of Southern California, Philosophy)
Outside Committee Member
- Siddhant Jajodia (UC Irvine, Math)
- Mark Beers (UC Irvine, Cognitive Science)
- Ting Lu (Texas A&M University, Math)
- Nate Welty (Texas A&M University, Math) [MS]
- Alexander Ruys de Perez (Texas A&M University, Math)
- Li Ying (Texas A&M University, Math)
- Geng Tian (Texas A&M University, Math)
- Taylor Brysiewicz (Texas A&M University, Math)
- Janet Anderson (University of Southern California, Linguistics)