Hi! I'm an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Penn State's Department of Philosophy. I am also a Research Associate at the Rock Ethics Institute. Before that, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's McCoy Center for Ethics in Society. I completed my PhD in Philosophy at King's College London in July 2016.
My primary research interests lie in contemporary political philosophy, with a special focus on questions about migration, citizenship, and global justice. My current book project is tentatively titled Migration and Social Equality. There, I argue that social equality has a universal scope, and that non-citizens are entitled to be treated as social equals. Using this framework, I advance a distinctive critique of existing immigration policies. In conjunction, I pursue three lines of interest: the moral status of skill-based immigrant selection, migrants' non-compliance with structurally unjust immigration laws, and the relationship between colonialism and immigration justice.
The painting I've used throughout my webpage is a beautiful wave by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet. It's not identical to the one I used to admire in Edinburgh's National Gallery, but it's close enough. My other favourite painting is Holbein's The Ambassadors, but that's a tad too sinister for a header image, don't you think?
(page last updated 09/03/2019; portrait by Tomoko Kasai)
My primary research interests lie in contemporary political philosophy, with a special focus on questions about migration, citizenship, and global justice. My current book project is tentatively titled Migration and Social Equality. There, I argue that social equality has a universal scope, and that non-citizens are entitled to be treated as social equals. Using this framework, I advance a distinctive critique of existing immigration policies. In conjunction, I pursue three lines of interest: the moral status of skill-based immigrant selection, migrants' non-compliance with structurally unjust immigration laws, and the relationship between colonialism and immigration justice.
The painting I've used throughout my webpage is a beautiful wave by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet. It's not identical to the one I used to admire in Edinburgh's National Gallery, but it's close enough. My other favourite painting is Holbein's The Ambassadors, but that's a tad too sinister for a header image, don't you think?
(page last updated 09/03/2019; portrait by Tomoko Kasai)