Education
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PhD, Western University, Theory and Criticism, (anticipated) 2021.
Sense and Genesis: The Metaphysics of Modernism and the Aesthetics of Reason in Wittgenstein and Beyond. Supervisors: Kevin Mooney and John Vanderheide.
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Certificate, Cornell University, School of Criticism and Theory, 2019.
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MA, Western University, Theory and Criticism, 2014.
Deleuze Through Wittgenstein: Essays in Transcendental Empiricism. Supervisor: Daniel Vaillancourt.
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BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Drawing and Painting, 2010.
Honours and Awards
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Nominee, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Western University, 2018-2019.
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CSTC Sponsorship, Cornell School of Criticism and Theory, 2019.
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Nominee, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Western University, 2016-2017.
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Western University Graduate Research Scholarship, 2016-2020.
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Western University Graduate Research Scholarship, 2012-2014.
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Entrance Scholarship, Western University, 2016-2017.
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Honour Roll Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2007-2008.
Publications
Academic Journals
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“The Metaphysical Subject and Logical Space: Solipsism and Singularity in the Tractatus,” Open Philosophy (2018). Special Issue. The New Metaphysics: Analytic/Continental Crossovers. Eds. Jon Cogburn, Paul Livingston. De Gruyter, 277-289.
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Co-authored with Dylan Vaughan, “Review of Arjen Kleinherenbrink’s Against Continuity: Deleuze’s Speculative Realism” Deleuze and Guattari Studies 15.2 (forthcoming 2021). University of Edinburgh Press.
Other Publications
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“Editor’s Introduction: Disenchantment and Forms of Life,” Chiasma: A Site for Thought 6.1, ± Disenchantment? (2020), 8-21. https://chiasma-journal.com/issue-6/.
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“Editor’s Introduction: To Be a Body?,” Chiasma: A Site for Thought 5.1, To Be a Body? (2019), 8-13. https://chiasma-journal.com/5-to-be-a-body/.
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“Quaestio tantum quaestionum: A White Paper on Creative Instantiation” XPNDR (2015), Eds. David Frohlich and Kelsey Olson, 8-9.
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“What is an Event? Or, the Hawk,” WOPOZI 2 (Cerulean) (2012), 24. https://www.wopozi.com/cerulean.
Manuscripts Under Review and Preparing for Submission (available upon request)
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“Platform Aesthetics: Contemporary Art, Cognitive Complexity, Political Agency” (preparing for submission).
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“Making It Implicit: Norms, Practices, and the ‘Spirit’ of Aesthetics in Late Wittgenstein” (preparing for submission).
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“’No More Nature’: First Nature and ‘Last Humans’ in Beckett’s Endgame” (preparing for submission).
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“Kant’s Unknown Animal: Reason, Speculation, and Speciation in Aesthetic Judgment” (preparing for submission).
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“Senses and Events in Wittgenstein and Deleuze” (preparing for submission).
Conferences and Presentations
Conferences and Symposia
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“Philosophy, Vision, and Science in the Aesthetics of Non-Photography.” “Non-Aesthetics” Panel, Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC/AAUC) Conference, October 2020.
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“Logical Space, Phase Space, and the Paradox of Solipsism in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.” Harvard/MIT Graduate Conference in Philosophy, (cancelled due to COVID-19) April 2020.
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“Platform Aesthetics: Contemporary Art, Cognitive Complexity, Political Agency.” “Accelerating Art, Accelerating Culture” Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC/AAUC) Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, October 2019.
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Seminar Participant in Niklaus Largier’s “Figures of Possibility: Figuration, Imagination, and the Phenomenology of Rhetorical Effects” Cornell School of Criticism and Theory, 2019 Session, Cornell University, June-July 2019.
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“Expression and Aesthetic Thought in Dewey, Adorno, and Deleuze,” Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC/AAUC) Conference, University of Waterloo, October 2018.
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“Senses and Events in Wittgenstein and Deleuze,” Participants’ Conference, Summer Symposium in Contemporary Philosophy, International Centre for Philosophy, NRW, University of Bonn, Germany, July 2018.
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“Wittgenstein's Late ‘Method’ of Clear Confusion,” “#BREVITY,” 16th Annual MLL Graduate Conference, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literature, Western University, 2014.
Guest Lectures and Invited Talks
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“Mechanism, Modernism, Beckett’s Endgame,” guest lecture in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Huron University College, November 2019.
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“First Nature and ‘Last Men’ in Beckett’s Endgame,” Theory Session, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, Western University, 2019.
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“Gesture, Context, and ‘Abstraction’ in the Figural,” guest lecture in the Department of Visual Arts/VAS2216A, Western University, 2018.
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“Stupid, Dumb Idiot: Deleuze, Wittgenstein and Others on Creation, Thought, and Stupidity,” Theory Session, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, Western University, 2014.
Responses and Discussions
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Guest discussant about Deleuze and Guattari’s “Apparatus of Capture” Pt. 2 on Theory and Philosophy podcast, hosted by David Guignion, Jun. 2019. https://theoretician.podbean.com/
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Respondent for Nicholas Birmingham, “Icon/Intuition: The Diagrammatic Thought of Kant and Peirce.” Theory Session. Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, Western University, March 2019.
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Guest discussant about Deleuze and Guattari’s “Apparatus of Capture” Pt. 1 on Theory and Philosophy podcast, hosted by David Guignion, Aug. 2018. https://theoretician.podbean.com/
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Respondent for Matthew Toth, Theory Session. Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, Western University, 2013.
Teaching and Research Experience
Courses Taught
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“Survey of 19th Century Art” (2 sections), Art History and Contemporary Culture/AHIS 2010, NSCAD University, 2021.
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“Aesthetics,” Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies/HUMN2001, OCAD University, 2020
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“Survey of 19th Century Art” (2 sections), Art History and Contemporary Culture/AHIS 2010, NSCAD University, 2020.
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“19th Century: Art and Revolution in France,” Art History and Contemporary Culture/AHIS 3902, NSCAD University, 2020.
Teaching Assistant
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“Introduction to the Arts and Humanities,” School of Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), Western University, Prof. Laurence de Looze, 2019.
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“Introduction to Painting,” Department of Visual Arts, Western University, Prof. Kim Moodie, 2018.
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"Mapping Media and Cultural Theory," Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)/MIT2200F, Western University, Prof. Alexandra Torres, 2017 (tutorial).
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"Art and Fashion: What (not) to Wear," Department of Visual Arts, Western University, Prof. Bridget Elliot, 2017.
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"Mapping Media and Cultural Theory," Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University, Prof. Alexandra Torres, 2016 (tutorial).
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"Baroque and Rococo Art," Department of Visual Arts, Western University, Prof. C. Cody Barteet, 2013.
Research Assistant
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Heidegger: Dwelling, Thinking, and Ethical Life conference, Western University (CSTC)/Kings University College (Philosophy), Prof. Antonio Calcagno, 2017.
Areas of Expertise/Competence
Expertise
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Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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Theories of sense, philosophy of language, semiotics.
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Philosophies/theories of experience, aesthetics, art.
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Modernism in art, philosophy, politics, and literature.
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Gilles Deleuze, Samuel Beckett.
Competence
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19th, 20th, 21st century Western Philosophy (Analytic, Continental, Pragmatism).
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Indigenous and critical race theory, post-/decolonial theory, feminism, gender/trans- studies, global studies/neocoloniality, and political economy.
Leadership and Service
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Peer Reviewer, Academia Letters, 2021.
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Chief Editor, Chiasma: A Site for Thought, 2017-20.
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Deputy Chief Editor, Chiasma: A Site for Thought, 2016-17.
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Deputy Editor, Chiasma: A Site for Thought, 2013-14, 2015-16.
Languages
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English, native speaker
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French, research proficiency
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Spanish, research proficiency
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German, basic reading
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Latin, basic reading
Memberships
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Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC/AAUC), 2018-present.
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Western Ontario Early Modern Philosophy Research Group, 2019-present.