Education

PhD in Classical Studies, Columbia University, 2025
BA in Philosophy and Classics, Agnes Scott College, 2020

Research Interests

My interests lie in the field of Ancient Philosophy, and in particular in the works of Plato. I work primarily on Platonic epistemology and ethics. Motivated by the desire to understand how we help one another learn, my dissertation project centered on identifying the characteristics Plato attributes to epistemically productive conversations. This work, centered on the Meno's "dialectical requirement," involves analyzing the norms of dialectic offered by Plato, and seeks to understand how both the characters of interlocutors and the methods they use contribute to productive dialogue. I am also working on examining the reception of these Platonic norms of dialectic in Aristotle’s Topics and how they might be applied in contemporary virtue epistemology.

I am also interested in expanding my work on Plato's norms of dialectic to consider how such norms might help address problems in the philosophy of disagreement and in particular instances of deep disagreement.

Publications

• “Centering Mercy: What Seneca’s De Clementia means for Institutional Justice,” proceedings from the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World. 2025.