I work in the philosophy of mind and psychology, specializing in the emotions and in psychopathology.

My main research program concerns the affective nature of clinical delusions.  I defend a model on which delusions are acceptances formed in response to powerful emotions.  For an introduction to this project, I recommend taking a look at this paper published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Clarkson University. I received my doctoral degree in philosophy from Rutgers University, and held a postdoctoral position at the Swiss Center for the Affective Sciences in Geneva with the Thumos Research Group on Emotions, Values, and Norms.

I’ve recently created a website with a pretty neat introductory animation for a course at Clarkson University: check it out here.