Teaching
Courses I'm Teaching
(Fall 2024)
Social & Political Philosophy
This is an upper division course covering core concepts in social and political philosophy, such as rights, property, freedom, political authority, and justice. I'll be teaching this as a selection of great works. We'll read Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, and Marx; and contemporary works by Julius Nyerere, Iris Young, Martha Nussbaum, Debra Satz, and Elizabeth Anderson.
Introduction to African Philosophy
This is an introductory course I developed for the philosophy department at CU Boulder. The catalog description reads: Introduces the philosophical ideas of several African ethnic groups and contemporary African philosophers, also exploring cross-cultural comparisons between African philosophy and the Western tradition, with special attention to historical context and the post-colonial condition. Topics may include both methodological differences between African and Western philosophy and fundamental philosophical questions concerning human existence, such as the nature and value of persons, knowledge, custom and morality, human rights, and meaning.
Ethics and Information Technology
An online course where students are introduced to the concepts of fake news, partisanship, testimony, misinformation, and gamification. We also explore the value of work and leisure, consider the possibility of widespread technological unemployment, and discuss what governments should do in response to destructive technologies.
Philosophy and Race
An online course that considers the ontological, scientific, moral, political, and cultural issues surrounding race. The course introduces students to the social constructionist view of race, the moral and empirical issues concerning implicit biases and bias reduction tactics, racial integration, and the "culture war" surrounding the anti-racist movement.
Other Courses I've Taught
Moral Theory (upper division)
African Philosophy: Personhood & Morality (upper division)
(Introductory) Ethics
Introduction to Medical Ethics
Reading, Writing & Reasoning
Contemporary Social Problems (as TA)
Outreach and Other Stuff
I read to grade school children in Mexico City (2018)
I work to make the classroom accessible, particularly through well-typeset notes, slides, readings, and other visual aids.
I am interested in public philosophy, and have done outreach work for the Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado for K-12 students.
Including all of my results as instructor of record (2020 to 2023), I outperform CU Boulder in 93% (27/29) of course questions. These results are publicly available.
I've completed CU Boulder's Certificate in College Teaching.