I am a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at Northwestern University (expected 2025), and a Lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

I work on German Idealism, aesthetics, and social philosophy, with a particular focus on the idea of freedom. I’m particularly curious about what we can call marginal aspects of freedom: the phenomena and practices which we typically don’t think of as central to freedom but which are nevertheless essential to experiencing life as truly free. Examples might include art, creativity, and love.

My current research centers on Hegel’s aesthetics and how it solves the problems created by his social philosophy. I’ve also written about hermeneutical injustice, and the novels of Thomas Mann.

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