I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Bielefeld University on the "Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research" GRK. My research project is on the role of values in the explication and operationalization of concepts in social science and medicine. My work touches on topics such as: the role of social and political values in science, public trust in science, conceptual engineering for scientific research, and citizen- or community-based participatory research.
In 2020, I completed my PhD in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, I was a student member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, an interdisciplinary neural and cognitive science center with both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. I was also a member of the Pittsburgh Empirical Philosophy Lab. Before attending Pitt, I completed my Master's in Philosophy at Georgia State University with an emphasis in Neurophilosophy. While there, I received the Brains & Behavior Fellowship. Prior to Georgia State, I completed my Bachelor's in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
In 2020, I completed my PhD in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, I was a student member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, an interdisciplinary neural and cognitive science center with both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. I was also a member of the Pittsburgh Empirical Philosophy Lab. Before attending Pitt, I completed my Master's in Philosophy at Georgia State University with an emphasis in Neurophilosophy. While there, I received the Brains & Behavior Fellowship. Prior to Georgia State, I completed my Bachelor's in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
News
- This summer, I will present my paper "Characterizing and Measuring Racial Discrimination" at Measurement at a Crossroads (Milan), the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (Ghent), and the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (Exeter).
- My and Mikio Akagi's PSA 2022 Symposium on "New Directions in the Science of Structural Oppression" was accepted for presentation. Other presenters are Daniel James, Tereza Hendl, and Shen-yi Liao.
- In February, I participated in a Brains Blog Roundtable on Values in Cognitive Science. Find the video here: https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/03/14/brains-blog-roundtable-values-in-cognitive-science.aspx
- Find my report here on members of the PSA Women's Caucus's views on future inclusive directions for the caucus.