I received my BA in Philosophy from the University of Montana in 1999 and then began my PhD work at Northwestern University. In 2006 I successfully defended my dissertation and joined the faculty at Ole Miss.
Currently I am teaching Introduction to Philosophy, The History of Philosophy
I (Ancient to Medieval), Plato, Aristotle, and the History of Western Political
Philosophy.
For graduate students, I periodically offer classes on specific, classic works
of ancient philosophy and on topics that relate directly to my research interests
My research focuses on the way ancient philosophers understood human beings
who were at odds with one another. Currently my work concentrates on Aristotle’s
political philosophy, but my long-term goal is to produce a work that will track
arguments about interpersonal conflict from the Presocratics to the Stoics.
Outside of ancient philosophy, my research interests include virtue theory,
republicanism, as well as democratic theory.
Publications
“Disputes of the Phronimoi: Can Aristotle’s Best Citizens
Disagree?” Ancient Philosophy Vol.32 (2012)
“Categories of Competition” Sports, Ethics & Philosophy
Vol.5 No.4 (2011)
“Aristotle’s Oligarchs and the Origins of Misguided Elitism”
in On Oligarchy: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics, Tabachnick and
Koivukoski, eds. (
“Delimiting Aristotle’s Conception of Stasis in the Politics”
Phronesis Vol.54 (2009)
“Competition in the Best of Cities: Agonism and Aristotle’s Politics”
Political Theory Vol. 37 No.1 (2009)
“Aristotle’s Theory of Partisanship.” Polis Vol.
25 No. 2 (2008)
“Currency, Trade, and Commerce in Plato's Laws.” History
of Political Thought Vol.27 No.2 (2006)
Aristotle’s Politics. Critical Essays. Richard Kraut
and Steven Skultety eds. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
“Is ‘Part of Justice’ Just at All? Reconsidering Aristotle’s
Politics III.9.” Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
6(4) 24-34 (2005)
Reviews
Review of the The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Philosophy,
ed. Stephen Salkever (Cambridge, 2009) for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
(6-27-2010) http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=20228
Review of G.E.R. Lloyd's Disciplines in the Making (Oxford, 2009) for
The Review of Metaphysics (Sept, 2010)
Review of Ronna Burger’s Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the
Nicomachean Ethics (U. of Chicago, 2008) for Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews (1-11-2009) Available online at http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=15025
Review of Ronald Weed’s Aristotle on Stasis: A Moral Psychology of
Political Conflict(Logos Verlag, 2007) for Bryn Mawr Classical
Review (8-18-2008) Available online at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-08-18.html
Review of Ryan Balot’s Greek Political Thought (Blackwell, 2006)
for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (6-16-2007) Available online at
http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=10103
Review of Jill Frank’s A Democracy of Distinction: Aristotle and the
Work of Politics (Chicago: University of Chicago, 2005) for Ethics
Vol.116 No.2 (2006)
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