EDUCATION:
June 2012
Columbia University, New York, United States
PhD: Philosophy (pending)
Awards: Faculty Fellowship in Philosophy
June 2008 University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Crispin Wright
Concentration: Theory of Knowledge, The Scottish Enlightenment, Philosophy of Perception
June 2002 Harvard University, The Divinity School, Massachusetts, United States
M.A.: Theological Studies
Concentration: Philosophical Theology, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
June 2000 Andrews University, Caribbean Union College, Trinidad, West Indies
B.A.: Theology, (magna cum laude)
Minor: Behavioral Science
Honors: Epsilon Phi Epsilon
Senior Thesis: The Cameo of God in Cartesian Epistemology
SELECTED GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES:
Topics in Epistemology, James Pryor (Harvard)
Philosophy of Mind, Susanna Siegel (Harvard)
Philosophy of Science, Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard)
Thinking about Thinking, Stephen J. Gould (Harvard)
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Daniel Dennett (Tufts)
History of Modern Philosophy, Avner Baz (Tufts)
Current Issues in Philosophy, Duncan Pritchard (Stirling)
Philosophy of Perception, Alan Millar (Stirling)
The Scottish Enlightenment, James Harris (St Andrews)
Kant's Second Critique, Jens Timmermann (St Andrews)
Kant and Contemporary Issues, Béatrice Longuenesse (NYU)
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:
2008Awarded GSAS Summer Fellowship, which combines funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and the John W. Kluge Endowment for a New Generation of Faculty Excellence, Columbia
University, NY.
2007Named a Faculty Fellow in the Columbia University Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, NY.
2004Provided student commentary on Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel
Dennett, Tufts University, MA.
2004Manuscript Editor for soon to be published English autobiography by Taslima Nasreen,
Harvard University, MA.
2004Manuscript Editor for “Communities Empowered: The Story of Deir El Barsha,” written by Amal Abd El
Hadi soon to be published in an anthropology anthology, Brown University, RI.
2003Held writing workshops for the courses “Introduction to Anthropology” and “Culture and Power in
Africa,” taught by Professor Rogaia Abushar, Brown University, RI.
2003Kellman Award for outstanding teaching - presented by students of the Bard Clemente Course in the
Humanities, Bloomfield College, NJ.
2002Hoya Award for excellence in journalism, reporting and newsletter production - presented by students
of Summer Discovery Program, Georgetown University, DC.
2002Vice President of Harambee, African American Student Association, Harvard University, MA.
2002Nominated for the John Templeton Fellowship for the Forum in Religion and Science, Princeton
University, NJ.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2004 - 2005 Tufts University, Medford, MA
Teaching Assistant for Daniel Dennett, Nancy Bauer and Mario DeCaro. Areas of specialty
include: Ethics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion. Responsibilities include: co-
teaching, grading, and holding recitation and discussion sections.
2003 - 2004 Tufts University, Medford, MA
Graduate Writing Tutor. Responsibilities include: one on one tutoring of graduate and
undergraduate students in writing and study methodology, the hosting of writing workshops at
the request of professors and freelance editorial work. Areas of speciality include: Graduate
and Senior Theses, Proposals, and Statements of Purpose.
2003 Summer Discovery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Resident Counselor. Served as a resident counselor for the Musiker Summer Discovery
program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Responsibilities included proctorship,
student activities coordinator, and student tutoring.
2002 -2003 Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy. Taught "From Socrates to the Matrix: An Introduction to
the Problems of Philosophy" for the Bard College Clemente Course in the Humanities.
Responsibilities as a faculty member included planning and curriculum design, program
design and evaluation, class instruction, and mentoring of students.
2002 Summer Discovery at Georgetown, Washington, DC
Editor in Chief. Served as Editor in Chief for the Hoya Happenings, the official newsletter of
the Summer Discovery pre-college enrichment program at Georgetown University. Editorial
responsibilities included: online research, article composition, editing, page layout and
2001 Summer Discovery at Vermont, Burlington, VT
Teaching Assistant / Resident Counselor. Served as Teaching Assistant and Resident
Counselor at the Summer Discovery pre-college enrichment program at the University of
Vermont (UVM). Responsibilities included proctorship, student activities coordinator, teaching
assistance and tutoring. Served as a Teaching Assistant for Creative Writing, Art and Craft,
and Anthropology. (Worked with students between ages 14 and 18).
1999 Caribbean Union Caribbean, Trinidad, WI
Teaching Assistant. Responsibilities included: setting and grading of exams, grading papers
and occasionally giving class lectures. Subject areas of specialty included: Sacred literature,
Western Civilization, and Introduction to Religious Studies. (Courses taught at the
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS:
‘A Perceptual Gettier Case Against Local Reliabilism’, Paper delivered at the St Andrews Postgraduate Seminar, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, June 2007.
‘Rationality, Freedom, and the Naturalistic Objection: An Exposition and Defence of Kant's Moral Theory’, Paper delivered at the St Andrews Postgraduate Seminar, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, May 2006.
‘Dreams, Solar Flares and Supernovas: A Reply to Moore’s Linguistic Objection to Scepticism’, Paper delivered at the St Andrews Philosophy Reading Party, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, October 2005.
"Divine Paternal Absence", in Black and Not Baptist: Non-belief and Freethought in the Black Community. edited by Donald Barbera (New York: iUniverse, 2003).
‘Nietzsche and Feminist Theory’, Paper delivered at a meeting of the Women’s Action Caucus. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2000.
‘Why I am an Agnostic’, Paper delivered at the Harvard Science Centre at a meeting of the New England Humanist Association. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, July 2000.
‘The Cameo of God in Cartesian Epistemology’, Paper delivered at Interdisciplinary Research Presentation Conference, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, November 1999.
‘Nobody’s Perfect: A Defence of Fallibilism’, The Channel. (March 1999) vol. 3 no. 3.
‘Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Religious Psyche’, Paper delivered at Southern-Caribbean Behavioural Science Conference, Andrews University extension campus, Caribbean Union College, Trinidad, WI, March 1999.
‘Who Am I? A Theory of Personal Identity’, The Channel. (January 1999) vol. 3 no. 2.
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REFERENCES:
Daniel Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University
Duncan Pritchard, Professorial Chair in Epistemology, University of Edinburgh
