Academic History
B.A., Public Policy, with Distinction, Stanford University, 1997
M.A., Theology and Christian Ministry, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2000
Ph.D., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Evolution and Theology of Cooperation Project, Harvard University, 2006-07

Expertise
Philosophy of Religion
Medieval Philosophy, especially Aquinas
Contemporary Metaphysics

Awards and Honors
Jaeger Prize for Mathematics, Pomona College, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1997
Great Distinction, Saint Louis University doctoral oral comprehensive examination,
Department of Philosophy, August 2003
James Collins Memorial Scholarship, for excellence in graduate studies in philosophy,
Saint Louis University, 2003-2004

Selected Publications
"The Moral Status of Anger: Thomas Aquinas and John Cassian," American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, forthcoming.

"Multiple Universes and the Fine-tuning Argument: A Response to Rodney Holder," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 86 (2005): 556-576.

"Aquinas, St. Thomas," in the Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, Kevin Vanhoozer, ed., Craig Bartholomew, N.T. Wright, and Daniel J. Treier, assoc. eds. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005).

"Substance and Artifact in Thomas Aquinas," History of Philosophy Quarterly, 21:3 (July 2004): 241-259.