Faculty Profiles

Yale University - 2009
Master of Divinity/Philosophy of Religion

Texas State University – 2006
Philosophy/English-Creative Writing (summa cum laude)

Academic Honors

*2022-2025 Nominee, Teacher Excellence Award, Houston City College

*2006-2007 Alexander M. Rodger Scholarship, Yale Divinity School

*Student Commencement Speaker, 2006 Graduating Class, Texas State University

*Elected Representative, Lindsey Literature Foundation, Texas State University

Academic Publications

"Honorarium for Peter Hutcheson", Southwest Philosophical Studies Vol. 48, 2026

“The New Knight of Faith: Pacifying Religious Violence in Kierkegaard’s Fear & Loathing” Southwest Philosophical Studies, Volume 35, 2013

“Prehensics: A New Synthesis of Philosophy, Neuroscience & Religion” Glossolalia Journal of Yale Divinity School, Volume 1, Spring 2009

Academic Participation

Panelist, Festschrift Symposium
New Mexico/Texas Philosophy Conference, 2026

Moderator, "An Alternative to Argumentation: Persuasion via Questions"
New Mexico/Texas Philosophy Conference, 2026

Moderator, "Why Do I Write Philosophy"
New Mexico/Texas Philosophy Conference, 2026

Moderator, "On the Spatial Design of Rhetoric in Phaedrus"
New Mexico/Texas Philosophy Conference, 2026

Notable Courses Taught

PHIL 1305 *Philosophy & Critical Thinking*
PHIL 1320 *Ethics & Society*

*Introduction to Philosophy*
*Introduction to Ethics*
*Philosophy of Religion*
*World Religions*
*Women in Philosophy*
*Professional Ethics*