Teaching
At Emory University, Undergraduate Courses (2011-2022)
PHIL 134 Introduction to Philosophy of Human Nature (Fall 2012; Fall 2013)
PHIL 136 Love and Friendship (Fall 2014; Spring 2018)
PHIL 190 Freshman Seminar: The Good Life (Spring 2019)
PHIL 200/200W Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy (Spring 2012; Spring 2014; Spring 2015; Spring 2017; Fall 2017; Spring 2020; Spring 2021; Spring 2022)
PHIL 400/400W Topics in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Fall 2011: Aristotle on the Virtues of Thought;
Spring 2013: The Self in Ancient Thought;
Fall 2013: Shame, Greed, and the Good Life;
Spring 2019: Ancient Theories of Justice;
Fall 2020: Courage, Integrity, and Freedom: Ancient and Modern;
Spring 2021: Truth, Lies, Democracy, and Freedom: Ancient and Modern.
PHIL 490W Senior Seminar
Spring 2012: Emotion and Reason in Ancient Philosophy;
Spring 2013: Shame, Power, and Autonomy;
Fall 2014: Courage, Freedom, and Integrity;
Spring 2018: Freedom, Integrity, and the Meaning of Life.
At Emory University, Graduate Courses
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar: Truth, Justice, Love, and Power in Plato and Aristotle (Spring 2022)
PHIL501R, Topics in Ancient Philosophy: Political Emotions in Ancient Greek Thought (Fall 2019; Spring 2021)
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar: Experience, Knowledge, Persuasion, and Power in Plato, Aristotle, and Beyond (Spring 2020)
PHIL777, Philosophy and Pedagogy (Fall 2019)
PHIL501R, Topics in Ancient Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle on Democracy and Tyranny, Freedom, and Oppression (Fall 2017)
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar: Aristotle on Justice (Spring 2017)
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar: Aristotle on Action, Character, and the Human Goal (Spring 2015)
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar (co-taught with Bracht Branham): Shame and Necessity in Greek Philosophy and Literature (Spring 2014)
PHIL500R, Ancient Philosophy Seminar: Aristotle on Experience and Knowledge (Fall 2012)
PHIL501R, Topics in Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle on Action (Fall 2011)
PhD Thesis Supervision and Committees
As thesis supervisor:
Tony Leyh, Three Models of Political Friendship in Plato (Fall 2020) [2022 JD Chicago Law SChool, Associate at Dechert LLP / More about Tony's academic work: here]
Andrew Culbreth, Good Hope and Happiness in Plato and Aristotle (Spring 2020) [Assistant Professor (TT) at Boston College / More about Andrew: here]
Taína Figueroa, Lo Que María Alumbró: Collective Care/Cuidado Colectivo (Spring 2024) [Associate Director of Emory University's Center for Women / More about Taína: here]
Catherine Fullarton, Expertise, Ethical Perception & Empathy in Aristotle, Merleau-Ponty and Medical Ethics (Expected Fall 2024) [More about Catherine: here]
Jeong-joo Lee, Virtue, Shame, and Beauty in Aristotle (co-directed with Prof. Barbara Sattler at Ruhr-Universität Bochum) (in progress)
As committee member:
Craig Henchey, Happiness as a Natural and Ethical Goal in Aristotle (Spring 2016)
Jessica Locke, The Worlds We Shape through Habit: On Ethical Self-Cultivation in Merleau-Ponty, Aristotle, and the Tibetan Buddhist Lojong Tradition (Spring 2016) [More about Jessica: here]
Jordan Stewart-Rozema, Careful Curiosity: Curiosity as an Epistemic and Ethical Virtue (Summer 2019)
Katherine Howard, Toward an Affect-Theory of Political Action: Arendt, Butler, and the Apparitions of Emotion (Summer 2019) [More about Katie: here]
Christopher Merwin, The Metaphysics of Temporality: Heidegger’s Later Concept of Time (Summer 2020) [More about Chris: here]
Margaret Matthews, The Character of the Modern Skeptic in the Essais of Montaigne (Spring 2020) [More about Maggie: here]