My research focuses on the nature and value of reformulating: why do inquirers spend so much time finding alternative ways to solve problems they already know how to solve? Various case studies in science and math motivate this question. Relatedly, I aim to vindicate modally-laden concepts used in science, such as explanation, laws of nature, and fundamentality. By combining ideas from empiricism, expressivism, and pragmatism, I hope to do all this with minimal ontological commitments.

I teach philosophy at Syracuse University. Go ‘cuse!!!!!!! Before that, I was a postdoc at MIT. My PhD is from the University of Michigan, where I also completed a Masters in math and some graduate courses in physics.

If you’re ever in need of a version of the free forallX logic book, modified to match the syntax of The Logic Book, please get in touch! I’ll send you my variant.

Previously, I completed an MPhil at Cambridge, studying history and philosophy of science. As an undergraduate, I studied at the University of Pittsburgh, double majoring in philosophy and chemical engineering.

I was raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. I enjoy playing ping-pong, running, cycling, and visiting art museums.