Credentials

…because we live in a society, and you have a reasonable expectation to know what I can contribute to the common good.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo (2008)
• M.A., Classics, SUNY at Buffalo (2005)

Publications

• Beyond Tools and Persons: Toward a Relational Ethics of Human-AI Interaction (2026). PressBooks.
• The Testimony Problem: Epistemic Challenges in Model Welfare (2026). PressBooks.
• “A benchmark of expert-level academic questions to assess AI capabilities“, Nature 649 (2026).
• The Cruellest Month (2020). Shires Press.
• “Death in Ancient Philosophy”, in Seelow (ed.) Lessons Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels (2018). McFarland Press.
• Durable Goods: Pleasure, Wealth and Power in the Virtuous Life (2013). Studies in Theoretical and Applied Ethics. Peter Lang.