2022 - Present | Professor, Chair, University of North Florida ‐ Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
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2016 - Present | Associate Professor, University of North Florida | |
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2011 - 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of North Florida | |
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June 2012 | Summer Visiting Professor, Renmin University of China | |
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2008 - 2010 | Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Department of Philosophy | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2020 - 2021 | Technology Grant |
Academic Affairs | |
Meditation Technology for the Classroom | |
2018 - 2019 | Academic Affairs Scholarship Grant |
University of North Florida | |
2017 | Eisen Experiential Learning Endowment Grant |
University of North Florida | |
2015 | Academic Affairs Faculty Development Interdisciplinary Research Grant |
University of North Florida | |
Colleague(s): Dr. Julie Ingersoll, Dr. Paul Carelli | |
2015 | Transformational Learning Opportunity Grant |
University of North Florida | |
Colleague(s): Dr. Paul Carelli | |
2013 | Transformational Learning Opportunity Grant |
University of North Florida | |
Colleague(s): Dr. Paul Carelli | |
2012 | International Center Summer Grant |
University of North Florida | |
2009 | Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant |
University of Hawaii |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Regional Editor, Introductions to World Philosophies Series | 2017 - Present | Reviewer, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy | 2017 - Present | Member, Faculty Inclusivity Initiative, UNF | 2016 - Present | Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program | 2016 - Present | Book Review Editor, Philosophy East and West | 2016 - Present | APA Eastern Panel Chair, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy | 2015 - Present | Member, Religious Studies Steering Committee | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Hypatia | 2014 - Present | Member, International Studies Advisory Committee | 2013 - Present | Co-coordinator, Asian Studies Program | 2013 - Present | Reviewer, Frontiers of Philosophy in China | 2013 - Present | Member, Graduate Program Committee | 2013 - Present | Board Member, Society for Teaching Comparative Philosophy | 2012 - Present | Reviewer, Philosophy East and West | 2011 - Present | Member, Asia Council | 2011 - Present | Coordinator, John C. Maraldo Lecture Series |
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Recipient 2018-2019
- NEH Summer Fellow, 2018.
- Outstanding International Leadership Award Nominee 2016-2017
- Outstanding International Leadership Award Nominee, 2015.
- 2014 UNF Mentor of the Year Nominee
- Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Finalist, 2013-2014
- Chung-Fong and Grace Ning Excellence in Chinese Studies Award. 2011.
- Graduate Assistantship. Fall 2007 to Spring 2010. Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii.
- Ruth Kleinfeld-Lenny Travel Award, December 2009, April, 2009, July 2010
- Pan-Pacific Tuition Scholarship. Spring 2006-Spring 2007
- Presidential Scholarship, Fall, 2001-Spring 2005
Courses
- ASH 3620 Asian Art and Culture (Spring 2020)
- INS 3003 Introduction to International Studies (Spring 2020)
- PHIL 6936 Confucianism: Graduate Seminar (Fall 2012, Fall 2014)
- PHIL 5668 Ethics East and West: Graduate Seminar (Spring 2013, Spring 2016)
- PHIL 5808 Aesthetics: Graduate Seminar (Fall 2013)
- PHIL 5634 Buddhism: Graduate Seminar (Fall 2015)
- PHIL DIS Independent Graduate Study: Chinese Philosophy (Fall 2013)
- PHIL DIS Independent Graduate Study: Dewey and Confucius (Fall 2011)
- PHIL 4935 Senior Seminar (Spring 2014)
- PHIL/REL 4930 Buddhism (Spring 2012, Spring 2014)
- PHIL/REL 4930 Confucianism (Fall 2012, Fall 2014)
- PHIL 3932/REL 3935 Introduction to Buddhism (Fall 2015, Fall 2020)
- PHIL 3931 Aesthetics East and West (Spring 2012)
- PHIL/REL 3930 China in Context: Philosophy and Religious Practice Study Abroad (2013, 2015)
- PHIL 3860 Japanese Philosophy (Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2017)
- PHIL 3820 Chinese Philosophy (Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2016, Summer 2018, Fall 2019, Summer 2020)
- PHIL 3811/REL 3936 Philosophy of Zen Buddhism (Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2020)
- PHIL 3800 Aesthetics (Fall 2013)
- PHIL 3664 Ethics East and West (Spring 2013, Spring 2016)
- ASH 3400 Japanese Civilization (Spring 2016, Spring 2018)
- PHIL 3084 Philosophical Methods (Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
- PHIL 2630 Contemporary Ethical Issues (Fall 2011 — Spring 2014)
- PHIL 2100 Reasoning and Critical Thinking (Spring, 2016)
- (Honors) PHIL 2010 Philosophy Through Science Fiction (Fall 2016, Fall, 2017, Fall 2019)
- PHIL 2010 Introduction to Philosophy (Summer B 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Summer 2019)
- INS 4991 International Studies Senior Research Seminar (Fall 2017)
- PHIL 3790 American Philosophy (Spring, 2018)
August 2011 | Ph.D, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Department of Philosophy | |
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May 2007 | M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Philosophy | |
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May 2005 | B.A., Eckerd College ‐ Philosophy, Spanish Literature | |
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