I am an associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago.

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My main areas of interest are ethics, moral psychology, East Asian philosophy, and comparative philosophy. My research centers on deepening our understanding of the nature of well-being, and related concepts including human nature, emotion, virtue, and friendship. In both research and teaching, I seek to employ an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural methodology that integrates traditional philosophical analysis with contemporary psychological research and insights from East Asian philosophical traditions. 

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I am also deeply interested in the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly the works of Catholic philosophers and scholars including St. Thomas Aquinas, Elizabeth Anscombe, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Dorothy Day.

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I also co-host This Is The Way—a podcast on Chinese philosophy—with Justin Tiwald.