Photo by Kimberly HoI am a philosopher, working in empirically-informed philosophy of
mind and moral psychology. My research focuses on unchosen
transformative experiences, especially grief, and on the philosophical
psychology of attention. In my work on grief, I have argued that grief
is an unchosen transformative experience involving a disruption to and
reorganization of organized systems of practical meaning. In addition to
articles on transformative experience, I have published on the
cognitive science and philosophy of attention, including on
affect-biased attention, hypnosis, and meditative states.
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Contemplative Sciences Centre at the University of Virginia, and affiliated with the Department of Philosophy.
I completed my PhD in philosophy from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Prof. Evan Thompson. Prior to my current position, I was postdoctoral fellow with the GATES project at the Maison de la Création et de l’Innovation at the Université Grenoble Alpes, affiliated with the Centre for Philosophy of Memory and the Performance Lab.
I am also an artist. My practice takes the forms of writing, collaborative research, and performance art. I was a founding member of the performance collective CUERPO, led by Guadalupe Martinez.
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Contemplative Sciences Centre at the University of Virginia, and affiliated with the Department of Philosophy.
I completed my PhD in philosophy from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Prof. Evan Thompson. Prior to my current position, I was postdoctoral fellow with the GATES project at the Maison de la Création et de l’Innovation at the Université Grenoble Alpes, affiliated with the Centre for Philosophy of Memory and the Performance Lab.
I am also an artist. My practice takes the forms of writing, collaborative research, and performance art. I was a founding member of the performance collective CUERPO, led by Guadalupe Martinez.