Publications
BOOKS
​​THE HIDDEN PHILOSOPHY OF HANNAH ARENDT - Routledge/Curzon Press, 2002
During her lifetime, Hannah Arendt said she no longer saw herself as a philosopher and instead chose the title of “political thinker.” This book proposes there are unrecognized, significant philosophical dimensions to Arendt’s work through her ontological commitment to plurality and interaction.
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MODES OF PROTEST AND RESISTANCE: STRANGE CHANGE IN MORALS POLITICAL - Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2023
Recent U.S. events include multiple examples of high-profile political protest like the protests following the murder of George Floyd and the January 6th attack on the Capitol. This book examines how we as a society are primed to interpret forms of protest and resistance by relying on the wisdom borne of the civil rights era that nonviolent direct action is the superior (that is, the only) option. It has meant we have little understanding of the complexities about why violent protest and resistance occur. This book discusses a type of political violence called resistance violence and provocatively concludes it is a reasonable option.
ACADEMIC/PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
“PHILOSOPHICAL PEDAGOGY, HUMOR, AND GRITTY LEVIATHAN MEMES.” - Southwest Philosophical Studies, 2024
This article proposes that humor is a valuable pedagogical tool because it creates a sense of relaxed community in the classroom. It suggests the use of philosophy memes in particular because of their popularity and because memes are a flexible learning tool.
“DO JOKE-TELLING NORMS APPLY TO LAUGHTIVISM?” - The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook, 2024
This article examines the philosophy of humor as proposed by Thomas Wilk and how it applies to political activism that uses humor, also known as Laughtivism.
“ANY WOMAN: RAPE, EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE, AND RESISTANCE VIOLENCE.” - Social Philosophy Today, 2022
Through the case study of an enslaved teenager named Celia who killed her rapist, this article examines a kind of political violence referred to as resistance violence. It proposes that political violence that resists chronic, structural, misogynistic dehumanization is legitimate.
“THE SPECTRE OF NAT TURNER: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGITIMACY OF RESISTANCE VIOLENCE.” - Social Philosophy Today, 2020
This article introduces my conception of a type of political violence referred to as resistance violence through the case study of the slave insurrection organized by Nat Turner. It shows how Turner justified his actions through the Biblical passage, “The last shall be first and the first shall be last.”
“WHOLLY A DAUGHTER OF OUR PEOPLE: HANNAH ARENDT AND THE JEWISH QUESTION.” - Social Philosophy Today: Race, Social Identity, and Human Dignity, 2002
This article examines how Hannah Arendt philosophically understood her status as a Jewish woman through her published writings and personal correspondence.
“POSTMODERNISM MEETS POP CARTOON: MICHEL FOUCAULT AND MATT GROENING.” - Journal of Popular Culture, 2000
This article examines how Matt Groening’s cartoons and early The Simpsons’ episodes are an excellent representation of Foucauldian philosophy.
“A PROGRESSION OF THOUGHT AND THE PRIMACY OF INTERACTION.” Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 1999
This article proposes that Hannah Arendt’s philosophy is centered on an interactive ontology.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“LIGHTEN UP! LIFE AS A FEMINIST VEGETARIAN OR THE MOST UPTIGHT PERSON IN THE WORLD.” Who’s Laughing Now? Feminist Perspectives on Humour and Laughter, 2021
This chapter examines the common perception that both feminists and vegetarians are humorless killjoys.
“CONTINGENT MOTHER: THE ROLE GENDER PLAYS IN THE LIVES OF ADJUCT FACULTY.” - Critical Digital Pedagogy: A Collection, 2020
This chapter discusses my experience as an adjunct college professor while the mother of young children and the various issues that arise with that combination.
“HER LOYALTY SURVIVED HIS FOOLISHNESS': HANNAH ARENDT, MARTIN HEIDEGGER, AND FORGIVENESS.” Philosophy and Forgiveness, 2016
This chapter examines how the relationship between the philosophers Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt was impacted by Heidegger’s Nazism and Arendt’s Jewishness. It looks at Arendt’s own writing on forgiveness from her book, The Human Condition.
“WHO DO YOU LOVE, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR?” What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Lover, 2012
This chapter poses questions about what we can learn about romantic love from feminist icon, Simone de Beauvoir.