Education

• Brown University Ph.D.

• Tibet University (西藏大学) Tibetan language certification

• University of Michigan B.A. w/ High Honors in philosophy

Biography

My research focuses on questions in virtue ethics, moral psychology, and Buddhist philosophy, particularly Tibetan Buddhism. I've worked a lot about modesty and why it's important; you can read an explanation of that in this short Aeon article. You can also learn more about my research in an interview I did with 3:16 Magazine and listen to me talk Buddhism on the UnMute Podcast. 

Publications

Books

• Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (2020, Oxford University Press)
• Inner Virtue (2018, Oxford University Press)
  

SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• "Virtuous and Vicious Anger" (2017) Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy
• "The Khache Phalu: A Translation and Interpretation" (2017) Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines, Vol. 39
• "Imaginative Moral Development" (2017) The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol.51 No.2
• "Private Solidarity" (2016) Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol.19 No.2
• "Patience and Perspective" (2014) Philosophy East & West, Vol.64 No.2
• "Modesty as a Virtue of Attention" (2013) Philosophical Review, Vol.122 No.1
• "Bile & Bodhisattvas: Śāntideva on Justified Anger" (2011) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.18