I am an academic philosopher by training. In practice this means I’m a teacher, researcher, speaker, writer, and editor. In the fall of 2022, I joined the Humanising Machine Intelligence project and the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory (MINT) Lab at the Australian National University, where I work on issues in online speech and AI ethics.
I did my PhD at Georgetown University, and my dissertation was titled Subordinating Speech and the Construction of Social Hierarchies. Before that I completed an MA at Carleton University, where I focused on labour exploitation and global justice. It is from this background that I approach issues in AI ethics, addressing wide-ranging topics such as online hate speech, content moderation and recommendation, and the labour that powers automation—both real and fake.
Some of my work can be found on my PhilPeople page, my ResearchGate page, my Google Scholar page, or my academia.edu page—so many pages! (See my Research page for more about my work, and my Talks page for upcoming and recent talks.)
Before joining the ANU, I worked at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University as a Postdoctoral Associate. I was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. I have also taught in the Philosophy Departments at Toronto Metropolitan University, and the University of Toronto. (See my Teaching page for more about my current and past courses.)