Areas of specialization
- Epistemology
- Experimental Psychology
- Normative and Applied Ethics (including, but not limited to, Bioethics and Ethics of New Technologies)
- History of Continental Philosophy (French, German)
- Feminist Philosophy, Gender Studies
Areas of competence
- Public Philosophy
- Aesthetics
- History of Visual Arts
- French Literature
Education
Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris I
2014 - 2019
Ph.D. in Philosophy, advisor Denis Kambouchner
Dissertation: “La volonté et ses pathologies : psychologie expérimentale et théorie de l'âme chez Théodule Ribot” (“The Will and its Pathologies : Experimental Psychology and Theory of the Soul in Théodule Ribot’s Works”). Degree obtained in July 2019.
Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris I
2007 - 2010
Preparation for the Philosophy ‘Agrégation’ (highest teaching diploma in France)
Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III, France
2007 - 2010
Master’s in Philosophy, advisor Michel Philippon, aesthetics field
Dissertation: “The Strength of Habits: Philosophical Anthropology of the Concept of Sclerosis : Genesis, Influence, Liberation.” (Grade: A)
Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany
2006 - 2007
B.A. in Philosophy (Erasmus program)
Dissertation: “The Strength of Habits: Philosophical Anthropology of the Concept of Sclerosis : Genesis, Influence, Liberation.” (Grade: A)
Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III, France
2006 - 2007
B.A. in Fine Arts, Art History
Lycée Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux
2003 - 2005
Major in Art Theory and Philosophy
“Classes préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles” (CPGE : hypokhâgne and khâgne - A/L Program for Ecole Normale Superieure Ulm, Humanities and Social Sciences)
Languages
- French (native)
- English (fluent)
- German (excellent proficiency)
- Spanish (basic level)
- I am a French and a US citizen (dual nationality)
References
NB: Do not contact without prior approval
- David Velleman
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, NYU; Research professor, Johns Hopkins - Béatrice Longuenesse
Professor Emerita of Philosophy, NYU - Daryl Tress
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University - Stephen Grimm
Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458 - Eddis N. Miller
Chair of Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, Pace University - Denis Kambouchner
PhD advisor. Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University - Charles Ramond
Professor of Philosophy, Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis University
Teaching Experience
Fall 2023 - Present
UCSC
Lecturer
Advanced Ethics, Ethical Theory, Introduction to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues, Ethical and Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy.
Public philosopher
Public philosopher - 92NY, ThinkOlio
UCSC - Center for Public Philosophy
Director of the Center for Public Philosophy- UCSC (until June 2024)
Public Philosophy Networkh
Vice President of the Public Philosophy Network (since August 2024)
Fall 2022 - Fall 2023
UCSC
Lecturer
Advanced Ethics and Epistemology
Center for Public Philosophy
Podcast producer
ThinkOlio
Public Philosopher
Dutchess Community College and CUNY-CityTech
Online lecturer
CMP Academy
Mentor for CMP Academy
Research project on Japanese Literature and Feminism
September 2019 - August 2022
Fordham University
Postdoc and Lecturer
Teaching “Philosophical Ethics” and “Issues of Life and Death”- promoted to Lecturer for the 2021 Spring Semester
New York University
Primary instructor
Primary instructor for First Year Seminar on “The Nature and Concept of Evil” and "Bioethics: Life and Death"
ThinkOlio
Public philosopher, Speaker/ Instructor
2015-2019
Pace University
Primary Instructor
Normative Ethics, Philosophical Problems, Modern Philosophy
Marymount Manhattan College
Primary instructor
Introduction to Philosophy
CUNY, CityTech
Primary instructor
“The Nature and Concept of Evil” (Fall 2017)
ThinkOlio
Public philosopher, Speaker/ Instructor
Prison Education Initiative at Riker’s Island
Philosophy instructor- Volunteer work.
Miami Dade College
Primary instructor
Critical thinking and Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy
New York University
Instructor for Texts and Ideas
- Beasts and Books, with Sarah Kay (Spring 2018)
- Getting a life, with David Velleman (Fall 2017, Fall 2018)
- What is a good human life? with Anja Jauernig (Spring 2017)
- Moral psychology: Antiquity and 19th century, with Vincent Renzi (Fall 2016)
- Life and Death, with David Velleman (Spring 2016)
International Studies Charter High School, Miami, Florida
Fall 2010 - Spring 2015
Humanities Teacher in the French Program
Introduction to Philosophy, French Literature, and Art History
Association ARIMC (Bordeaux) and Association Notre-Dame de Joye (Paris, France)
Summers 2006 to 2010
Activity leader in a community center for persons with cerebral and motor disabilities
Academic service
Spring 2021
Fordham University
Committee member, examiner
Committee member/examiner for the defense of Geoffrey Engel’s PhD dissertation: "Intensive Magnitudes in the Metaphysics of Deleuze". Advisor: Michael Baur (Fordham University). Other members on the committee: Daryl Tress (Fordham Univer- sity), Jude Jones (Fordham University), and Ed Casey (Stony Brook University). Focusing on Difference and Repetition, Engel investigates both the origin of the term intensity through Deleuze's historical critique of being and theory of time, and the role that intensive magnitudes play in his theory of metaphysical individuation.
Other
- Host and producer of Philosophy Podcast "Can You Phil it?"
Interests
- History of the Arts, Feminism and Gender Studies, Prison Systems, Neurosciences, Sociology and Philosophy of New Technologies, Philosophy of Sexuality
- Personal practice in Visual Arts – Photography, Drawing, Video, Oil Painting
- Podcast production for Public Philosophy, Music production
- Contemporary and classical choreography, Speleology