Selected Service

* denotes CAE related work

Fall 2024

  • Attended American Philosophical Association Conference (February 2024)

  • Social Media & the News: Is Traditional Journalism Dead? (w/ Kate Edenborg & Eli Darnell) (March 2024)*

  • John Danaher “The Ethics of Personalized Digital Duplicates: A Principled Framework” event (April 2024)*

  • Attended NTLC AI Learning Community Meeting (May 2024)

  • Reviewer, WICCID Grant Program (May 2024)*

  • WICCID Retreat @ UW-Madison (May 2024)*

  • Philosophers’ Cafés (Spring 2024 & Fall 2024)*

  • Created and advised Philosophy Club (Spring & Fall 2024)

  • Summer Ethics Cohort*

  • Attended Preparing for the Election: Practical Strategies for Campus Leaders to Foster Community (Constructive Dialogue Institute) (August 2024)*

  • Universities of Wisconsin Civil Unrest Symposium (August 2024)*

  • McNair fellowship Mentor (Spring & Fall 2024)

  • 50th Annual Hume Society Conference @ Oxford University (July 2024)

  • Employee Resource Fair (August 2024)*

  • New Instructor Workshop (Presentation on the Ethics Center and professional responsibilities) (August 2024)*

  • Academic Freedom Isn’t What You Think (August Opening Activities) (August 2024)*

  • Bridging the Divide & Philosophy Club (election event) (September 2024)*

  • Anne Coughlin, “Demystifying Dobbs” (October 2024)*

  • Geshe Nima Planning (Spring & Fall 2024)*

  • NEH Public Humanities Grant (Fall 2024)*

  • WICCID Grant (Fall 2024)*

  • Banned Books: A Panel Discussion (w/ Lopa, Rickie-Ann, Mitch) (September 2024)*

Committees:

  • Tenure-Track Philosophy Position Search Committee (chair)

  • Philosophy Committee (chair)

  • Freedom of Expression Committee

  • Positive Action, Ethics, and Competition Review Committee

  • Provost Council

  • Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center Advisory Board

  • AI Innovation & Coordination Committee

  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Spring 2024

  • The Ethics of Personalized Digital Duplicates: A Principled Framework (organized a talk by Dr. John Danaher)*

  • Is Abortion Morally Permissible if the Embryo is a Person? (organized a talk by Dr. Kate Greasley)*

  • Social Media & the News: Is Traditional Journalism Dead? (organized a discussion at Brewery Nønic by Kate Edenborg and student, Eli Darnell)*

  • Privacy in a Public Ledger: Technology and Ethics (organized a talk by Dr. Andrew Bailey)*

  • Ethics and Perspectives of Scientists Involved in World War II (organized a talk by Dr. Alan Scott)*

  • Philosophy Committee (chair)

  • The Philosophers’ Café (organize and host monthly discussion society at Brewery Nønic)*

  • Philosophy Club (helped launch and serving as faculty advisor)

  • AI Ethics: Ethical Challenges from the Imaginary to the Real (presented with Alexi Brooks at January Professional Development)*

Fall 2023

  • Ad Hoc AI Committee (worked with Associate Provost, Tamara Brantmeier and other campus stakeholders)*

  • AI Engagement Session (presented with Associate Provost, Tamara Brantmeier and other campus stakeholders)*

  • AI Campus Conversations (worked with Associate Provost, Tamara Brantmeier)*

  • UW-Stout/CVTC Reaffirmation Day*

  • New Employee Resource Fair (represented CAE)*

  • Backyard Bash (represented CAE)*

  • The Philosophers’ Café (organize and host monthly discussion society at Brewery Nønic)*

  • ChatCAE (organized and hosted a book discussion on Weapons of Math Destruction)*

  • American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation (invited and hosted Dr. Ed Larson, a Pulitzer Prize winner in History)*

  • Should We Remove Racist Monuments? (invited and moderated a debate between Dr. Travis Timmerman and Dr. Dan Demetriou)*

  • Expansive Impact Leadership Program (attended two-day seminar)*

  • Acquiring Talent Workshop (attended seminar on search committee process)

  • Philosophy Club (helped launch and serving as faculty advisor)

  • WI Assembly’s Speakers Taskforce Hearing on AI and the Workforce (with Chancellor Frank and David Ding, presented testimony at the WI Assembly’s Speakers Taskforce on AI and Workforce hearing)*

  • Student Free Speech Workshop (CAE, Menard Center, and EDI Office host, facilitate, and fund a student workshop on bias and free speech)*

  • Presentation on Research Ethics (to FN 728 Food Science and Technology class)*

  • Applied Ethics Certificate (revised and submitted)*

  • PHIL 240 Contemporary Ethical Issues (new course proposal)

  • PHIL 245 Environmental Ethics (new course proposal)

  • Provost Council (monthly meetings with Provost Rodriguez and stakeholders)*

  • Freedom of Expression Committee*

  • NTLC Advisory Board*

  • EPCS Ad Hoc Office Hours Committee

  • Positive Action, Ethics and Competition Review Committee*