California
St. Thomas Hall, Rm. 146

Curriculum Vitae

B.A., Ave Maria University, 2018; M.A., politics, Hillsdale College Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, 2020; Ph.D., politics, Hillsdale College Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, 2023; Teaching Apprentice at the Politics Department, Hillsdale College, 2021; Research Assistant at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, Hillsdale College, 2018-2023; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Studies, Utah Valley University, 2023-2024; Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, California, 2024-.

 

Publications

  • “The Social Teaching in Benedict XVI’s Deus Caritas Est” (peer-reviewed)
    Catholic Social Science Review, Volume 28, 2023.
  • “St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowability of the Natural Law” (forthcoming)
    Selected by the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas to be published in The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Thomistic Congress (Rome: Urbaniana University Press).
  • Beauty Belongs in the Public Square
    Crisis Magazine, November 6, 2023.

 

Presentations

  • Politics as Soulcraft?
    Thomistic Summer Conference: The Soul, Thomas Aquinas College, California, June 2023
  • The Eucharist as Remedy for the Problem of Imperfect Knowledge of the Natural Law
    The Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal and St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology Conference: The Holiness of God and the Mystery of the Eucharist, Ave Maria University, February 2023
  • St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowability of the Natural Law
    The Eleventh International Thomistic Congress, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, September 2022
  • Faith, Reason, and Knowing the Natural Law
    Thomistic Summer Conference: Faith and Reason, Thomas Aquinas College, California, June 2022
  • Aquinas on Vicious Customs, the Natural Law, and Human Law
    The Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, University of Notre Dame, April 2022
  • The Common Good, Justice, and Love in Benedict XVI’s Deus Caritas Est
    Society of Catholic Social Scientists Meeting-Conference, Franciscan University of Steubenville, October 2021
  • Aquinas, Locke, and Lewis on the Natural Law and Tyranny
    The Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, held virtually, April 2021