I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University.  My research focuses on game theory, agent based modeling, and the philosophy of science.  I received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Philosophy from the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine.   Before that, I received a B.S. in Philosophy from Kansas State University.  While at Kansas State I was an intercollegiate debater, with some success.

I'm originally from Manhattan, Kansas; my mother and father are both professors at Kansas State.  I have a wonderful, lovely partner Korryn Mozisek, who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in rhetoric at Indiana University, Bloomington.

I spend a lot of time working, as one might expect.  When I stumble over spare time, I like to play poker, garden, or contribute to Wikipedia.  My work on Wikipedia is largely fueled by my interest (obsession) with open-source and copyleft.   In keeping with this, the material on this page is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share alike license and it was made using open source software. (Published papers and unpublished manuscripts are not licensed this way, sorry.)