I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy at King’s University College at Western University, Canada. Additionally, I hold a cross-appointment as a Research Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western University (with doctoral membership at the Graduate School) and am a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. My research focuses on ancient philosophy, with a particular emphasis on Platonic, Aristotelian, and later Stoic philosophy, especially in the areas of metaphysics and ethics. Besides various research grants (including SSHRC Insight Grant), I have held a residential fellowship at the National Humanities Centre in North Carolina and a visiting fellowship at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

My background in psychology and strong interest in cognitive psychotherapy enabled me to explore connections between ancient philosophy and psychotherapy, facilitating dialogue between experts in these fields, initiating a historic inter-disciplinary event at Cambridge, together with Dr. Warren, and leading a New Frontiers in Research Funding application in collaboration with Dr. MacDougall, Director of Psychiatry Research at Western University.

In my classes, we engage with philosophical texts to reconstruct past dialogues (in ancient and modern philosophy) and inspire new questions that speak to the present. The course “Philosophical Notions of Therapy: Socrates to Wittgenstein” exemplifies this approach.