I am Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy and Theoretical Psychology at the Department of Psychology (90%) and Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics (10%) at the University of Southern Denmark. I am also a Senior Fellow of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS). My research is on classical and contemporary phenomenology, focusing especially on applications of phenomenology in psychiatry, psychology, nursing, and qualitative research.
I am co-founder and primary manager of the DIAS Interdisciplinary Phenomenology Cluster, a hub for phenomenological researchers working across the faculties of Humanities, Business and Social Sciences, and Health. In this role, I host a regular program of visiting speakers and organize local and international workshops and networking events. I am also co-founder and current co-president of the DIAS Society of Fellows, the association of assistant and associate professors at the the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. In this role, I contribute to the recruitment, retention, and professional development of DIAS fellows across SDU's five faculties by organizing weekly events on topics such as grant writing, research dissemination, interdisciplinary collaboration, and academic leadership. I also serve as Co-editor-in-chief of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
Before joining SDU, I was an Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then Research Fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Oxford, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Kent State University. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of South Florida in 2016 with a dissertation on phenomenology and psychiatry.
Growing up, I lived in coastal cities throughout the US Mainland and Hawaii (my father was in the Navy), eventually settling in Miami, Florida, where my parents were raised and most of my family still lives today. When I'm not teaching or writing, you can usually find me cooking up some Cuban or Mexican dishes, playing board games, or reading classic SciFi novels.
I am co-founder and primary manager of the DIAS Interdisciplinary Phenomenology Cluster, a hub for phenomenological researchers working across the faculties of Humanities, Business and Social Sciences, and Health. In this role, I host a regular program of visiting speakers and organize local and international workshops and networking events. I am also co-founder and current co-president of the DIAS Society of Fellows, the association of assistant and associate professors at the the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. In this role, I contribute to the recruitment, retention, and professional development of DIAS fellows across SDU's five faculties by organizing weekly events on topics such as grant writing, research dissemination, interdisciplinary collaboration, and academic leadership. I also serve as Co-editor-in-chief of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
Before joining SDU, I was an Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then Research Fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Oxford, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Kent State University. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of South Florida in 2016 with a dissertation on phenomenology and psychiatry.
Growing up, I lived in coastal cities throughout the US Mainland and Hawaii (my father was in the Navy), eventually settling in Miami, Florida, where my parents were raised and most of my family still lives today. When I'm not teaching or writing, you can usually find me cooking up some Cuban or Mexican dishes, playing board games, or reading classic SciFi novels.
