Education
PhD in Philosophy
King's College London
September 2021 - Present
MPhilStud in Philosophy
King's College London
September 2019 - March 2022
Philosophy BA (Hons) | 1:1
King's College London
September 2016 - July 2019
My PhD project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through their LAHP Studentship Programme.
I plan to move from answering the question what makes a preference autonomous or not? toward a critical analysis of the methodological framework within which such questions are approached. That is, with what attitude should we approach hard cases, and why? What exactly is bad about a theory diagnosing diminished autonomy in an oppressed individual who doesn't see it that way themselves? I believe that such an exploration must be anchored in feminist thought as well a critique of existing feminist responses. In particular, my project focuses on whether a feminist epistemological approach could help us answer these questions. More specifically, I believe that building on an account like Khader's which focuses on activities that place the power in the hands of oppressed individuals, such as collective consciousness raising, could help us in approaching autonomy in contexts of oppression with respect for their sovereignty. Instead of asking is this preference autonomous or not for an agent? We can view autonomy as an ideal - maximal autonomy for everyone - where we interact as equals with our perspectives equally represented.
I'm supervised by Rachel Cristy and Andrea Sangiovanni.
My MPhilStud research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through their LAHP Studentship Programme.
The aim of my thesis is to assess how the current literature on autonomy responds to the problem of adaptive preferences and whether this is in line with feminist values. I argued against substantive accounts of autonomy being compatible with such values, and set out the building blocks from which a theory of autonomy can be formulated and used to explain adaptive preferences, what I call procedural perfectionism.
My thesis was supervised by Sarah Fine, Andrea Sangiovanni and Michael Garnett.
My dissertation, supervised by Guy Aitchison, explored the extent to which Carol Hay's argument that we ought to resist oppression on Kantian grounds holds for those who are themselves victims of oppression.
While studying, I was Student Chair for the Philosophy, and Arts and Humanities Department (2016-17). And a Student Representative (2016-19). I also ran an UG reading group on Epistemic Disagreement in 2018, and one on Autonomy and Feminism in 2019.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Political Philosophy I | King's College London, January - June 2023
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on an introductory module for the topic of Political Philosophy for undergraduate students.
Module convener: Ruairi Maguire.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Philosophy (Ethics) | King's College London, November - December 2022
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on an introductory module for the topic of Ethics for undergraduate students.
Module convener: Daniel Elbro.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Philosophy of Race | King's College London, September - December 2022
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on the topic of Philosophy of Race to undergraduate students.
Planned and presented a lecture to undergraduate students on the topic of Intersectionality.
Module convener: Alex Franklin.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ethics I | King's College London, January - June 2022
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on an introductory module for the topic of Ethics for undergraduate students. Was awarded the GTA Award for outstanding teaching during the semester.
Module convener: Clayton Littlejohn.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Philosophy of Race | King's College London, January - June 2021
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on the topic of Philosophy of Race to undergraduate students. Received an Honourable Mention for my work as GTA.
Module convener: Alex Franklin.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Gender and Philosophy| King's College London, September - December 2020
Planned and gave weekly seminars facilitating the lectures given on topics of Gender, Feminism, and their intersection with philosophy to undergraduate students.
Prepared and presented a virtual lecture to undergraduate students on the topics of Feminist Empiricism and Standpoint Theory.
Module convener: Rachel Cristy.