I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Colorado-Boulder. My research interests include primate-hominid evolution (with particular emphasis on the brain), neuroanthropology, neurophilosophy, ethnohistory, and all things religion.
The working title for my dissertation is the “Geneaology of Metaphysics,” which traces the evolutionary origins and cultural histories of supernatural thinking and what has come to be known more recently as “religion.”
I am fortunate to have Matt Sponheimer as my (formal) adviser and Terry McCabe as an (informal) adviser. Bert Covert is always there when I need him.
My previous graduate work at Duke University was in jurisprudence, the humanities and philosophy, with a specific focus on Nietzsche and the intellectual history of Western metaphysics. During my undergraduate years, I leisurely majored in English and political philosophy.
Publications:
“Human Brain,” in 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook, ed. H. James Birx. Sage Publications (2010).
“Conflict and Aggression,” in 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook, ed. H. James Birx. Sage Publications (2010).
“Mental Acuity of the Normal Elderly,” with Warren Gorman, J. Okla. State Med. Assoc., 88(3)119-23 (1995).
Theses:
“The Size and Shape of Primate-Hominid Brain Evolution: A Critical History” (2009)
“An Interdisciplinary Exegesis of Nietzsche’s Madman” (1991)
