有哲学史的背景,  I approach philosophy as an ongoing conversation with thinkers of the past and present.  我教各种课程，包括存在主义, 现象学, 启蒙哲学, 种族哲学, 非洲象哲学, 以及艺术哲学.  在所有这些课程中, 我挑战学生去阅读, 写, 批判性地思考对他们重要的问题.  My goal in the classroom is always to promote good discussion and to guide students in the process of reflecting on their beliefs and assumptions, 以及从不同的角度考虑问题.  我的很多课程都是写作密集型的, and I enjoy working with students to build their communication skills and discover their style and voice.

在我的研究中, I have focused primarily on 19th and 20th century philosophers in the European continental tradition, 尤其是亨利·柏格森, 海德格尔, 米歇尔·福柯.  I am especially interested in philosophical questions about the nature and experience of time, 我书的主题是什么 时间的起源.  My recent work examines the issue of time in African-American political thought and in ancient Greek and Roman ethics.  I have also begun to explore the field of environmental philosophy and specifically the question of how our concept of nature guides the way we relate to the natural world.

当我不教书或写作的时候, 我喜欢和家人在一起, 看电影, 读小说, 听六七十年代的音乐.  我还喜欢打飞盘高尔夫和极限飞盘, 划独木舟, 徒步旅行, 园艺, 还有越野滑雪.