Since 2024, I have been teaching in the Department of History and Politics at George Fox University in Newberg, OR, where I am the Herbert Hoover Endowed Chair of Faith and Public Life. Prior to arriving here, I was an associate professor at Westmont College and Louisiana State University. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia.  I also have an MA from Oxford, and a bachelors degree from Yale.  I am a moral and political philosopher, who writes on questions of justice, inequality, poverty, liberalism, political ideologies, and public policy. I teach courses in political philosophy, law, and public policy.

I’m also the Director of Fox’s Pre-Law Certificate, and advise students interested in Nationally Competitive Post-Graduate Fellowships.

When I am not pondering eternal philosophical questions, I try to stay fit by running or cycling, and enjoy cooking and food. In another life, I wish I could have been Django Reinhardt.  My wife, Felicia, is a sociologist who studies the social effects of mass media technologies.  (She is very glad that she is NOT married to Django Reinhardt.)