Academic History
University of North Florida
- Bachelor of Music, Jazz Studies
- Jacksonville, FL
- Graduated magna cum laude
University of Texas
- 12 hours of graduate coursework (philosophy)
- Arlington, TX
University of Dallas
- M.A. Philosophy (August, 2006)
- current doctoral student of philosophy
- Irving, TX
Westminster Theological Seminary
- M.A. Religion (May, 2005)
- Philadelphia, PA
- Graduated summa cum laude.
Moscow State University
- Advanced Language Studies
- Moscow, Russia
- I studied Russian at MSU (intensive language program for international students) for 6 months and with a private tutor for 3 years while living in Moscow.
Portland State University
- Advanced Language Studies
- Portland, OR
Languages
- Biblical Hebrew
- German
- Koine Greek
- Latin
- Russian
Awards
McDermott Fellowship in Philosophy
University of Dallas, 2007-2008
Edwin L. Jones Graduate Fellowship
Westminster Theological Seminary, 2005-2006
Graduate Fellowship
University of Texas (Arlington), 2003-2005
Full-tuition Scholarship
Westminster Theological Seminary, 2002-2005
Various Music Scholarships
Northlake, University of Texas (Arlington), University of North Florida, 1989-1994
Papers Presented & Published Works
“St. Augustine on Text and Reality (and a Little Gadamarian Spice),” forthcoming in the Heythrop Journal (Jan 09)
Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Friendship: Quests for Character, Community and Truth
“A Glimpse at Christocentric Friendship in the Heartbeat of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Date: Oct, 2007
Villanova University: Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference
“St. Augustine on Text and Reality (and a Little Gadamerian Spice)”
Date: Oct, 2007
University of Dallas: IPS Colloquium
“Hermeneutical Continuities Between Augustine and Hans-Georg Gadamer”
Date: Oct, 2007
Review
Louis Dupré’s, The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 2004. (Philotheos 6, 2006).
Midwest Regional Conference of the Society of Christian Philosophers (Notre Dame)
“Does God’s Incomprehensibility Combined with Human Finitude (and
Fallen-ness) Make Reasonable (a qualified) Fideism and a Certain Kind of Defeat Immunity?”
Date: 2006
Review
James K.A. Smith. Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.
(American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Issue No. 4, Vol. 80, Fall 2006).
Baylor University; “The World and Christian Imagination”
The Anti-Enlightenment Nature of Jazz: Embracing Particularity and Universality, Freedom and Form, Tension and Resolution
Date: Fall, 2006
Midwest Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers (Lincoln Christian College)
“Plantinga’s Construal of Calvin’s Sensus Divinitatis”
Date: Spring, 2005
Review
Jean-Luc Marion. Being Given. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 2002.
(Ars Disputandi: The Online Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 5 (2005), http://www.ArsDisputandi.org. ISSN 1566-5399).
Review
James K.A. Smith. Introducing Radical Orthodoxy: Mapping a Post-secular Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004. (Christian Scholar’s Review, Number 1, Vol. XXXV, Fall 2005).
Texas State University Philosophy Symposium
“A Fresh Look at Newton’s Laws”
Date: Spring, 2004
Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers (Biola University)
“An Analysis of the Doctrine of Analogy of St. Thomas Aquinas and Cornelius Van Til”
Date: Spring, 2004
Societies & Associations
- American Catholic Philosophical Association
- Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
- North Texas Philosophical Association
- Phi Sigma Tau (International Honor Society in Philosophy)
- Society of Christian Philosophers
- Calvin Studies Society
Career Goals
I am currently a doctoral student of philosophy at the University of Dallas. Upon graduating, I hope to teach and mentor university students and to continue to publish.
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