Selected talks and conference presentations.
Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA): Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience
Knoxville, TN · October 29-31, 2026
"The Rationality of Traumatic Emotions"
the 19th Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress
Boulder, CO · August 6–9, 2026
“An Unwarranted Assumption in Maguire's Argument Against Reasons for Affective Attitudes”
8th "Memory, Affects and Emotions" International Interdisciplinary
Conference
Online · April 16–17, 2026
“The Puzzle of Emotional Accommodation: Temporal Normativity and the Weight of Reasons”
Chicago · February 18–21, 2026
"Freedom through Talking to Yourself: Inner Speech and Frankfurtian Free Will"
Baltimore · January 7–10, 2026
"Why Do 'Pragmatic Reasons for Emotions' Matter for Social Integration?"
“The Puzzle of Emotional Accommodation: Temporal Normativity and the Weight of Reasons,” 2025 Iowa Philosophical Society Conference, November 15. - 3 -
“The Rationality of Traumatic Emotions,” Memory, Trauma and Recovery - 6th International Interdisciplinary Online Conference, September 18-19.
“In Defense of Pragmatic Reasons for Emotions,” the 18th Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, August 7-10.
“Why Is Persistent Grief Not Irrational?,” Ohio Philosophical Association (OPA), April 5.
“Why Do 'Pragmatic Reasons for Emotions' Matter for Social Integration?,” the University of Iowa Graduate Philosophical Society Conference (UIGPS), March 28-29.
“Why Is Persistent Grief Not Irrational?,” Austin Graduate Ethics and Normativity Talks (AGENT) January 31-February 1.
“Why Do 'Pragmatic Reasons for Emotions' Matter for Social Integration?,” the Uehiro Graduate Student Conference, “Political and Social Emotions – How They Divide or Unite,” on January 23-24.
“Why Is Persistent Grief Not Irrational?,” the Indiana Philosophical Association (IPA) conference.
“Rational Retrodiction and Causation by Absence,” LMPST Taiwan 2024 學術研討會:會議議程 Conference agenda. (did not attend)
“Reasons-responsiveness of Traumatic Emotions,” the 12th East-West Philosophers' Conference: Trauma and Healing. (May. 24-31)
“The Continuity of Emotions and Reason Responsiveness,” the 33rd Annual Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) International Conference (Feb. 22-25)
“Two Interpretations of Ruth Chang’s Given Reasons’ Running out: Internalism and Externalism about Given Reasons,” Chung-Ang University (June 2nd)
“How to Include Morality as One of the Reasons for All-Things-Considered Reasons,” Grad-Faculty Philosophy Research Colloquium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“The Internalism and Externalism of reasons for love,” KSAP Grad Division, (August 6th)